When you submit evidence for assessment, you agree to BloomBoard’s Academic Integrity policy, confirming that all content within your submission represents your own authentic, original work and reflection.
AI can be a powerful tool to support your learning process, but it must be used responsibly. The inappropriate use of AI in developing submission evidence violates BloomBoard’s academic integrity policy and may result in disciplinary actions such as communication to your sponsoring organization, denial of a unit submission, and/or suspension of your bloomboard.com user account.
Below are detailed guidelines and examples to help you navigate appropriate AI usage when completing unit requirements.
Appropriate Use of AI: Using AI as a Thought Partner
Using AI to brainstorm, structure ideas, or receive feedback is welcomed. AI should enhance your planning and critical thinking, not replace your personal analysis or authentic classroom evidence.
The following practices are examples of appropriate AI use:
- Unpacking unit requirements, generating lesson strategies, or drafting outlines to organize your thoughts before creating your evidence.
- Using AI as a sounding board to review your draft evidence for clarity, alignment to rubrics, or completeness before final submission.
- Generating or refining curricular or instructional materials (for example: unit plans, worksheets, or assessment items).
Why this is allowed: Educators frequently adapt existing or district-provided materials. Because BloomBoard units evaluate how you adapt, implement, analyze, and reflect upon instructional choices, using AI-generated lesson plans is acceptable as long as all annotations, reflections, and analyses are strictly your own authentic work.
Inappropriate Use of AI: Policy Violations
Submitting AI-generated content in place of authentic practice or personal reflection compromises the validity of your evidence.
The following practices are violations of policy:
- Submitting fully or largely AI-generated written responses, reflections, or analytical reports without meaningful personal editing and contextual customization.
- Copying and pasting verbatim outputs from AI tools that include prompts, directions, or placeholders (for example: "Here is your requested outline:", “Replace with your own data,” etc.).
- Using AI to generate fake student work samples, assessment scores, or classroom interaction data.
Please note, these policies are for BloomBoard’s K-12 Partners. If you are completing courses through a university partner, please review the university handbook or contact your university advisor for university-specific policies like these.