Fort Collins, United States

Colorado State University

Name: Colorado State University AI Policy Tracker record
Creator: University AI Policy Tracker
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"CSU-GPT","description":"CSU-GPT is a CSU enterprise tool available to every student, faculty member, and staff member in CSU's secure Microsoft Azure environment.","howToObtain":"Use CSU-GPT through CSU's enterprise AI tools.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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CSU-GPT gives every student, faculty, and staff member a safe way to explore generative AI—inside CSU’s secure Microsoft Azure environment. These are enterprise tools provided through CSU’s Microsoft 365 agreement. They meet university security and compliance standards.
Source: AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

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CSU-GPT gives every student, faculty, and staff member a safe way to explore generative AI—inside CSU’s secure Microsoft Azure environment. These are enterprise tools provided through CSU’s Microsoft 365 agreement. They meet university security and compliance standards.

Source language: English (en)
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Normalized value: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot","rawToolName":"Microsoft Copilot Chat","description":"Microsoft Copilot Chat is a CSU enterprise tool approved for sensitive CSU data when logged in with a CSU NetID.","howToObtain":"Sign in to Microsoft Copilot Chat with a CSU NetID.","costToUser":"Not specified.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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Microsoft Copilot Chat (when logged in with your CSU NetID) is approved for handling sensitive CSU data. These are enterprise tools provided through CSU’s Microsoft 365 agreement. They meet university security and compliance standards.
Source: AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

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Microsoft Copilot Chat (when logged in with your CSU NetID) is approved for handling sensitive CSU data. These are enterprise tools provided through CSU’s Microsoft 365 agreement. They meet university security and compliance standards.

Source language: English (en)
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Normalized value: commercial_ai_public_information_only

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You may use other tools for non-sensitive, public information only. Many commercial AI tools have privacy statements that allow them to collect and store your data, and in many cases, they may use your input to train future models.
Source: AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

Source language: English (en)
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Evidence locator: Can I use other AI tools (like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Anthropic Claude)?

Normalized value: csu_gpt_azure_tenant_data_handling

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Unlike public AI tools, CSU-GPT keeps all data, prompts, and uploads inside the university's Microsoft Azure tenant. That means your data never leaves CSU.
Source: CSU-GPT | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

Source language: English (en)
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Evidence locator: A Smarter, Safer AI for CSU

Normalized value: approved_sensitive_ai_tools

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Only three tools are currently approved for handling sensitive CSU data (such as research data, student information, or protected university records): CSU-GPT; Microsoft Copilot Chat (When logged in with your CSU NetID); Microsoft Teams Premium.
Source: AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

Source language: English (en)
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Evidence locator: Generative AI Tools at CSU

Normalized value: system_ai_governance_guidelines_scope

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These guidelines apply to all individuals handling institutional data or using AI tools in administrative operations, research, clinical, and educational activities across the CSU system.
Source: AI Governance Guidelines | Data Governance

Source language: English (en)
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Retrieved: May 16, 2026
Evidence locator: Purpose and Scope

Normalized value: academic_misconduct_cheating_plagiarism_definitions

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Cheating includes using unauthorized sources of information and providing or receiving unauthorized assistance on any form of academic work or engaging in any behavior specifically prohibited by the instructor in the course syllabus or class presentation. Plagiarism includes the copying of language, structure, images, ideas, or thoughts of another, and representing them as one's own without proper acknowledgment.
Source: Academic Misconduct - Student Resolution Center

Source language: English (en)
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Evidence locator: What is academic misconduct?

