An AI-generated source is any piece of content—text, image, audio, video, or code—created by artificial intelligence models (such as large language models like ChatGPT or image generators like DALL-E) rather than human beings.
Instructors are encouraged to introduce students to the CLEAR Guide to Source Evaluation recommended by Brockport librarians.
Students will
- evaluate information from a variety of sources with an awareness of authority, validity, bias, and origin; and
- demonstrate an understanding of the ethical dimensions of information use, creation, and dissemination, whether from
traditional sources or emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence.
Guidance
From SUNY—Students need to acquire information literacy appropriate to the demands of the 21st century, which includes applying all learning outcomes of this core competency to various sources of information, including emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence.
To appropriately address the AI literacy component of the competency, instructors should integrate some assignments that require students to evaluate AI-generated content.
| SLOs | Exceeding (9-10 pts) | Meeting (8-8.9 pts) | Approaching (7-7.9 pts) | Not Meeting (6.9 pts or below) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate - Evaluate information from a variety of sources with an awareness of authority, validity, bias, and origin. | Critically assesses accuracy, evidence, and potential bias across all sources, including AI‑generated content. Identifies subtle biases, systemic influences, and limitations. Evaluation is contextualized with specific examples. | Evaluates accuracy and bias with reasonable attention to detail. Identifies obvious limitations in sources, including in Al-generated content. Examples are accurate but general. | Identifies bias or validity issues superficially and/or without clear explanation. May overlook important limitations of sources, especially in Al-generated content. | Provides little to no evidence of awareness of bias, accuracy, or limitations of sources. Accepts information uncritically. |
| Ethics - Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical dimensions of information use, creation, and dissemination, whether from traditional sources or emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence. | Appropriately paraphrases, summarizes, and/or quotes all sources consulted, giving credit to the original creator(s), including transparent acknowledgment of AI-generated content. Disseminates tangible products (e.g. papers, video, audio, presentation, etc.) in ways that respect both the creator’s rights and the copyrights of the sources. | Appropriately paraphrases, summarizes, and/or quotes most of the sources consulted with credit given to the original creator(s), including transparent acknowledgment of AI-generated content. Disseminates tangible products (e.g. papers, video, audio, presentation, etc.) in ways that respect both the creator’s rights and the copyrights of the sources. | Paraphrases, summarizes, and/or quotes few to no sources consulted; does not always give credit to the original creator(s) or transparently acknowledge AI-generated content. Disseminates tangible products (e.g. papers, video, audio, presentation, etc.) in ways that do not always respect both the creator’s rights and the copyrights of the sources. | Does not paraphrase, summarize, and/or quote sources consulted or give credit to the original creator(s), including transparent acknowledgment of AI-generated content. Disseminates tangible products (e.g. papers, video, audio, presentation, etc.) in ways that do not respect both the creator’s rights and the copyrights of the sources. |
Benchmark: 100% of students will meet or exceed standards
Give students a score for each row of the rubric, convert to a percentage and sort student into the appropriate category.
Example:
| Learning Outcome | Score |
|---|---|
| Evaluate | 8/10 = 80 pts (Student meets) |
| Ethics | 7.9/10 = 79 pts (Student approaches) |