An assignment states that generative-AI tools are not permitted. A student has an AI tool write a first draft, edits it, and submits it. Under Policy 71 this is:

Answer

An offence — an unauthorized aid where the instructor has not permitted it

Options - A. An offence — an unauthorized aid where the instructor has not permitted it - B. Acceptable, because no other person wrote the draft the student submitted - C. Acceptable once the student has edited the whole draft into their own words - D. A citation problem, solved by acknowledging the tool in a footnote to the memo Why - A. Correct — the policy's label is unauthorized aids or assistance as defined by the instructor, and the Academic Integrity office says a student who ignores the instructor's AI rules is subject to Policy 71. - B. The policy asks whether the aid was permitted and whether the work is yours — not who or what produced the text. - C. Editing does not make the draft yours, exactly as editing a friend's essay would not. The aid was still used where it was forbidden. - D. A citation legitimises a permitted source. It cannot legitimise an aid the instructor has forbidden on the assignment.

uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/artificial-intelligence-and-chatgpt (read 2026-09-17); Policy 71 §3; Smith 3.5.1; concept map B07, B08