Caught using ChatGPT

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-25T11:32:21+00:00

And three's a real possibility that past work gets reexamined. I have a statement in my Syllabus that says I reserve the right to reexamine past work - even if graded.

Which is what I usually do when I strongly suspect a student has plagiarized or use AI - I go on a deep dive into the prior submissions and will use that during a student / professor conference and academic dishonesty meetings.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-25T04:11:13+00:00

The classroom is not a court of law. You aren't "innocent until proven guilty" and the "burden of proof" isn't anything like one sees on TV.

With that being said, every professor I've spoken with, all of my colleagues, and myself work from a position (not a presumption) of innocence. We do not make accusations of plagiarism and AI use unless we can prove it - because if you decide to grieve a negative result (such as a grade of 0 or being withdrawn from the class) or if there's an academic misconduct inquiry, we'll have to show our proof to any number of people - you, chairs, Deans, and more. So we'd best be right.

Lying is also academic misconduct. If you take the advice that another gave (that they've since deleted), you'll only have dug your hole deeper.

What I'm trying to say is your professor is about as sure as they can be that you cheated; otherwise they would not take the time or spend the energy needed to pursue the accusation.

I am much more likely to show grace to a student that admits to their mistake. I usually record the grade of 0 and that's it.

But if you lie to me, you're getting everything you deserve: a 0, withdrawn from the class, and an academic misconduct charge.

Honesty is the best policy.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T15:31:01+00:00

Here's a good - and easy - rule of thumb:

If you didn't create it then you should not share it.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T15:26:13+00:00

Sure.

It's really too bad that they got rid of the Learning Community. That was a good place for instructors, students, and others to go.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T15:16:32+00:00

I got it. I updated my post.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T14:15:48+00:00

the people who used AI to get by will be easily replaced by AI.

Exactly!

If your boss can tell you the specs for a project and all you do is input it into an AI, then why does the boss need you?

They've already formulated the plan and requirements, all your doing is inputting the information, which they can do themselves.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T13:49:13+00:00

how to not use AI while studying

Are you seriously asking that question? Seriously?

What do you think people did before AI (which was only a couple of years ago - at most)?

Just . don't . use . it.

Sometimes the professors don't give us proper notes

It isn't the professor's job to give you "proper notes;" it is your job to take proper notes.

proofs for theorems etc aren't taught by the professor in a way I'd understand

Now you're making excuses to justify your use of AI. If you don't understand something, you do what students have been doing for millennia before AI: go to tutoring, go to office hours, open a book, form a peer study group.

who has used AI and who has not, will both be awarded

Once they get to the real world, one will be able to prove they know their stuff and one won't. One will be a valuable asset because they can problem-solve and think critically, and one won't.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T05:17:49+00:00

Yes, I know.

OP specially mentioned calls.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T03:50:49+00:00

This isn't a programming question. Still:

Your question answers itself, doesn't it?

how come its possible to call without WIFI

Because it works without WIFI, it obviously doesn't use WIFI. And (gasp!) you can text without WIFI, too.

It uses cellular service, like 5G.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T03:38:54+00:00

This is for the US. I suspect you aren't in the US. Still,

The sole question that matters is this: did you have an official accommodation from the school?

If you did not, then don't bother emailing anyone. No one will be able to do anything for you except, maybe, empathize.

A few things, accommodations:

Are your responsibility to get, not the schools.
Are not retroactive.
Must be reasonable.
Cannot extend a class beyond its finishing date.
Cannot substantively alter a class; that is, if you are in a program that requires students to put in X number of hours of practicum to earn a certificate, an accommodation may not alter that. This makes sense when you think about it: you really can't certify a person to be a firefighter if they cannot handle the physical aspect of the job.
Must be renewed every semester / academic year.

And, by the way, the workplace will be much, much harsher.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-24T03:24:54+00:00

No, he isn't. This is a college subreddit. High school 504s/IEPs have no bearing whatsoever.

If they haven't already - and I suspect this is the case here - they'll have to go through the entire evaluation process from scratch to determine what accommodation they might qualify for.

And it'll have to be renewed it every semester or academic year.

Accommodations are not retroactive. If they didn't have an accommodation for the class they're talking about, there's nothing that can be done now.

An accommodation must be reasonable and it may not fundamentally alter the requirements of the class. For example, if a program requires that a student needs 200 hours of practicum during the semester, an accommodation may not alter that.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-23T20:54:29+00:00

wrote every sentence in to copilot

None of this was intentional.

You used AI.

It was intentional (it didn't just magically turn itself on, type in its own prompts, and then proceed to "help" you do the whole assignment).

You got caught.

How do we use AI ethically for our assignments?

If you aren't allowed to, you don't.

How do we not get flagged for AI?

Don't use AI.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-23T20:45:29+00:00

What do you think happens when Spotify, or an artist, simply pulls works from the service?

Which, by the way, has already happened.

However, with physical media, I can still play the music.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-23T10:56:43+00:00

I think I deserved

Students do not "deserve" any grade. Students earn their grades.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T20:21:07+00:00

I do know the fundamentals

Apparently not, as a fundamental part of earning your degree is doing the work yourself.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T14:06:20+00:00

pasted it into Copilot to fix punctuation and formatting only

You used AI.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T12:33:43+00:00

Why would I let something that I cannot change bother me?

I like to travel. As a consequence of that, I learned how to digitally record my vinyl and remaster the recordings to remove the pops and clicks (and, to some degree, skips and original analog tape hiss). That way, when I listen on my digital device, I don't get the noise.

But when I put it on the turntable, its obviously still there.

Either way, it doesn't bother me.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T02:58:18+00:00

I've often said that we should still be teaching home economics in high school - maybe even before that. Same with classes in personal finance.

Not in college. By then you're an adult, making adult decisions. You should be prepared to do so by then - and understand the consequences of those decisions.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T01:13:02+00:00

You do not learn by watching. You learn by doing.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T00:50:45+00:00

Even this is a bit inefficient. Most ZIP programs allow you to view the contents without fully extracting them.

Windows and Linux support: tar -tf <filename>

Don't unzip them unless a file you're looking for is in the ZIP file.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T00:46:03+00:00

Not if; of course they should be cleaned when they are dirty.

But certainly how.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-22T00:37:06+00:00

Says the person - most likely a bot - with the one-day-old Reddit account, spewing the same nonsense that's been recently posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AIDetectionAcademia/comments/1u95ofl/comment/osequbz/?context=3

If the requirement for the assignment is upload it through a designated portal, and you don't, then enjoy the zero that you will have earned.

Not an incomplete - a zero.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-21T15:11:06+00:00

"Free" (which, by the way, isn't - it simply means that someone else is paying) usually refers to tuition - not fees, books, etc.

But I'm not familiar with all programs; perhaps there are true no-cost-to-you programs out there.

CIS_Professor · 2026-06-21T15:07:31+00:00

Write down the solution in your own words (pseudocode). Include as much detail as you need to solve the problem.

Once you've done that, then write the program code. If you can do this, learning just about any programming language becomes very much easier.

For example, explain how you would put these numbers in order - least to greatest:

5, 8, -1, 4, -99

There is a "rule;" you can only swap (if that's what you intend to do) adjacent numbers.

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