As per Section III C.4 of the Faculty Handbook (Ownership of Student-Created Intellectual Property), the ownership of student-created works rests with the creator of the work. This means that student coursework is considered the student’s intellectual property and so may not be uploaded or transferred to third-party platforms (including AI detection tools).

Given that Brock University has not procured and does not internally support AI detection software, instructors should not submit student coursework to any AI detection tools or services.

The May 2024 revisions to the university policy on undergraduate student evaluation also makes this explicit, as follows:

FHB III A.10.4.3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Detection 

Instructors are advised that submitting or sharing student work with any AI detection services is not institutionally condoned.

This also means that reports or other information generated through AI detection tools cannot be used as evidence in assessing students’ work.