Adjustments to the Academic Integrity Policy as well as the Sydney Curriculum and Unit Outlines systems have been made for semester 1, 2025, to help the University move towards a two-lane approach to assessment design. Further shifts will occur for semester 2, 2025, to bring us in line with the two lane approach.

‘Allowable assistance’ in the Academic Integrity Policy in Semester 1, 2025

From Semester 1 2025 (24^th February), the default position in the Academic Integrity Policy has been reversed for assessments which are not formal examinations or in-semester tests:

1. Except for supervised examinations and supervised in-semester tests, students may use automated writing tools or generative artificial intelligence to complete assessments, unless expressly prohibited by the unit of study coordinator.
2. Students must not use automated writing tools or generative artificial intelligence for examination and in-semester tests, unless expressly permitted by the unit of study coordinator.

Sydney Curriculum and Unit Outlines

To reflect this change in the Academic Integrity Policy, coordinators will be able to choose from the options shown in the image below, with the default being:

“Unsecured assessment full AI” for all assessments except examinations and supervised in-semester tests
"Secured assessment no AI" for examinations and supervised in-semester tests.

For Semester 1, a coordinator can still prohibit the use of generative AI in take-home assessments, but this should be accompanied by an appropriate risk assessment and an elaboration in the unit outline and Canvas.

Choices available in Sydney Curriculum for Semester 1 2025 with “full AI” use selected by default.

These choices will be reflected in the unit outline, as illustrated in the second image below:

A unit outline for Semester 1 2025 showing an icon next to a task where generative AI is allowed.