California State University, Fullerton.
- Detection status
- Turnitin similarity in Canvas; no AI-writing report documented in CSUF's Canvas guides; Faculty Development Center warns detector use can result in false accusations
- Office in these sources
- Office of Student Conduct · (657) 278-4436 · studentconduct@fullerton.edu (email as published in the office's Summary of Student Conduct Procedures PDF; no office location is stated in these sources) · fullerton.edu — Student Conduct contact
- Ombuds or advocacy office
- None located on the institution's own pages in this review.
- Sources last checked
- Sep 2, 2026
Reproduced from the institution’s own pages quoted below — potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any case.
Cal State Fullerton's published sources on AI detection and academic dishonesty, quoted and linked below. CSUF's documents sit in two layers: campus policy written by its Academic Senate (UPS 300.021 on academic dishonesty, UPS 300.030 on grade appeals) and systemwide California State University procedure (Executive Order 1098, which CSUF's own conduct-procedures summary applies). CSUF's library states there is no campus-wide policy on AI use — the rules sit in each course syllabus. These are potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any case; confirm applicability with the institution. Any dates are quoted from the sources, not a deadline calculation performed for you.
What is documented at CSUF — and what isn't
CSUF's Canvas Resource Center documents Turnitin inside Canvas as a similarity tool (page dated "Last Updated Jul 22, 2026"; retrieved Sep 2, 2026):
Source: An Overview of Using Turnitin in Canvas — Canvas Resource Center. The center's current settings walkthrough (page dated "Last Updated Aug 18, 2026," noting "We updated to version LTI 1.3 in summer 2026"; retrieved Sep 2, 2026) covers Similarity Report options only, including whether "students … have access to their Similarity Report." No AI-writing report or indicator setting appears anywhere in CSUF's Turnitin-in-Canvas guides, and no fullerton.edu page stating that Turnitin's AI writing indicator is enabled or disabled was located in this review — that absence is stated here rather than asserted either way. Source: How do I set additional settings in a Turnitin assignment? — Canvas Resource Center.
CSUF's Faculty Development Center publishes a page on AI-detector limitations (page dated "Last Published 3/18/26"; retrieved Sep 2, 2026):
The same page reproduces a systemwide advisory under the heading "Statement on AI Detection Platforms from the CSU Directors of Academic Technology": "While some AI detection platforms claim up to 99% accuracy, even a 1% potential false-positive or false-negative rate presents a considerable challenge to enforcing academic integrity because the instructor cannot 'prove' their case to an independent observer. … Suggested strategies include constructive discussions between students and faculty, as well as clear communication about expectations related to AI use for assignments and assessments via course syllabi and assignment instructions." Source: AI Detection Tools — Considerations and Limitations — Faculty Development Center. These are cautions about reliance, not a published deactivation; nothing in this review located a CSUF statement disabling any detection tool.
On AI-use rules, CSUF's Pollak Library states (guide dated "Last Updated: Aug 23, 2026"; retrieved Sep 2, 2026): "There is *no* campus-wide policy on AI at CSUF! Whether AI is allowed or prohibited in your class is up to your individual Instructor." Source: CSUF's AI Policy — Pollak Library. Your syllabus and assignment instructions are therefore among the relevant sources for your own situation.
What CSUF's own documents say about how cases proceed
- Who may be present
- “Both the Complainant and the Student charged may elect to be accompanied by an Advisor of their choice, subject to the limitations set forth in this section, to any meetings, conferences, interviews or hearings.” On recording of hearings: “The recording is University Property. No other recording of the hearing is permitted.” — CSU Executive Order 1098, the systemwide student conduct procedure CSUF's own conduct-procedures summary applies (revision effective Oct 6, 2023, per the CSU-campus-hosted copy read in this review; retrieved Sep 2, 2026) · Executive Order 1098 (PDF)
- What follows on the record
- “Although our office will maintain records of any disciplinary actions for a minimum of seven years, only certain designated sanctions (probation, suspension, or expulsion) appear as disciplinary notations on students’ academic transcripts.” — Office of Student Conduct, Faculty Resources (page dated “Last Published 2/26/26”; retrieved Sep 2, 2026). Executive Order 1098 adds, systemwide: “Suspension of one academic year or more, expulsion, withdrawal in lieu of suspension or expulsion, and withdrawals with pending misconduct investigations or disciplinary proceedings shall be entered on the Student’s transcript permanently, without exception.” · Student Conduct — Faculty Resources
The two questions an adviser raises first, answered from this institution’s own published documents — or recorded as not stated in them.
