AI Use & Academic Integrity Policy
Last updated 11 June 2026
This policy supports academic integrity under the Higher Education Standards Framework (HESF 2021), Domain 5.2, and aligns with TEQSA’s guidance on assessment in the age of generative AI. It sets out how the Unimates AI tutor may be used so that your learning is genuine and your assessed work is your own.
The AI tutor is a learning aid, not a substitute for your own work. It will help you understand, practise and prepare — it will not complete graded assessments for you.
What the AI tutor will do
- Explain concepts and work through examples.
- Ask Socratic questions and give formative feedback.
- Generate practice quizzes, flashcards, diagrams and study plans.
- Point you to the relevant course materials.
What the AI tutor will not do
- Write or complete a graded assessment, exam answer or submission for you.
- Fabricate sources, data or your own research findings.
- Provide answers during a secured/summative assessment.
Where AI use is permitted
Each assessment specifies whether AI assistance is permitted, permitted with disclosure, or not permitted. When in doubt, assume AI is not permitted and ask your educator. If you used AI in a way that is permitted with disclosure, you must declare how you used it.
Integrity safeguards on this platform
- The tutor is instructed to coach rather than complete graded work.
- Summative assessment runs in a separated mode where tutoring is restricted.
- AI interactions are logged and may be reviewed for integrity by your educators.
- Over-reliance on AI is detected and gently redirected toward your own reasoning.
Your responsibilities
- Use the tutor to learn, not to obtain answers you then submit as your own.
- Disclose AI use where the assessment requires it.
- Verify important information — AI can make mistakes.
Breaches of academic integrity are handled under your institution’s academic integrity policy. See also the Privacy & Data Use notice.