update policy

Author: junyanz

index.html

@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ <h3>TAs</h3>
   <div class="col-md-12">
       <h3>Assignment Structure</h3>
       <ul>
-        <li>Class Participation (10%): Participate in class and online discussion on piazza.
-          Students must read one paper per class and post a few lines (question, thoughts, summary, insight, etc.)
+        <li>Class Participation (10%): Participate in class and online piazza discussion.
+          Students must read one paper per class and post a few lines (question, answer, thoughts, insight, etc.)
           within one week of the corresponding class day. </li>
         <li>Homework Assignments (45%): Submit all homework assignments on time. Each assignment is worth 15% of the overall grade.</li>
         <li>Final (group) Project (45%): </li>
@@ -125,9 +125,17 @@ <h3> Collaboration Policy </h3>
           If we find highly identical work without proper accreditation of collaborators, we will take action according to university policies.
           For more, see the <a href="https://www.cmu.edu/policies/student-and-student-life/academic-integrity.html">CMU academic integrity guidelines</a>.</p>
     </div>
+
+      <div class="col-md-12">
+        <h3> Use of Large Language Models</h3>
+        <p> Using a large language model (e.g., ChatGPT, CoPilot, Cursor, etc.) to generate any part of your programming assignments or Piazza posts is strictly prohibited and a violation of academic integrity. 
+           For the final project, you are permitted to use LLMs. If you do, you must acknowledge this in your final report and submit a log (or chat history) of all prompts used to generate project content. 
+           Failure to properly document your use of AI on the project is also considered an academic integrity violation.
+        </p>
+    </div>
     <div class="col-md-12">
         <h3> Late Policy </h3>
-        <p> For the programming assignments, students will be allowed a total of <b>five</b> late days per semester; each additional late day will incur a 10% penalty. The code should be easy to run by TAs.
+        <p> For the programming assignments, students will be allowed a total of <b>five</b> late days per semester; each additional late day will incur a 10% continuously prorated penalty. The code should be easy to run by TAs.
           Make sure to start early and complete your assignments on time!
           Please note that the late days do not apply to any part of the final project: that includes the project proposal and final project report.
           This policy will be enforced strictly. </p>