Amarillo College - ITS Division

Best Practices

• Be specific in your prompts - include context, format preferences, and examples of desired outputs.
• Break complex tasks into smaller steps to get more accurate responses.
• Double-check factual claims and citations - AI can sometimes generate plausible but incorrect information.
• Save important conversations or outputs elsewhere - AI chat histories aren't permanent.
• Leverage AI as co-intelligence and for thought partnership, building upon your original thoughts, writings, and ideas, rather than utilizing AI to attempt to think for you.
• Remember AI has limitations - it can't verify real-time information or learn from past chats.

User Responsibility and Usage Guidelines

It is essential to be familiar with the resources below before using AI tools in your daily tasks.

User Responsibility for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

• Data Privacy and Security. Data entered into AI tools complies with all privacy, cybersecurity, education laws such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99, and institutional policies.
• Confidentiality. Data entered into AI tools is capable of being reverse engineered, so use of AI must not result in the college breaching a duty of confidentiality.
• Bias and Discrimination. The output from using AI tools does not result in bias and/or discrimination against any student, employee, and/or other individual.
• Plagiarism. The output does not result in plagiarism.
• Copyright Infringement. The output does not result in copyright infringement.
• Misinformation. The use of AI does not result in the college producing a public document that contains incorrect, inaccurate, or misleading information.

Usage Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

We have a shared responsibility to use AI tools responsibly and securely. Please review Amarillo College's current Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools before using any AI tools. The Guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Explore general principles regarding AI and guidelines for the use of AI tools, including:

• Safeguarding sensitive and confidential data.
• Responsible use.
• Academic integrity.
• Acquisition and official use of AI tools.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Academia: Resources for Faculty and Staff Educators

Amarillo College’s Center for Teaching and Learning offers Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Academia: Resources for Faculty. These insightful resources support teaching and learning with AI and cover fundamental information about generative AI.