From UPS 300.021, Academic Dishonesty, CSUF's Academic Senate policy (document dated "Effective Date: 6-16-15"; retrieved Sep 2, 2026):
Source: UPS 300.021 — Academic Dishonesty (PDF). The same policy states the student "must be allowed to attend all classes and complete all assignments until the appellate process is complete." Grade appeals run under UPS 300.030 (document dated "Effective Date: 6-16-2026 (ASD 26-33)"; retrieved Sep 2, 2026), which names among its grounds a dishonesty case where "the student disciplinary process established that there was not a preponderance of evidence to prove that the student violated the student code of conduct," sets the informal-resolution and formal-filing windows at 30 and 45 calendar days "from the first day of classes of the regular semester (fall or spring) following the term for which the grade in question was entered," and states of its own track: "the use of devices for the purpose of recording meetings that occur as a part of the appeal process is prohibited" and that a hearing representative "may not be a licensed attorney." Source: UPS 300.030 — Academic Grade Appeals (PDF).
Conduct-side discipline runs under Executive Order 1098, quoted in the block above, which also sets the standard of proof — "The standard of proof the Hearing Officer shall use is whether the University's charge is sustained by a Preponderance of the Evidence. It is the University's burden to show that it is 'more likely than not' that the Student violated the Student Conduct Code." — limits the advisor's role ("Whoever is selected as an Advisor is limited to observing and consulting with, and providing support to, the Complainant, witness, or Student charged"), and permits an attorney as advisor in two named situations: "(a) where there are pending criminal charges arising out of the same facts that are the subject of the disciplinary proceeding; or (b) where expulsion is a possible sanction," with written notice "at least 5 Working Days prior to the hearing." CSUF's own Summary of Student Conduct Procedures (PDF filename dated 09.22.2025; no on-page date displayed; retrieved Sep 2, 2026) describes the local sequence — written notice of allegations, a voluntary resolution agreement or a hearing, and "After reviewing the Hearing Officer's recommendation, the President makes the final decision regarding disciplinary action" — and also cites President's Directive No. 9 on the use of attorneys, which was not located in this review and is listed by title only. Source: Summary of Student Conduct Procedures (PDF). What any of this means for a particular case is for the institution and its process to determine.
Where the documents live
| Document | Location |
|---|---|
| UPS 300.021 — Academic Dishonesty (Academic Senate, effective 6-16-15) | senate.fullerton.edu — UPS 300.021 (PDF) |
| UPS 300.030 — Academic Grade Appeals (effective 6-16-2026) | fullerton.edu/senate — UPS 300.030 (PDF) |
| Summary of Student Conduct Procedures (Office of Student Conduct) | fullerton.edu/student-conduct — Summary (PDF) |
| CSU Executive Order 1098 (systemwide conduct procedure; CSU-campus-hosted copy read in this review — official copy lives on calstate.policystat.com, which returned nothing to plain fetches) | csuchico.edu — EO 1098 (PDF) |
| Student Conduct — Policies and Procedures (governing-document index) | fullerton.edu/student-conduct/policy.html |
| Student Conduct — Faculty Resources (reporting, transcript notations) | fullerton.edu/student-conduct/faculty.html |
| Office of Student Conduct | (657) 278-4436 · studentconduct@fullerton.edu (phone from the office's contact page; email from its Summary of Student Conduct Procedures PDF; no office location stated in these sources; retrieved Sep 2, 2026) · fullerton.edu/student-conduct/about/contact.html |
| An Overview of Using Turnitin in Canvas (Canvas Resource Center) | canvashelp.fullerton.edu — Turnitin overview |
| Turnitin assignment settings (Canvas Resource Center; similarity options only) | canvashelp.fullerton.edu — Turnitin settings |
| AI Detection Tools — Considerations and Limitations (Faculty Development Center) | fdc.fullerton.edu — detection tools |
| CSUF's AI Policy (Pollak Library guide) | libraryguides.fullerton.edu — CSUF's AI Policy |
| Record retention and transcript notation (UPS 300.021; Faculty Resources page; EO 1098) | fullerton.edu/student-conduct/faculty.html |
Organizing your own drafts and records to bring to any of this: the records checklist. Capturing the pages above as they read today, and keeping your own dated record beside them: what to do with these sources.
