How to Use Seedili Responsibly
Seedili is designed to support your learning journey. This guide helps you understand how to use it effectively and in ways that align with your institution's academic integrity expectations.
What Seedili is for
Seedili is a learning support tool that helps you understand concepts, organize your thinking, and work through problems step by step. It's designed to:
- Help you clarify concepts you're learning by asking guiding questions and providing explanations.
- Support you in structuring your thoughts when working on assignments or studying.
- Encourage reflection on your understanding and help you explain ideas in your own words.
- Answer questions about course materials you've uploaded, using only the information in those materials.
Think of Seedili as a study companion that helps you learn, not a tool that completes work for you.
What Seedili is not for
Seedili is not designed to produce work that you submit for assessment. It will not:
- Write essays, assignments, or other work intended for submission.
- Provide final answers or complete solutions to problems you're meant to work through yourself.
- Produce work that you can submit as your own.
- Invent information that isn't in your course materials.
If you ask Seedili for work to submit, it will guide you toward understanding and learning instead. This is by design, to help you develop genuine knowledge and skills.
Using Seedili in line with academic integrity
Academic integrity means doing your own work, learning genuinely, and being honest about your contributions. Seedili is designed to support these principles.
Use Seedili to learn, not to produce submissions
When you use Seedili, focus on understanding concepts and developing your own thinking. Use it to clarify ideas, organize your thoughts, and reflect on what you're learning. The goal is to build your understanding, not to get work done for you.
Do your own work
Even with Seedili's help, the work you submit should be your own. Use Seedili to support your learning process, but make sure that what you submit represents your own understanding and effort.
Follow your institution's guidelines
Your institution may have specific guidelines about using AI tools in your studies. Make sure you understand and follow these guidelines. If you're unsure, ask your instructors or check your institution's academic integrity policies.
Be transparent when appropriate
Some assignments may require you to acknowledge if you used AI tools for learning support. Check your assignment instructions and your institution's policies to see if this applies to your work.
Asking good questions
The way you ask questions can make a big difference in how helpful Seedili is for your learning. Here are some tips:
Ask for understanding, not answers
Instead of asking "What's the answer to this problem?", try asking "Can you help me understand the steps to solve this?" or "What concepts do I need to understand to work through this?"
Ask for clarification and structure
Questions like "How should I organize my thoughts on this topic?" or "Can you help me break down this concept?" will help you learn more effectively than asking for completed work.
Use materials Q&A thoughtfully
When asking about uploaded materials, ask questions that help you engage with the content. Questions like "What does this section mean?" or "How does this concept relate to what we learned earlier?" are more helpful than asking for summaries you can submit.
Build on previous conversations
Seedili remembers your conversation history, so you can build on previous discussions. This helps create a more natural learning experience where you can explore ideas progressively.
Your responsibility
Using Seedili responsibly means taking ownership of your learning and your work. This includes:
- Understanding that Seedili supports learning, not submission.
- Ensuring that work you submit represents your own understanding and effort.
- Following your institution's guidelines about using AI tools.
- Being honest about your use of learning support tools when required by your assignments or institution policies.
- Using Seedili to develop genuine understanding rather than to avoid learning.
Remember that the goal of your studies is to learn and develop skills. Seedili is here to support that goal, not to replace the learning process.
Final note
Learning is a process of building understanding, and ideas take root when you work through them yourself. Seedili is designed to support this process by helping you clarify, structure, and reflect on what you're learning.
When you use Seedili thoughtfully and in line with academic integrity principles, it can be a valuable part of your learning journey. The understanding you develop through this process is what will serve you best in your studies and beyond.
If you have questions about using Seedili responsibly or about your institution's academic integrity policies, don't hesitate to reach out to your instructors or institution administrators.