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I'm a university advisor and have undergraduate students who need guidance on what to do AFTER they have been falsely accused of using AI on assignments. I have no idea what I'm doing, just trying to advocate for my students. My university has no guidelines, policies, or adjudication for academic misconduct accusations for AI detection.

Here is what I have so far - please add your ideas!

1. Recover your document version history (this differs between Google and MS365). This can show your revisions, deletions, and additions over time.

2. Recover your browser history - this is problematic in so many ways. Still, I'm hoping that students can prove they were doing keyword searches, spending time on multiple websites, excluding results that don't quite fit the assignment, etc.

3. Run the accusing faculty member's own research papers/thesis through an AI detector, and if the results are similar to your accusation, use that as proof it is faulty.

4. Run your own pre-AI (2020, 2021) writing assignments through the AI detector, and if the results are similar to your accusation, use that as proof it is faulty.

5. Specifically request in an email while cc-ing other college officials (your advisor, the department head, another professor you trust, etc.): Please provide a preponderance of evidence that you researched without the use of AI which specific parts of my assignment were plagiarized or that used AI. In other words, faculty can't say: don't use AI; my AI said you used AI; therefore, you get a zero.

6. Research your student misconduct policies; there will almost always be an opportunity for some sort of appeal. Forward your email chain with your faculty to the dean of students, department head, university president, dean of student conduct, etc.

7. Meet on Zoom and record the entire thing, never accept phone calls or other ways they can avoid accountability

8. NEVER EVER NEVER meet with your faculty member in person without recording the interaction. Audio, video, etc. If they won't meet with you without being recorded, request an advocate be present at your meeting - an academic advisor, another faculty member, another student, the admin assistant, etc.

ETA: I'm based in the US and welcome input on processes in other countries.