Revision history of this page
2026-08-23 — Page created. All quotations captured this date from the fullerton.edu and canvashelp.fullerton.edu pages and PDFs linked beside them; source documents carried their own dates where noted (UPS 300.021 effective 6-16-15; UPS 300.030 effective 6-16-2026; Canvas guides last updated Jul 22 and Aug 18, 2026; FDC page last published 3/18/26; library guide last updated Feb 24, 2026; Faculty Resources page last published 2/26/26). The middle-status framing is deliberate: CSUF documents Turnitin similarity in Canvas, its current Canvas guides contain no AI-writing setting, and no first-party statement enabling or disabling Turnitin's AI indicator was located; the Faculty Development Center's cautions are quoted as cautions, not treated as a step-2 disqualification — flagged for reviewer judgment, same category as Texas A&M and USF. Capture notes: Executive Order 1098 was read from a CSU Chico–hosted PDF (2023 revision, PolicyStat ID 14075291) because the official calstate.policystat.com copy returned nothing to plain fetches — the page says so beside the quotation, and confirming the official copy is flagged for a manual read. The Office of Student Conduct's email is script-obfuscated on its contact page and is reproduced from the office's own Summary of Student Conduct Procedures PDF; no office location is stated in either source, and a search-index snippet placing the office in Langsdorf Hall was deliberately not used (staging-site provenance, unverified). President's Directive No. 9 (attorneys in conduct proceedings) is cited by CSUF's summary but was not located; it is listed by title only. The Student Conduct home page could not be fetched in this environment; the contact, policy, and faculty pages were captured instead. Ombuds search: "site:fullerton.edu ombuds OR ombudsperson" and student-advocacy variants returned no fullerton.edu ombuds or general student-advocacy office; the docket records that absence. Automated research pass. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter (review confirmed 2026-08-23). Internet Archive captures: to be added.
2026-08-23 — Manual-read flag resolved. The Executive Order 1098 confirmation recorded in the entry above — checking the official calstate.policystat.com copy against the CSU Chico–hosted PDF this page quotes from — was completed by the named human reviewer this date. No change to the page's quotations or characterizations was required. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter.
2026-08-24 — Automated research pass, not a human review. Sources re-fetched and compared this date: both Canvas Resource Center Turnitin pages, the Faculty Development Center's AI detection page, the Pollak Library AI-policy guide, Student Conduct's Faculty Resources and Contact Us pages, the Policies and Procedures index, UPS 300.021, UPS 300.030, the Summary of Student Conduct Procedures PDF (filename 09.22.2025, confirmed still the live link from the Policies and Procedures index), and Executive Order 1098 read in full again from the CSU Chico–hosted PDF — every quotation on this page from these sources was found unchanged and verbatim, including EO 1098's advisor, recording, attorney-as-advisor, preponderance-standard, and permanent-transcript-notation provisions. UPS 300.030 in particular was read start to finish against a search-engine summary that described different grounds and a different appeals timeline than this page quotes; the PDF itself, fetched directly, confirms the page's existing quotations (30/45 calendar-day windows, the six-condition definition of a grade appeal including the preponderance-of-evidence ground, the recording prohibition, and the no-licensed-attorney-representative rule) are accurate and current — the search summary was describing something else, not a change to CSUF's document. CORRECTION (URL only, not content): the Canvas Resource Center's "additional settings" guide (ID 1258787) now resolves at a changed slug, .../l/1258787-how-do-i-set-the-optional-settings-in-a-turnitin-assignments, with its heading correspondingly changed from "How do I set additional settings…" to "How do I set the Optional Settings…"; the page's link and source-map row are updated to the current URL, its quoted content and Aug 18, 2026 update date are unchanged. The official EO 1098 copy at calstate.policystat.com still returns nothing to a plain fetch; the CSU Chico–hosted PDF remains the source read, as confirmed by the named reviewer on 2026-08-23. Ombuds search re-run: no fullerton.edu ombuds or ombudsperson page located; the docket's stated absence stands. Archive captures: still pending (Save Page Now unreachable from this run environment). Reviewer: none — automated pass.
