Engineering Education Transformations Institute UGA
Syllabus Tool · Originally Developed for UGA's Engineering Courses

AI Use Policy Builder

Sort each category's use cases into its own green, yellow, or red signal — then generate a statement to paste into your syllabus.

01 Sort the use cases

Drag a card into one of its category's signals on the right, or click a card, then click a signal in that same category. Click an assigned item to send it back to the pool.

You do not have to sort every card. If a card does not apply to your course, or you don't want that use case listed on your syllabus, simply leave it unsorted.

The cards below represent common use cases, based on data collected from students in UGA's College of Engineering. They are not meant to be exhaustive, and some may not apply to your course or discipline. After you generate your syllabus statement from this app, please add and remove anything you deem appropriate based on your course's context.

When studying & learning 6/6 unsorted
Explaining a concept in different words e.g., “explain heat transfer like I'm a first-year”
Generating extra practice problems beyond what's assigned
Creating study guides or personalized study plans from textbook or course content
Summarizing textbook or lecture content for personal review
Having a chatbot quiz you on course content
Explaining graded homework solutions
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When preparing assignment submissions 2/2 unsorted
Creating a checklist of assignment submission requirements from assignment prompt
Evaluating work against a rubric prior to submitting assignment
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When solving mathematical problems 5/5 unsorted
Checking a numerical answer after solving it yourself
Providing the solution for a problem
Suggesting a solution approach or method
Providing the next step of a solution when stuck
Performing routine calculations unit conversions, arithmetic, etc.
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When writing and presenting 10/10 unsorted
Proofreading written work for grammar, spelling, and clarity
Brainstorming an outline or structure
Drafting paragraphs or sections of a paper/report
Paraphrasing or rewriting your own text
Suggesting the right word to describe something e.g., “what's a word that means something won't last long”
Checking a draft for apparent plagiarism
Translating writing between languages
Drafting presentation slides
Creating visuals for slides
Improving slides or a script that you made
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When working on course projects 4/4 unsorted
Brainstorming ideas e.g., design concepts, project topics
Searching for sources and references
Creating summaries of texts e.g., academic papers, industry reports
Summarizing insights about a research topic across multiple texts
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When writing code 5/5 unsorted
Writing code from scratch for an assignment
Debugging code you wrote yourself
Generating code comments or documentation
Converting code between languages or formats
Interpreting an error message
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02 Generate the statement

Produces plain text, organized by signal and then by category, formatted to paste directly into a syllabus. After pasting the statement into your syllabus, please review for accuracy and make any additions or edits as you see fit.

Generated statement

We welcome feedback! If you would like to let us know how you liked the tool (and how you think it could be improved), please email John Morelock at John.Morelock@uga.edu.