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Sources Citations and AI Use
Module Four may involve help from course resources, websites, people, IDE tools, or generative AI.
The current Module Four Assignment Guidelines and Rubric in D2L Brightspace is the authority for assignment-specific AI-use and acknowledgement requirements.
This Wiki page does not create a separate AI policy.
Before using generative AI for graded work, review the AI Usage section of the current Module Four Assignment Guidelines and Rubric.
Follow any current SNHU guidance linked from the assignment, including acknowledgement or citation requirements.
When in doubt about whether a particular use is appropriate for your section or assignment, ask your instructor.
It is easier to acknowledge assistance if you record it when you use it.
Keep brief notes about:
- sources you consulted;
- examples you adapted;
- people who provided substantive help;
- AI tools or IDE-generated assistance you used; and
- what the assistance contributed.
The optional SDW can be used for temporary notes, but follow the official assignment instructions for any acknowledgement that must appear in submitted work.
The learning goal is to design the Higher/Lower Game yourself.
If you use a tool or source for help, favor support that helps you understand concepts such as:
- how validation works;
- how loops stop;
- how decision branches differ; or
- how to trace pseudocode.
Avoid treating a generated completed pseudocode solution as a substitute for the reasoning the assignment asks you to practice.
The starter file contains a References area you can use when appropriate.
Follow the current assignment and SNHU guidance for what must be acknowledged and how.
Do not invent citations for sources you did not use.
If you continue to the optional Python construction phase, the starter code also includes a References area.
Acknowledge outside assistance according to current guidance. The fact that Python practice is optional does not make source acknowledgement unnecessary when you choose to share or submit that work elsewhere.
You normally do not need to cite the course-provided README, SRS, SDD, starter template, or Wiki merely for following the assignment workflow unless current course instructions say otherwise.
These materials are part of the course support environment.
A useful question before accepting outside help is:
"Will this help me understand and create my own design, or will it do the design work for me?"
For Module Four, the graded artifact is your pseudocode design. You should be able to explain its sequence, validation, branches, loops, and stopping conditions yourself.
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