2026-09-01 — Internet Archive captures requested this date by an automated capture pass; no human review is claimed for this entry. No quotation, date, finding or link above was changed by it. This is the first capture pass to reach this page. Captures added: Canvas Help — Turnitin Optional Settings → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901083824/https://canvashelp.fullerton.edu/m/Turnitin_in_Canvas/l/1258787-how-do-i-set-the-optional-settings-in-a-turnitin-assignments; Canvas Help — Turnitin in Canvas Overview → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901083903/https://canvashelp.fullerton.edu/m/Turnitin_in_Canvas/l/1501828-an-overview-of-using-turnitin-in-canvas; Faculty Development Center — AI Detection Tools → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901083937/https://fdc.fullerton.edu/teaching/ai/detection-tools.html; Pollak Library — AI guide → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901084143/https://libraryguides.fullerton.edu/c.php?g=1483045&p=11056306; UPS 300.021 (PDF) → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901084217/https://senate.fullerton.edu/publications-policies-resolutions/ups/UPS%20300/UPS%20300.021.pdf; Executive Order 1098, CSU Chico–hosted copy (PDF) → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901084240/https://www.csuchico.edu/osrr/_assets/documents/eo-1098-2023.pdf; Summary of Student Conduct Procedures (PDF) → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901084339/https://www.fullerton.edu/student-conduct/_resources/pdfs/Summary-Student-Conduct-Procedures.09.22.2025.pdf; Student Conduct — Contact Us → https://web.archive.org/web/20260901084408/https://www.fullerton.edu/student-conduct/about/contact.html. One source failed capture, on its first attempt and now resting seven days before it is eligible again: UPS 300.030 (PDF), where the host answered the archiver with a service-unavailable error. Two sources on this page were not reached within this pass's budget: Student Conduct's Faculty Resources page and its Policies and Procedures index. Both remain candidates for the next pass, in their ordinary turn.
2026-09-02 — Sources re-fetched and compared this date; automated pass, not a human review. Ten of eleven linked sources unchanged and verbatim: both Canvas Resource Center Turnitin pages, the Faculty Development Center's AI detection page, Student Conduct's Faculty Resources, Contact Us and Policies and Procedures pages, UPS 300.021, UPS 300.030, the Summary of Student Conduct Procedures PDF, and Executive Order 1098 (CSU Chico–hosted copy — the official calstate.policystat.com copy still returns nothing to a plain fetch). The Pollak Library's AI-policy guide carries a new "Last Updated" timestamp, Aug 23, 2026 (previously Feb 24, 2026); its quoted text, "There is *no* campus-wide policy on AI at CSUF! Whether AI is allowed or prohibited in your class is up to your individual Instructor," is unchanged — a re-save, not a content change. Correction to the 2026-08-24 entry below: that entry stated the Canvas settings guide's heading had changed from "How do I set additional settings…" to "How do I set the Optional Settings…"; today's direct read of the page's own <title> and <h1> shows the heading has always read "How do I set additional settings in a Turnitin assignment?" — only the URL slug contains the phrase "optional-settings." The 2026-08-24 entry's URL update was correct and needed no further change; its heading-change claim was not, and is corrected here rather than edited away. Ombuds search re-run: no fullerton.edu ombuds or ombudsperson page located; the docket's stated absence stands. This page's fidelity packet was re-captured through its existing recipe (digest f5079e1dfe19); against the fresh capture the page traces with two known, pre-existing gaps unrelated to today's findings, neither new: the mechanical recapture does not preserve the Pollak Library guide's own <em> emphasis around "no," which this page represents as literal asterisks matching the source's intent; and the Faculty Development Center source-map row's search-query text ("site:fullerton.edu ombuds OR ombudsperson," quoted in the 2026-08-23 entry below) is long enough to register as an unverifiable quotation to the checker, though it was never an institutional quote. This page is not yet listed in tools/fidelity-gate.txt.
2026-09-02 (later pass) — Internet Archive captures requested this date by an automated capture pass; no human review is claimed for this entry. No quotation, date, finding or link above was changed by it. These are the two sources the 2026-09-01 entry above noted as not reached within that pass's budget. Captures added: Student Conduct — Faculty Resources → https://web.archive.org/web/20260902083108/https://www.fullerton.edu/student-conduct/faculty.html; Student Conduct — Policies and Procedures → https://web.archive.org/web/20260902083230/https://www.fullerton.edu/student-conduct/policy.html. No source on this page failed capture this pass.
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