Permission Before Prompting
Start with the assignment rule and understand why citation cannot fix prohibited AI use.
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Using and Citing AI in Academic Work
A practical High School course about permission, authorship, source verification, disclosure, and responsible MLA, APA, and Chicago documentation.
FormatSelf-paced
Time114 minutes
Assessment80% to pass
Public trackNo data submitted
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7 modules. Student-centered and practical.
AI Is a Tool, Not Automatically a Source
Use AI for discovery while reading and citing the original evidence.
Authorship, Integrity, and Ownership
Identify who performed the intellectual work and take responsibility for the result.
Verify Before You Cite
Find, read, and validate every source and citation detail.
Disclosure and Citation Are Different
Explain both where material came from and how AI shaped the process.
MLA, APA, and Chicago in Practice
Apply current documentation patterns while checking the official guide.
Use AI Without Outsourcing the Learning
Prompt for questions, critique, and practice while preserving ownership.
Privacy-first design
The public course leaves no learner record.
We do not ask for a login, email address, or certificate name while you learn. Page completion and assessment results are saved only in this browser. Any printable completion certificate is not searchable or independently verified.
Research behind this course
Check the foundation directly.
These selected sources fit this course’s audience and purpose. The complete library explains evidence types and limitations.
Official guidance · 2024AI Competency Framework for StudentsUNESCO ↗Official guidance · 2025Guidance on AI and Children, Version 3.0UNICEF Innocenti ↗Professional framework · 2025Artificial Intelligence and Adolescent Well-Being: An APA Health AdvisoryAmerican Psychological Association ↗
Explore the complete verified source library →Written and reviewed byBrannon Fissette, Ed.D., MBA
Independent-school educator and technology leader with experience in teaching, faculty development, school operations, responsible AI, and applied educational research.
Review approachLiving curriculum
Research standards and source library →Guidance is checked against primary sources and revised as technology, research, and institutional expectations change.