Academic Integrity
What does academic integrity mean?
Being honest and responsible in your learning and schoolwork.
What is plagiarism?
Using someone else's words or ideas and presenting them as your own.
What is a source?
A place where information comes from, such as a book, website, article, or interview.
What does collaboration mean?
Working together with others toward a shared goal.
You don't know an answer on your homework. What should you do instead of copying?
Ask the teacher, use your resources, or research the answer.
True or False: Academic integrity only matters during tests. Why?
False. It applies to homework, projects, research, presentations, and other schoolwork.
True or False: Copying a paragraph from a website without giving credit is plagiarism.
True.
Name TWO sources you might use for a school research project.
Books, websites, articles, encyclopedias, interviews, etc.
True or False: Working with classmates is always plagiarism.
False. Collaboration is allowed when the teacher permits it.
You find a perfect sentence online for your assignment. What should you do?
Paraphrase it in your own words or quote it properly and give credit.
Name ONE way a student can show academic integrity.
Examples: Do your own work, give credit to sources, be honest, or ask for help.
You copy five sentences from a book and put them in your assignment without naming the author. What is this?
Plagiarism.
Why should we give credit to our sources?
To show where our information or ideas came from and acknowledge the original creator.
Your teacher says you must complete an assignment individually. Your friend gives you their completed answers. Should you copy them?
No. You should complete your own work.Yes, if paraphrasing is done without proper attribution or if it is too close to the original text, it can be considered plagiarism.
Your friend asks you to send them your homework so they can copy it. What should you do?
Don't give them your completed work to copy. Offer to explain or help them understand the task.
Why is academic integrity important?
It builds trust and shows that you are responsible for your own learning.
A student changes a few words from a website but keeps the original sentence structure and does not give credit. Is this okay?
No. It can still be plagiarism.
You use information from a book in your project. What information should you record?
At minimum, the author and title; depending on the citation style, other publication details may also be needed.
What is one appropriate way to help a friend who doesn't understand an assignment?
Explain the idea, discuss strategies, or help them understand the instructions without doing the work for them.
You accidentally forget to include a source in your research project. What should you do?
Correct it and add the source rather than pretending you found the information yourself.
A student makes a mistake in an assignment and tells the teacher instead of hiding it. What value are they demonstrating?
Honesty and responsibility.
What should you do if you want to use someone else's exact words?
Put the words in quotation marks and give credit to the source.
A student says, “I found it on Baidu, so Baidu is my source.” Is this always correct?
No. Baidu is a search tool. The student should identify and credit the actual source of the information.
Why is it important to know whether an assignment is individual or collaborative?
Because the teacher's instructions tell you what kind of collaboration is allowed.
Your teacher asks for your own opinion, but you ask AI to write the entire response and submit it unchanged. What is the problem?
You are not demonstrating your own thinking and may be misrepresenting AI-generated work as your own. You should follow your teacher's rules for AI use.