Gathered Work

UC Davis.

UC Davis's published sources on AI, academic integrity, and the conduct process, quoted and linked below. The Code of Academic Conduct is the governing text; misconduct cases run through Student Conduct and Integrity (formerly part of OSSJA); and AI-use rules are set at the course level, so the syllabus matters. These are potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which governs any case; confirm applicability with the institution. Any dates are quoted from the sources, not a deadline calculation performed for you.

01Detection status

What is documented — and what isn't

Turnitin is available as an originality-checking integration in UC Davis Canvas (Canvas Help, page last updated Mar 10, 2021; retrieved Aug 21, 2026); that page describes similarity reporting and does not address the AI-writing indicator. No campus-wide statement enabling or disabling Turnitin's AI detection was located in this review — which itself is worth knowing: third-party trackers describe AI detection at UC Davis as available at instructor discretion, and that characterization is unverified here. On AI use itself, the IET guidance is current and explicit (page modified Jul 20, 2026):

"Instructors: Clearly communicate expectations for AI use in your syllabus and during the start of each term. Consider including assignment-specific guidelines." "Students: Confirm with your instructors before using AI in coursework. Do not use AI to complete assignments unless explicitly permitted."

Sources: Turnitin — Canvas Help · AI Guidance — UC Davis IET. Course-level rules govern; the syllabus and assignment instructions are primary sources for any particular situation.

02Published process

What UC Davis's own pages say about how cases proceed

From Student Conduct and Integrity's description of the referral process (page modified Mar 10, 2026; retrieved Aug 21, 2026) — instructor-facing, quoted because it describes the process a student experiences:

"A student is considered not in violation (innocent) unless the student admits or is found in violation at a formal hearing." "A student may remain silent and this cannot be used as evidence that the student is in violation (guilty)." "Most cases (98%) are resolved through agreement […] About 2% of cases proceed to a formal hearing." "A formal hearing is not a trial. […] You and the reported student present information to an [SCI] panel composed of two students and one faculty member who are trained to conduct hearings, but have no prior involvement in the case." "If a student does not have a prior disciplinary history, Student Conduct and Integrity generally does not suspend or dismiss the student."

The same page describes the sequence: report submitted through studentconduct.ucdavis.edu; the student is directed to schedule a meeting, hears the report explained, and responds; a temporary "Y" grade holds the course grade open if the quarter ends first; and after a hearing, the Director's decision letter "describes any appeal rights." A separate page covers advisors in the conduct process — students may be accompanied by an advisor of their choice. What any of this means for a particular case is for the institution and its process to determine.

Source: What happens when I refer a student — Student Conduct and Integrity.

03Source map

Where the documents live

DocumentLocation
Academic misconduct — Student Conduct and Integritystudentconduct.ucdavis.edu/conduct/academic-misconduct
Disciplinary processstudentconduct.ucdavis.edu/conduct/disciplinary-process
Advisors in the conduct processstudentconduct.ucdavis.edu — advisors
Policies incl. Code of Academic Conductstudentconduct.ucdavis.edu/conduct/policies
Referral process, describedstudentconduct.ucdavis.edu/what-happens-when-i-refer-student
AI guidance (campus)iet.ucdavis.edu/aggie-ai/ai-guidance
Student Conduct and Integrity(530) 752-1128 · contact page at studentconduct.ucdavis.edu/contact (from the office's pages, retrieved Aug 21, 2026)

Organizing your own drafts and records to bring to any of this: the records checklist.

04Change log

Revision history of this page

2026-08-21 — Page created. Captured first-party this date: the Student Conduct and Integrity referral-process page (modified Mar 10, 2026), the IET AI guidance (modified Jul 20, 2026), and the Canvas Help Turnitin page (last updated Mar 10, 2021 — dated; re-check on next pass). Not established: any campus-wide statement on Turnitin's AI-writing indicator; the section above says so rather than asserting either way. The advisor description and any filing-window details are paraphrase pending verification against the linked pages. Reviewer: [named human reviewer before publication]. Internet Archive captures: to be added.

Spot an error or an outdated quotation? hello@gatheredwork.com — corrections are made on the record, in this log.