UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists Adobe Firefly as accessible through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription, free for students and instructional faculty and staff and $25/year for non-instructional faculty and staff.
Adobe Firefly is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists PromptLab as secure access to advanced LLMs from multiple leading providers and says it is available to anyone with an Onyen.
PromptLab is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
UNC's official ITS calls Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat an institutionally-scoped tool, says it is available to anyone with an Onyen and that everyone at UNC has the basic licence.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (with Data Protection) is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Do not enter sensitive information (as defined by the UNC-Chapel Hill Information Classification Standard) into generative AI tools unless the University’s Information Security Office (ISO) has conducted a risk assessment of the generative AI tool and the University’s Data Governance Oversight Group (DGOG) has approved the tool to handle sensitive information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's administrative generative AI guidance says sensitive information should not be entered into generative AI tools unless the Information Security Office has completed a risk assessment and the Data Governance Oversight Group has approved the tool for sensitive information.
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Staff Generative AI Usage Guidance, Protecting Confidential, Copyrighted, or Personal Data
Students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI- generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback, without additional scrutiny, justification, or penalty.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI-generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Transparency with Students
UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists Adobe Firefly as accessible through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription, free for students and instructional faculty and staff and $25/year for non-instructional faculty and staff.
Adobe Firefly is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists PromptLab as secure access to advanced LLMs from multiple leading providers and says it is available to anyone with an Onyen.
PromptLab is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
UNC's official ITS calls Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat an institutionally-scoped tool, says it is available to anyone with an Onyen and that everyone at UNC has the basic licence.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (with Data Protection) is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI- generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback, without additional scrutiny, justification, or penalty.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI-generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Transparency with Students
Faculty must ensure that any AI system used for grading or feedback is institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards. Uploading student work to consumer-grade AI platforms not contracted by the university is inconsistent with student privacy laws and university policy.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says AI systems used for grading or feedback must be institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards; faculty using GenAI for grading retain full responsibility for evaluative decisions and feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Privacy and Intellectual Property
Uploading information (e.g., research data, grant proposals, unpublished manuscripts, or analytical results) to a public AI tool is equivalent to releasing it publicly; thus, before any information from you or another individual is uploaded to a public AI tool, appropriate steps must be taken to ensure that the disclosure of that information is consistent with all rules and laws related to the handling of private information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's research guidance treats entering private or confidential information, research data, grant proposals, or analytical results into public generative AI tools as a public disclosure of that information.
Faculty should clearly explain to students when and how AI tools are used in support of assessment evaluation. Students should understand which parts of their evaluation come from AI and which come from the instructor's own judgment.
UNC-Chapel Hill says faculty should clearly explain when and how AI tools are used in assessment evaluation, including what comes from AI and what comes from instructor judgment.
UNC's official ITS calls Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat an institutionally-scoped tool, says it is available to anyone with an Onyen and that everyone at UNC has the basic licence.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (with Data Protection) is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Do not enter sensitive information (as defined by the UNC-Chapel Hill Information Classification Standard) into generative AI tools unless the University’s Information Security Office (ISO) has conducted a risk assessment of the generative AI tool and the University’s Data Governance Oversight Group (DGOG) has approved the tool to handle sensitive information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's administrative generative AI guidance says sensitive information should not be entered into generative AI tools unless the Information Security Office has completed a risk assessment and the Data Governance Oversight Group has approved the tool for sensitive information.
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Staff Generative AI Usage Guidance, Protecting Confidential, Copyrighted, or Personal Data
Uploading information (e.g., research data, grant proposals, unpublished manuscripts, or analytical results) to a public AI tool is equivalent to releasing it publicly; thus, before any information from you or another individual is uploaded to a public AI tool, appropriate steps must be taken to ensure that the disclosure of that information is consistent with all rules and laws related to the handling of private information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's research guidance treats entering private or confidential information, research data, grant proposals, or analytical results into public generative AI tools as a public disclosure of that information.
Faculty must ensure that any AI system used for grading or feedback is institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards. Uploading student work to consumer-grade AI platforms not contracted by the university is inconsistent with student privacy laws and university policy.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says AI systems used for grading or feedback must be institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards; faculty using GenAI for grading retain full responsibility for evaluative decisions and feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Privacy and Intellectual Property
UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists Adobe Firefly as accessible through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription, free for students and instructional faculty and staff and $25/year for non-instructional faculty and staff.
Adobe Firefly is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists PromptLab as secure access to advanced LLMs from multiple leading providers and says it is available to anyone with an Onyen.