Normalized value: classified_data_ai_use_requires_approved_tools

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Level 2 (Internal): Verify data classification before use, adhere to approved CSU data and AI policies, use only CSU-approved tools... Level 4 (Restricted): Verify data classification before use... use only CSU-approved tools with the highest level of contractual data protection guarantees; requires additional approval for any AI use.
Source: AI Governance Guidelines | Data Governance

Source language: English (en)
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Evidence locator: 1.1 AI Use Requirements

Normalized value: ai_syllabus_statement_clarity_guidance

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However, it is important that they remain consistent with university and department policy on assessing student work. Finally, the most important part of including a statement is that it provides clarity to your students about your expectations.
Source: What should a syllabus statement on AI look like? | The Institute for Learning and Teaching

Source language: English (en)
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Evidence locator: Last Thoughts

Normalized value: mti_ai_created_work_conduct_code_guidance

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Is work (essays, responses, code, images) created by an artificial intelligence engine still covered by our Student Conduct Code's language? Yes. Definitively. The Student Conduct Code was written to address behavior, not technologies. In addition, work submitted for credit that was created by AI-engines can be addressed using multiple areas of the Academic Misconduct section of the Student Conduct Code.
Source: AI Syllabus Statements & the CSU Conduct Code

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Evidence locator: AI and the CSU Student Conduct Code

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Official sources

7 sources

Academic Misconduct - Student Resolution Center

resolutioncenter.colostate.edu

Source URL: https://resolutioncenter.colostate.edu/conduct/academic-integrity/
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AI Governance Guidelines | Data Governance

datagov.csusystem.edu

Source URL: https://datagov.csusystem.edu/ai-governance-guidelines/
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AI Syllabus Statements & the CSU Conduct Code

natsci.colostate.edu

Source URL: https://www.natsci.colostate.edu/master-teacher-initiative/teaching-tips-and-guides/ai-syllabus-statements-the-csu-conduct-code/
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AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

ai.colostate.edu

Source URL: https://ai.colostate.edu/ai-tools/
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AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

ai.colostate.edu

Source URL: https://ai.colostate.edu/ai-tools/
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CSU-GPT | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

ai.colostate.edu

Source URL: https://ai.colostate.edu/csu-ai-hub/csu-gpt/
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What should a syllabus statement on AI look like? | The Institute for Learning and Teaching

tilt.colostate.edu

Source URL: https://tilt.colostate.edu/what-should-a-syllabus-statement-on-ai-look-like/
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Colorado State University AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/colorado-state-university

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Reviewed claims

CSU-GPT is listed for Colorado State University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Microsoft Copilot Chat is listed for Colorado State University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

CSU's AI Tools page says other AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Anthropic Claude may be used for non-sensitive public information only.

CSU-GPT is described by CSU as operating inside CSU's Microsoft Azure environment, keeping data, prompts, and uploads inside the university's Microsoft Azure tenant.

CSU's AI Tools page lists CSU-GPT, Microsoft Copilot Chat with CSU NetID, and Microsoft Teams Premium as currently approved tools for handling sensitive CSU data.

The CSU System AI Governance Guidelines state that they apply to individuals handling institutional data or using AI tools in administrative operations, research, clinical, and educational activities across the CSU system.

CSU's Student Resolution Center defines cheating to include unauthorized sources or assistance and instructor-prohibited behavior, and defines plagiarism as representing another's language, structure, images, ideas, or thoughts as one's own without proper acknowledgment.

For CSU System internal, confidential, and restricted data classifications, the AI Governance Guidelines say users should verify data classification, follow applicable policies, and use CSU-approved tools; restricted data also requires additional approval for AI use.

CSU TILT guidance says AI syllabus statements should remain consistent with university and department policy on assessing student work and provide students clarity about instructor expectations.

An official CSU MTI teaching page states that work submitted for credit that was created by AI engines can be addressed under multiple areas of the Academic Misconduct section of the Student Conduct Code.

Official sources

Academic Misconduct - Student Resolution Center

AI Governance Guidelines | Data Governance

AI Syllabus Statements & the CSU Conduct Code

AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

AI Tools | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

CSU-GPT | AI @ CSU | Colorado State University

What should a syllabus statement on AI look like? | The Institute for Learning and Teaching