Should any part of this policy be unclear or should you have any questions about how you are allowed to collaborate you are strongly encouraged to contact your professor.
| You may use the following resources: | Projects | Exams |
|---|---|---|
| Course textbook (including answers in the back) | YES | NO |
| Course handouts | YES | NO |
| Other books | YES | NO |
| Your notes (taken in class) | YES | NO |
| Class notes of others, copied by hand or summarized | YES | NO |
| Direct copies (such as photocopies, pictures, scans, printouts) of class notes of others | YES | NO |
| Your returned assignments | YES | NO |
| Solutions to assignments / exams from previous years | NO | NO |
| Consult online resources such as Wikipedia | YES | NO |
| Consult existing material on online sources such as question/answer forums | YES | NO |
| Post questions about problems on online sources such as question/answer forums | NO | NO |
| For coding assignments, you may: | Projects |
|---|---|
| Look at code written by other students in the class | NO |
| Look at code found in online repositories, or written by former students in the class | NO |
| Look at code written by anyone not in your group (including online resources or textbooks) | NO |
| Help other students debug their code | NO |
| Ask a non-student to help debug your code | NO |
| Use an external library, as long as it does not provide a direct solution | NO |
| Discuss high-level problems with others in small groups | YES |
| Look at communal materials, such as a group discussion performed on a white board, while writing up your solution | YES |
| Look at another student’s or group’s completed solution | NO |
| Use any generative AI tools | SOMETIMES1 |
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You MAY NOT use generative AI tools on the SQL assignment. You MAY use generative AI tools on the programming portion of NanoDB projects, but MAY NOT use generative AI on the design doc portion. ↩︎