PromptLab is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
UNC's official ITS calls Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat an institutionally-scoped tool, says it is available to anyone with an Onyen and that everyone at UNC has the basic licence.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (with Data Protection) is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Do not enter sensitive information (as defined by the UNC-Chapel Hill Information Classification Standard) into generative AI tools unless the University’s Information Security Office (ISO) has conducted a risk assessment of the generative AI tool and the University’s Data Governance Oversight Group (DGOG) has approved the tool to handle sensitive information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's administrative generative AI guidance says sensitive information should not be entered into generative AI tools unless the Information Security Office has completed a risk assessment and the Data Governance Oversight Group has approved the tool for sensitive information.
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Staff Generative AI Usage Guidance, Protecting Confidential, Copyrighted, or Personal Data
Faculty must ensure that any AI system used for grading or feedback is institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards. Uploading student work to consumer-grade AI platforms not contracted by the university is inconsistent with student privacy laws and university policy.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says AI systems used for grading or feedback must be institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards; faculty using GenAI for grading retain full responsibility for evaluative decisions and feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Privacy and Intellectual Property
Uploading information (e.g., research data, grant proposals, unpublished manuscripts, or analytical results) to a public AI tool is equivalent to releasing it publicly; thus, before any information from you or another individual is uploaded to a public AI tool, appropriate steps must be taken to ensure that the disclosure of that information is consistent with all rules and laws related to the handling of private information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's research guidance treats entering private or confidential information, research data, grant proposals, or analytical results into public generative AI tools as a public disclosure of that information.
This guidance applies to all members of the research community, including faculty, staff (SHRA and EHRA non-faculty), students (undergraduate, graduate and professional), guest researchers (e.g., unpaid volunteers, interns, and visiting scholars), collaborators, and consultants involved in research occurring under the auspices of the University.
UNC-Chapel Hill's research generative AI guidance applies to members of the research community involved in research under the auspices of the University, including faculty, staff, students, guest researchers, collaborators, and consultants.
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Research Generative AI Usage Guidance, opening guidance scope
UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists Adobe Firefly as accessible through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription, free for students and instructional faculty and staff and $25/year for non-instructional faculty and staff.
Adobe Firefly is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
Students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI- generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback, without additional scrutiny, justification, or penalty.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI-generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Transparency with Students
Faculty must ensure that any AI system used for grading or feedback is institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards. Uploading student work to consumer-grade AI platforms not contracted by the university is inconsistent with student privacy laws and university policy.
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says AI systems used for grading or feedback must be institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards; faculty using GenAI for grading retain full responsibility for evaluative decisions and feedback.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Privacy and Intellectual Property
Faculty should clearly explain to students when and how AI tools are used in support of assessment evaluation. Students should understand which parts of their evaluation come from AI and which come from the instructor's own judgment.
UNC-Chapel Hill says faculty should clearly explain when and how AI tools are used in assessment evaluation, including what comes from AI and what comes from instructor judgment.
This guidance applies to all members of the research community, including faculty, staff (SHRA and EHRA non-faculty), students (undergraduate, graduate and professional), guest researchers (e.g., unpaid volunteers, interns, and visiting scholars), collaborators, and consultants involved in research occurring under the auspices of the University.
UNC-Chapel Hill's research generative AI guidance applies to members of the research community involved in research under the auspices of the University, including faculty, staff, students, guest researchers, collaborators, and consultants.
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Research Generative AI Usage Guidance, opening guidance scope
Do not enter sensitive information (as defined by the UNC-Chapel Hill Information Classification Standard) into generative AI tools unless the University’s Information Security Office (ISO) has conducted a risk assessment of the generative AI tool and the University’s Data Governance Oversight Group (DGOG) has approved the tool to handle sensitive information.
UNC-Chapel Hill's administrative generative AI guidance says sensitive information should not be entered into generative AI tools unless the Information Security Office has completed a risk assessment and the Data Governance Oversight Group has approved the tool for sensitive information.
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Staff Generative AI Usage Guidance, Protecting Confidential, Copyrighted, or Personal Data
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UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI-generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback.
Students must be able to request a full instructor-led review if they disagree with an AI- generated grade or have concerns about automated feedback, without additional scrutiny, justification, or penalty.
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Transparency with Students
Teaching
UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty grading and assessment guidance says AI systems used for grading or feedback must be institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards; faculty using GenAI for grading retain full responsibility for evaluative decisions and feedback.
Faculty must ensure that any AI system used for grading or feedback is institutionally approved and compliant with data security and privacy standards. Uploading student work to consumer-grade AI platforms not contracted by the university is inconsistent with student privacy laws and university policy.
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English (en-US)
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Guidance for Faculty Use of AI in Grading and Assessment, Privacy and Intellectual Property
Teaching
UNC-Chapel Hill says faculty should clearly explain when and how AI tools are used in assessment evaluation, including what comes from AI and what comes from instructor judgment.
Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%
Normalized value: Faculty should disclose AI use in assessment evaluation and distinguish AI-supported evaluation from instructor judgment.
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Faculty should clearly explain to students when and how AI tools are used in support of assessment evaluation. Students should understand which parts of their evaluation come from AI and which come from the instructor's own judgment.
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English (en)
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Transparency with Students
Teaching
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty guidance encourages instructors to state course and assignment AI expectations in the syllabus and tells Carolina students to follow the specific AI guidelines in that syllabus.
Conveying your stance on students’ use of AI in your course is important; it clarifies your expectations and ensures that any use of AI supports rather than frustrates your learning objectives.
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The same page's syllabus starter language tells students to follow specific AI guidelines in the syllabus and check with the instructor if unsure.
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Developing AI Guidance for Faculty, introduction and syllabus starter language
Privacy 1 reviewed claim
Privacy
UNC-Chapel Hill's research guidance treats entering private or confidential information, research data, grant proposals, or analytical results into public generative AI tools as a public disclosure of that information.
Uploading information (e.g., research data, grant proposals, unpublished manuscripts, or analytical results) to a public AI tool is equivalent to releasing it publicly; thus, before any information from you or another individual is uploaded to a public AI tool, appropriate steps must be taken to ensure that the disclosure of that information is consistent with all rules and laws related to the handling of private information.
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Research Use Guidance, limitations and risks
Security Review 1 reviewed claim
Security Review
UNC-Chapel Hill's administrative generative AI guidance says sensitive information should not be entered into generative AI tools unless the Information Security Office has completed a risk assessment and the Data Governance Oversight Group has approved the tool for sensitive information.
Do not enter sensitive information (as defined by the UNC-Chapel Hill Information Classification Standard) into generative AI tools unless the University’s Information Security Office (ISO) has conducted a risk assessment of the generative AI tool and the University’s Data Governance Oversight Group (DGOG) has approved the tool to handle sensitive information.
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English (en-US)
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Staff Generative AI Usage Guidance, Protecting Confidential, Copyrighted, or Personal Data
Research 1 reviewed claim
Research
UNC-Chapel Hill's research generative AI guidance applies to members of the research community involved in research under the auspices of the University, including faculty, staff, students, guest researchers, collaborators, and consultants.
Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%
Normalized value: research-community-guidance
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May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026
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Evidence 1
This guidance applies to all members of the research community, including faculty, staff (SHRA and EHRA non-faculty), students (undergraduate, graduate and professional), guest researchers (e.g., unpaid volunteers, interns, and visiting scholars), collaborators, and consultants involved in research occurring under the auspices of the University.
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English (en-US)
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May 14, 2026
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Research Generative AI Usage Guidance, opening guidance scope
AI tool use 3 reviewed claims
Ai Tool Treatment
Adobe Firefly is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%
Normalized value: {"tool":"adobe_firefly","rawToolName":"Adobe Firefly","description":"Adobe Firefly available through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription.","howToObtain":"Use the UNC Creative Cloud subscription.","costToUser":"Free for students and instructional faculty/staff; $25/year for non-instructional faculty/staff.","availability":"conditionally_allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}
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Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026
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UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists Adobe Firefly as accessible through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription, free for students and instructional faculty and staff and $25/year for non-instructional faculty and staff.
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UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists Adobe Firefly as accessible through the UNC Creative Cloud subscription, free for students and instructional faculty and staff and $25/year for non-instructional faculty and staff.
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English (en-US)
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Jul 16, 2026
Ai Tool Treatment
PromptLab is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%
Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"PromptLab","description":"Secure UNC access to advanced large language models from multiple providers.","howToObtain":"Sign in with an Onyen.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}
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Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026
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UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists PromptLab as secure access to advanced LLMs from multiple leading providers and says it is available to anyone with an Onyen.
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UNC's official AI Tools catalogue lists PromptLab as secure access to advanced LLMs from multiple leading providers and says it is available to anyone with an Onyen.
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English (en-US)
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Jul 16, 2026
Ai Tool Treatment
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (with Data Protection) is listed for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%
Normalized value: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot","rawToolName":"Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (with Data Protection)","description":"Institutionally scoped Copilot Chat with UNC data protection.","howToObtain":"Sign in using an Onyen UNC account.","costToUser":"Basic licence is included; some users have a paid premium licence.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}
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Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026
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UNC's official ITS calls Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat an institutionally-scoped tool, says it is available to anyone with an Onyen and that everyone at UNC has the basic licence.
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UNC's official ITS calls Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat an institutionally-scoped tool, says it is available to anyone with an Onyen and that everyone at UNC has the basic licence.
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English (en-US)
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Jul 16, 2026
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AI Tools at UNC - AI at UNC
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill
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Can I use AI for my coursework?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has 5 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
