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Swinburne University of Technology AI acknowledgement
Swinburne students may use genAI only when unit teaching staff allow it, and must acknowledge and reference it under university referencing conventions. Wherever genAI is permitted, they must append a list of all their prompts and outputs to the final submission.
Checked against Swinburne University of Technology's own pages on 9 October 2026 · See the full rules
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Swinburne University of Technology doesn't publish a fixed template, so this uses a general format that covers what it asks for.
The rules at a glance
- When you need one
- Whenever genAI is used in an assessment task where it is permitted by unit teaching staff.
- Where it goes
- Prompts and outputs go in an appendix to the final submission; no placement given for the acknowledgement itself
- Prompts and outputs
- Required: include as an appendix a list of all genAI prompts and outputs whenever genAI is used in a permitted task.
- Referencing
- AI use must be referenced according to university referencing conventions, using the style your school or unit uses (e.g. APA for psychology and business). No AI-specific example format given.
- Must include
- name of the AI source
- date the AI was accessed
- list of all genAI prompts and outputs (appendix)
- Also note
- Do not use genAI if it is not permitted
- Submitting AI-produced work without permission or Swinburne-approved acknowledgement counts as third-party (contract-cheating style) misconduct
- AI-generated content must be transparently labelled and comply with IP and academic integrity rules
- Use AI in line with the Data Classification and Privacy Frameworks
- AI may assist but not be the sole authority in critical decisions like grading
Sources
- https://www.swinburne.edu.au/student-login/academic-integrity/
- https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/policies-regulations/artificial-intelligence-usage-procedures/
- https://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/policies-regulations/artificial-intelligence-guidelines/
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