{"id":61707,"date":"2025-12-03T13:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/?page_id=61707"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:22:04","slug":"academic-honesty-resources-starters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/faculty-support\/how-to-documents\/academic-honesty-resources-starters\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Honesty Resources &#8211; Conversation Starters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;496114&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Faculty Question\/Conversation Starters<\/h2>\n<p>List of questions that may help explore the learning process with a student if you suspect they used AI in their work. For this approach to be effective, you will need to have a conversation with the student directly via a phone call and\/or video call (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can you walk me through your process as a whole or around this portion of the work?<\/li>\n<li>What did you learn about this process that you would want others to know or try?<\/li>\n<li>Can you elaborate on how you developed your thesis statement\/main ideas\/central theme?<\/li>\n<li>Which part of the paper did you find most challenging to write, and how did you overcome it?<\/li>\n<li>What part of the writing process did you enjoy the most, and why?<\/li>\n<li>Can you discuss a specific argument or point in your paper that you feel particularly passionate or proud about?<\/li>\n<li>How did writing this paper change or reinforce your views on the topic?<\/li>\n<li>How did you end up deciding about [this point]?<\/li>\n<li>Why did you find it valuable to include [this point] in the work?<\/li>\n<li>How did you organize your ideas before writing?<\/li>\n<li>What was your strategy for integrating sources into your work?<\/li>\n<li>What source(s) did you find most useful or insightful in your work and why?<\/li>\n<li>Can you describe a particular source that significantly influenced your perspective?<\/li>\n<li>I know citation styles can be tedious; I know I struggle. How did you ensure your paper adhered to the required citation style?<\/li>\n<li>How did you approach the revision process for this paper?<\/li>\n<li>Can you give an example of a change you made during revision and explain why you made it?<\/li>\n<li>What feedback did you receive from peers or instructors, and how did you incorporate it?<\/li>\n<li>What new skills or knowledge did you gain from this assignment?<\/li>\n<li>Can you explain the connection between this paper and what we\u2019ve discussed in class?<\/li>\n<li>If you had more time to work on this paper, what additional research or revisions would you consider?<\/li>\n<li>If you were to build upon this work, what might be the next question that you tackle?<\/li>\n<li>This seems distinct from other work, can you walk me through your process?<\/li>\n<li>Your writing in these were quite distinct from what you&#8217;ve written before. I&#8217;m curious to know what was different this time, both to understand your process and to see what content in the course helped you get here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Questions\/Conversation Starters to Explore Student AI Usage<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve had a student admit to using AI in their work. While that is helpful to know, digging deeper into the <em>why<\/em> may be illuminating. These questions are starters to help explore the reasoning behind their AI usage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Were there any time constraints or external pressures that influenced your decision to use AI?<\/li>\n<li>How do you usually handle challenging assignments or tasks without using AI?<\/li>\n<li>What support systems or resources do you currently use for your studies?<\/li>\n<li>At what point did you decide to use AI?<\/li>\n<li>Why did you turn to AI and not a peer or the instructor?<\/li>\n<li>Did you try any other resources or strategies before using AI? If so, what were they and why did they not work for you?<\/li>\n<li>Can you describe how you approached the assignment before deciding to use AI?<\/li>\n<li>Why was this assignment different to lead you to AI?<\/li>\n<li>What was going on in your head when you did?<\/li>\n<li>What specific aspects of the assignment did you feel least confident about?<\/li>\n<li>What would have empowered you to move through the struggle?<\/li>\n<li>How do you think using AI impacted your understanding of the assignment&#8217;s content?<\/li>\n<li>What benefits do you think AI provided that you couldn&#8217;t find elsewhere?<\/li>\n<li>What did you learn by using AI? How do you perceive the role of AI in your learning process?<\/li>\n<li>What might you be missing or not able to do as a result of using AI?<\/li>\n<li>If given the opportunity to redo the assignment without AI, what would you do differently?<\/li>\n<li>What feedback or guidance do you think would be most helpful from instructors regarding the use of AI in assignments like this?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Would you like to contribute to this list? Please email us at <a href=\"mailto:FacDev@ecampus.usg.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FacDev@ecampus.usg.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scribehow.com\/viewer\/How_to_download_the_TurnItIn_AI_Writing_Report__CTKLUFLGSOelooc5Ytucxg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to: Share TurnItIn Report with Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Adapted from Lance Eaton, <a href=\"https:\/\/aiedusimplified.substack.com\/p\/ai-plagiarism-considerations-part-a27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;AI Plagiarism Considerations Part 2: When Students Use AI&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westga365.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/eCampusFacultyDevelopment-group\/IQBObTNbfpOeR69K7ftqN7sRAT8Bf3_Psy1DfdqTGom4YAg?e=4hx9a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conversation Starters developed by TurnItIn<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;496114&#8243;] Faculty Question\/Conversation Starters List of questions that may help explore the learning process with a student if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":55985,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61707","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page_category-faculty-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61707"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61754,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61707\/revisions\/61754"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.usg.edu\/kbase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}