{"id":22336,"date":"2026-08-22T10:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=22336"},"modified":"2026-08-22T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:27:21","slug":"generative-ai-student-quick-reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/generative-ai-student-quick-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Generative AI: Student Quick Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22336\" class=\"elementor elementor-22336\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bca4fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bca4fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc8875c\" data-id=\"cc8875c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f65bf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5f65bf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.6;color:#222\">\r\n\r\n    <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px 0\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/supporting-changes-in-digital-learning-and-ai\/\" style=\"color:#005fcc;text-decoration:underline\">\r\n            &larr; Back to Supporting Changes in Digital Learning and AI\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <span style=\"display:inline-block;margin-bottom:18px;padding:4px 10px;background:#f1f1f1;border-radius:4px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.03em;color:#555\">\r\n        For students\r\n    <\/span>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#eef5f8;border-left:5px solid #7256a8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin-bottom:24px\">\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0\">\r\n            <strong>\r\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/public-files\/general-documents\/GenAI-Guiding-Principles-August25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color:#005fcc;text-decoration:underline\">\r\n                    The University's Generative AI Principles\r\n                <\/a>\r\n            <\/strong>\r\n            apply to all students and colleagues. In practice, for your studies, this means using\r\n            Generative AI for genuine learning purposes, being open about how you have used it,\r\n            and remaining fully responsible for everything you submit.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#eef6e8;border:1px solid #d8e6cf;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin-bottom:18px\">\r\n        <h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:22px\">YOU CAN<\/h2>\r\n        <ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:22px\">\r\n            <li>Use AI freely for non-assessed work, exploring ideas, revision, and practising concepts.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Use AI in assessed work for planning and outlining.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Use AI to generate search keywords.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Use AI to check grammar and expression.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Use AI to help understand a concept before working with it yourself.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Use University-approved tools, including Grammarly for Education.<\/li>\r\n        <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#eef5f8;border:1px solid #d6e3e9;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin-bottom:18px\">\r\n        <h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:22px\">YOU MUST<\/h2>\r\n        <ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:22px\">\r\n            <li>Declare any meaningful AI use \u2013 name the tool and describe how you used it.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Critically evaluate all AI output before using it.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Verify facts and references \u2013 AI can and does make some things up.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Be able to explain and take full responsibility for everything you submit.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Check your module handbook for assessment-specific restrictions.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Check your school's guidance \u2013 some schools have additional requirements.<\/li>\r\n        <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#fff0f0;border:1px solid #e5cccc;border-left:5px solid #b00000;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin-bottom:24px\">\r\n        <h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:22px\">YOU MUST NOT<\/h2>\r\n        <ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:22px\">\r\n            <li>Use AI to write essays, reports, arguments, analysis, or conclusions that you present as your own work.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Conceal or misrepresent AI involvement in your assessed work.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Use AI tools during examinations, in-class tests, or assessments where they are explicitly prohibited.<\/li>\r\n            <li>Submit AI-generated content e.g. text, images, code, or data, without declaring it.<\/li>\r\n        <\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#fff4d6;border:1px solid #e6d49e;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin-bottom:24px\">\r\n        <h2 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:21px\">\r\n            The AI declaration \u2013 include this in every assessed submission where AI was used\r\n        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0\">\r\n            <strong>\"In preparing this assignment, I used [tool name] to [specific use].\r\n            I confirm that I have not used AI to generate content that I am presenting as my own\r\n            work, and I remain fully responsible for the ideas, analysis, and conclusions in this\r\n            submission.\"<\/strong>\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0\">\r\n            <strong>Example:<\/strong> \"I used ChatGPT to brainstorm essay topics. I used Grammarly\r\n            to check grammar and spelling.\"\r\n        <\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <h2 style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;font-size:22px\">\r\n        Always remember: AI has real limitations\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;margin-bottom:24px\">\r\n\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0\">\r\n            <strong>Accuracy<\/strong><br>\r\n            AI can be confidently wrong. Always verify.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0\">\r\n            <strong>Fake references<\/strong><br>\r\n            AI invents citations that do not exist. Check every one.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0\">\r\n            <strong>Bias<\/strong><br>\r\n            AI reflects cultural and social biases. Think critically.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p style=\"margin:0\">\r\n            <strong>Over-reliance<\/strong><br>\r\n            AI should support your thinking, not replace it.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div style=\"background:#eef5f8;border-radius:8px;padding:18px;margin-bottom:24px;text-align:center\">\r\n        <strong>\r\n            Not sure what applies to a specific assessment? Ask your module leader before you submit, not after.\r\n        <\/strong>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p style=\"margin:0\">\r\n        <strong>Full guidance:<\/strong>\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/current-students\/studies\/study-skills-and-training\/guidance-for-students-on-using-generative-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color:#005fcc;text-decoration:underline\">\r\n            Guidance for Students on Using Generative AI\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&larr; Back to Supporting Changes in Digital Learning and AI For students The University&#8217;s Generative AI Principles apply to all students and colleagues. In practice, for your studies, this means using Generative AI for genuine learning purposes, being open about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22340,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22336\/revisions\/22340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}