Academic Integrity Academic Offenses Do not copy or

Academic Integrity

Academic Offenses • Do not copy or view code for the solution to an assignment question from other sources (friends, web sites, etc. ) • Do not view any website that discuss the assignment material other than those designated in this course (course website and Piazza) • Penalty of academic offenses will result in 0% on the assignment and -5% off final grade • Penalized assignments do not count as your “free” assignment!

Acceptable • Understand the lecture material or how to use the programming tools we use in this course by looking online (ex. Euclidean algorithm, for loop, etc. ) • Get an idea of how to approach an assignment with other students (don’t write actual code) • Get an idea of how to overcome a stumbling block or a bug with other students (don’t write actual code)

Not acceptable • Get an idea of how to solve the problem by searching for the answer online • Copy or view code that may help you do your assignment, other than code from lectures and/or tutorials • View another student’s solution • Have another student view your code • Have someone do your assignment for money

Intellectual Property • This course contains the intellectual property of current and former instructors and ISAs • Make sure to review the intellectual property regulations posted on the course webpage under Resources • https: //www. student. cs. uwaterloo. ca/~cs 137/ current/intellectual. Property. shtml

How might cheating negatively effect your future? Is it worth getting 100% on your assignment when you could lose 6% in the course? Cheating goes on your academic record permanently!