GenAI in Learning, Teaching and Assessment

If you are getting started with the use of GenAI in Teaching and Learning, we recommend that you review the following five resources developed by TU Dublin Library Services as part of their Introduction to Generative AI Lib Guide. 

• What is Generative AI?
• Types of GenAI
• Responsible Use of GenAI
• Prompting
• Referencing GenAI

You should also engage with the many GenAI for teaching and learning supports available to you in TU Dublin.

When using Generative AI to support teaching, learning, feedback, or assessment, you should ensure that your practice aligns with the University's Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence. These guidelines, and the ethical principles that underpin them, should inform all decisions relating to the adoption and use of GenAI in educational contexts.

Microsoft Copilot Chat is available to all TU Dublin staff through our Microsoft 365 environment. As part of this environment, Copilot benefits from TU Dublin's existing security, privacy, and data protection controls. Prompts and responses remain within our Microsoft tenant and are not used to train public AI models. This enables staff to use Copilot confidently for tasks such as drafting, summarising, planning, and other day-to-day productivity activities. Importantly, where sensitive, confidential, personal, or University data is involved, Microsoft Copilot is the only approved generative AI tool for staff use.

Staff should use only approved AI tools when engaging with Generative AI for University-related activities. TU Dublin information, including personal data, student or staff records, contracts, research materials, and internal documents, should never be uploaded, pasted, or otherwise shared with external or public AI chatbot services. For guidance on using Microsoft Copilot appropriately, including good practice and limitations, please refer to the Copilot guidance page by clicking here: Technology Services. 

In all cases, when using GenAI for Teaching, Learning, or Assessment, academic staff should add an acknowledgement statement mentioning what, how, and for what this technology was used.  

An example of a Diligent GenAI Statement could be: 

‘In creating this [XXX], I used [XXXX] to [assist, develop, brainstorm, organise, etc...] for the purpose of [XXX]. I affirm that I worked on [XXX], and I used the tool for [XXX]. I affirm that I maintain full responsibility for the creation, editing, and final content. This disclosure is made in the spirit of transparency and acknowledges the role of GenAI in this intellectual work.’