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Mt. San Jacinto College
Region: Inland Empire / Desert
At a glance
Mt. San Jacinto College's library faculty and staff lead AI literacy efforts through a comprehensive student-facing LibGuide and embedded Online Library Orientation modules covering prompt engineering, citation, fact-checking, and academic integrity. The college's 2026 AP 5500 now explicitly names AI software in its plagiarism and cheating definitions, while requiring all faculty to include an AI policy in syllabi—sample language defaults to prohibition but leaves policy choice to instructors.
Updated Scan Findings
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- AP 5500 Standards of Student Conduct names AI software in plagiarism/cheating. MSJC's Administrative Procedures 5500 (2026-2027 Catalog) defines plagiarism to include 'the published or unpublished work of another person, third-party, or artificial intelligence (AI) software without full and clear acknowledgment,' and defines cheating to include use of 'sources beyond those authorized by the instructor, including but not limited to third-party (AI) software in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments.' 2026 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 3
- Library LibGuide: 'AI, ChatGPT, and Other Generative Tools: For Students'. The MSJC Library maintains a dedicated student research guide on AI/ChatGPT covering ChatGPT basics, AI citations, prompt engineering, and AI verification (lateral reading, source-checking). It frames AI use responsibly within research and academic-integrity contexts rather than prohibition. Last updated April 30, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- AI citation, prompt engineering, and verification guidance subpage. The LibGuide's AI Citations/Prompt Engineering/Verification page instructs students on citing AI in MLA and APA styles (e.g., crediting OpenAI as author with year/version in APA), prompt-writing techniques (context + specific info + intent + response format), and verifying AI output via lateral reading and source-checking. Last updated April 30, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Online Library Orientation modules embed AI literacy. MSJC's Online Library Orientation integrates AI considerations across modules: Module 1 (using AI in pre-research, with cautions), Module 3 (AI for keyword development), Module 4 (fact-checking AI reliability), and Module 6 (academic integrity and the impact of AI). Modules can be assigned by instructors to students. Guide last updated April 30, 2026. 2026 · medium confidence — source
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: Mt. San Jacinto College/Library Faculty and Staff Betty L. Farr /English/AV/PD and Distance Education
- Per survey
- English, audio/visual, PD/DE
- Library Faculty and Staff
- AI, ChatGPT, and Other Generative Tools: For Students: MSJC Resources
- Evaluating Online Sources
AI Policies
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Team/Lead: Mt. San Jacinto College
- Appears to rely on the student code of conduct student integrity policy (cheating and plagiarism) and requires all faculty to have an AI policy in syllabi.
- Academic Senate Syllabus Checklist
- Sample Language
- Spring 2025 Senate Sample Syllabus Language
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in this Course
- [While the AI policy itself is yours to create, you are required to have one. Example: By now, you may be familiar with ChatGPT and other AI language models some students use to enhance or complete their assignments. In my class, you are not authorized to use AI language tools, software, or artwork-generating programs (or similar programs) to produce work for this class. Work written by or created by AI tools is not your own original work, and moreover, the work is ultimately plagiarized from the various sources the program gathers information from. Therefore, work generated from these tools is not accepted in this class.]
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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Team/Lead: Mt. San Jacinto College
- AI, ChatGPT, and Other Generative Tools: For Students: MSJC Resources
- MSJC Online Library Orientation includes tutorials that address AI and can be assigned to students. These can be particularly useful in helping students navigate the way in which AI should or should not be used in developing their assignments and during the research process.
- Module 1: Getting Started with Research
- Developing a Research Focus - Students will learn effective ways to tackle a research assignment: pre-research strategies, develop early search terms, refining your search scope, using AI in pre-research (with a focus on the considerations, uses, and cautions of using AI), and concept maps.
- Module 3:
- Searching for Information - Choosing and Using Keywords - Students will learn how to choose effective keywords for their assignments. New content related to AI has been added to this tutorial addressing the use of AI for keyword development, including evaluating the relevance and reliability of AI generated terms.
- Module 4:
- Evaluating Information - Fact Checking - This fact checking tutorial will help students understand how to fact check a multitude of resources, with a focus on online sources, when conducting research. The tutorial discusses lateral reading, how to evaluate for reliability and balance, tracing claims to original sources, and considering fact checking and AI.
- Module 6:
- Citations and Academic Integrity - Academic Integrity and AI - Students will understand what academic integrity looks like with specific information on the potential impact of AI on academic integrity.
- PD per survey:
- PD/DE has an AI in April PD series coming up. English is working on some AI policies.
- Lots of institutionally created AI-PD
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: Mt. San Jacinto Collegeinitiative: AI in April PD seriesorganization: Mt. San Jacinto College Academic Senateorganization: MSJC English Departmentorganization: MSJC Professional Developmentorganization: MSJC Distance Educationperson: Betty L. Farrpolicy: Mt. San Jacinto College Student Code of Conductpolicy: Mt. San Jacinto College Faculty AI Syllabus Policy Requirement
Links & artifacts
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 2
- https://libguides.msjc.edu/AIforstudents fetched
- https://msjc-edu.zoom.us/rec/play/t83YMl-B3yzjCoc9iP5YLn_CAO2QHVMlVZzJ9Cy8RbYpO0Cq7dL_XLTkX1dgyJe8mWu5Nu041-b1jBAb.UuZL3DUflCJdQDMr?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=my_recording&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmsjc-edu.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FDK-cMXD2sxqozg7IGWYaSOTXJ_DCe9M4guWOSSlRyFBzsPGTlF_UWkTcoUDOMPXz.81rDP0XkkmXj-iGC fetched
Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
BF Betty L. Farr English/AV/PD and Distance Education | bfarr@msjc.edu |