Academic Integrity
What is academic integrity?
showing proper, honest behaviour in an academic setting even when you face challenges
What is plagiarism?
Using someone else’s work or ideas as your own
You and your partner are working on a project. You divide the assignment and work separately on your own parts. You put those parts together and submit the work to your teacher. Your teacher detects plagiarism on your partner's part. What are the consequences?
This is an act of plagiarism and everyone in the group is held equally responsible. Your work will not be assessed and graded. You will need to take the responsibilty of your act.
Why is it important to have academic integrity?
It gives you confidence and proves that you are a trustworthy person. It helps you avoid a lot of legal issues.
Plagiarism or not? When you work together with a friend or a group of friends to complete an individual assignment.
It is an act of plagiarism as long as you are not advised to work together by your instructor.
You worked on your writing assignment on your own, but asked another person (e.g. a teacher, a native speaker or a student) to check and edit your work. They have found lots of mistakes and made lots of corrections and rewritten some parts of it. Is it plagiarism?
Yes, it is an act of plagiarism as the edited work involves excessive amount of corrections made by another person.
Why is honesty important?
You take the responsibilty of your own mistakes and acts.
How do we detect plagiarism in our school?
We use Turnitin to detect plagiarism.
First term you wrote a nice paragraph and received positive feedback from your teacher. In the seond term, you have been given a similar assignment and you have used some parts of your previous work in your essay. Is it plagiarism?
Yes, recyling or resubmitting a work is an act of academic dishonety.
What can you do if you do not have enough time to submit an assignment on time?
Submit late by informing your instructor in advance or do not submit at all.
Plagiarism or not? When you let a friend use your work and copy a few sentences from your work.
It is an act of plagiarism. Both of you equally take the responsibilty.
Yes, it is. Using your mobile devices to gather ideas during an exam is an example of cheating.
Name the acts that support academic integrity.
■Sit your own exams
■Submit your own work
■Do the right thing and act honestly even when you are faced with difficulties
■Use information appropriately by telling where the information in your work comes from
Plagiarism or not? When you find some ideas from the internet and use those sentences changing the words with synonyms.
It is an act of plagiarism. You need to use your own words and ideas.
You look over your notes before the exam. You put the notes under your chair. Your teacher realizes your notes under your chair. However, you have never attempted to look at your notes during the exam. Is it considered exam cheating?
Yes, it is. Do not possess any item that is prohibited during the exam. Read the exam rules and obey them.