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KTH's templates for course-specific information on generative AI

Each course at KTH must have course-specific information about generative AI published in both Canvas and the course memo. To help teachers create this information, there are ready-made templates to use. There are four templates that represent four common approaches to using generative AI, here is a brief explanation of how you are supposed to use them.

Course-specific information is a requirement 

With course-specific information about generative AI, you can help your students use generative AI correctly in your course. The Faculty Council has also decided that each course at KTH must have course-specific information about generative AI published in both Canvas and the course memo (see Minutes for the Faculty Council's meeting 2025-03-05 (Swedish, PDF) ). The content of the course-specific information must be justified based on the course's intended learning outcomes and pedagogical structure to guarantee that it is relevant to the course.

Tip! Write a short description in the course memo and refer to Canvas for more details.

The four different templates 

To support you in writing your course-specific information about generative AI, there are four templates where each template represents a common approach to using generative AI. You are advised to choose one of these templates instead of writing your own text, to save time and energy. The templates are designed to require as little editing as possible from you as a teacher.

Tip! You can also get support from the guidelines for generative AI on the page Considerations for using generative AI .

The following headings briefly go through each template: 

  • No use of generative AI tools allowed
  • Only allowed in specific assignments
  • Allowed throughout the course according to given guidelines
  • Free use of generative AI tools.

For more details, visit Preview: Course-specific information on generative AI (Canvas Commons) . 

Note! You should go through the course-specific information with the students orally at the beginning of the course to ensure mutual understanding of how generative AI will be used in and affect the course.  

No use of generative AI tools allowed 

Any use of generative AI tools is prohibited in the course examination, including graded assignments, and students are advised to avoid generative AI even when studying.  

The only thing you need to be added to the page is the reason why you have chosen to ban the use of generative AI, based on the course's learning outcomes and pedagogical structure.  

Only allowed in specific assignments 

Generative AI may only be used in specific graded assignments under clearly stated conditions and terms based on the nature of the assignments. Students are advised to avoid using generative AI in non-graded assignments. 

What you need to add to the template: 

  • A reason for your choice, based on the course's intended learning outcomes and pedagogical structure. 
  • In which graded assignments generative AI may be used and to what extent. 
  • How students should account for their use of generative AI. 

Allowed throughout the course according to given guidelines 

Generative AI tools may be used in all examinations, including graded assignments, as long as the use follows the course guidelines, unless otherwise explicitly stated. Students are also recommended to follow the course's guidelines outside of graded assignments and other examinations. 

What you need to add to the template: 

  • A reason for your choice, based on the course's intended learning outcomes and pedagogical structure. 
  • Guidelines for the use of generative AI in examinations, both what is allowed and examples of prohibited use. 
  • How students should account for their use of generative AI. 

Free use of generative AI tools 

Students are allowed to use generative AI as they see fit in all examinations, including graded assignments. There is no prohibited way to use generative AI in the course as long as the use complies with KTH's ethical guidelines and Swedish law. 

The only thing that you need to add to the template is a reason why you have chosen to allow free use of generative AI, based on the course's learning outcomes and pedagogical structure. 

For the best effect, you should include a discussion assignment in your course where the students can work out common guidelines for the use of generative AI. This is to avoid arguments between students about the acceptable use of generative AI, as well as to help them become aware of any risks. These guidelines can also be updated during the course if the students see a need for it. 

The templates are available in Canvas 

All templates come in the same module in all Canvas rooms together with an instruction page, but for each course you are only expected to publish one of the pages. The instruction page goes through step-by-step how to use the templates, but briefly you need to reflect on how the use of generative AI affects the course's learning outcomes and pedagogical structure. You should also make sure that any use is fair, so that all students have the same conditions even though some students may pay for a better version of the tool. 

The templates include: 

  • an explanation of how generative AI can and cannot be used in the course, with highlighted text where you as a teacher must enter details 
  • a reminder to students that they are fully responsible for all materials they submit 
  • where relevant, how the use of generative AI should be accounted for 
  • information that the unauthorised use of generative AI may lead to disciplinary action 
  • a request to contact the course coordinator in case of any ambiguities.

For more details, visit Preview: Course-specific information on generative AI (Canvas Commons) .