{"id":1794,"date":"2026-01-20T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/?page_id=1794"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:23:39","slug":"ai-citations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/ai-citations\/","title":{"rendered":"AI citations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ways to Cite AI<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>MLA (9th Edition)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Works Cited Example:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChatGPT. Response to \u201cExplain the greenhouse effect in simple terms.\u201d 12 May 2025. OpenAI, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/\"><b>https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In-text citation:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ChatGPT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MLA recommends including:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prompt (what was asked)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The date you accessed it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The platform or container (OpenAI, with the URL)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/citing-generative-ai-updated-revised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>MLA&#8217;s Official Guidance<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>APA (7th Edition)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Reference List Example:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI. (2025, May 12). ChatGPT response to \u201cExplain the greenhouse effect in simple terms.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/\"><b>https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>In-text citation:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(OpenAI, 2025)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APA treats AI tools as works with no human author. Include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company name (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The date of the response<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A description of the prompt as a title<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The direct URL<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/blog\/how-to-cite-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>APA&#8217;s Official Guidance<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Chicago Style (17th Edition \u2013 Notes &amp; Bibliography)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Footnote Example:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChatGPT, response to \u201cExplain the greenhouse effect in simple terms,\u201d OpenAI, May 12, 2025, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/\"><b>https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago recommends treating AI output like personal communication or unpublished content. Use descriptive citations in footnotes with:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tool<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prompt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The date<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source platform<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/qanda\/data\/faq\/topics\/Documentation\/faq0422.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Chicago&#8217;s Official Guidance<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Informal Citation for Student Projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When formal citations aren\u2019t required (e.g., in a slide deck or reflection), encourage short, clear statements like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI used ChatGPT to brainstorm my subtopics.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe image on slide 2 was generated using Canva\u2019s AI art tool.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI asked Perplexity to explain pros and cons, and used my own words to summarize.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe voiceover script was based on a ChatGPT outline, which I edited.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These statements can be added to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker notes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slide footers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Process journals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final reflection pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video captions or credits<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ways to Cite AI MLA (9th Edition) Works Cited Example: ChatGPT. Response to \u201cExplain the greenhouse effect in simple terms.\u201d 12 May 2025. OpenAI, https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/. In-text citation: (ChatGPT) MLA recommends including: The AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT) The prompt (what was asked) The date you accessed it The platform or container (OpenAI, with the URL) MLA&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/ai-citations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI citations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":865,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1794","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1794\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltalearns.ca\/seaquamlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}