Academic Integrity Niagara College Policy Academic Integrity Student

Academic Integrity Niagara College Policy

Academic Integrity Student academic misconduct is a serious offence and will not be tolerated. The minimum penalty for a first offence is a mark of “ 0” for the work involved. Second incident could result in removal from course Formal process is involved, including information that goes into your student record – stays for two years Informal – Personal integrity – is it worth it?

Types of Academic Misconduct Niagara College policies provides examples of academic misconduct which could occur in three types of student activities v Exams and Tests v Laboratory Work v Essays and Assignments http: //library. acadiau. ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Exams and Tests l l Impersonation of a candidate in an examination or test Copying from another student or making information available to other students knowing that this is to be submitted as the borrower's own work Possession of unauthorized material during a test or exam Submission of a take-home examination written by someone else.

Laboratories l l l Copying a laboratory report or allowing someone else to copy one's report Using another student's data unless specifically allowed by the Faculty Allowing someone else to do the lab work Using direct quotations or sections of paraphrased material in a lab report without acknowledgment Faking a report or fabricating data.

Essays and Assignments l Submitting an essay written in whole or in part by someone else as one's own l Preparing an essay or assignment for submission by another student l Copying an essay or assignment, or allowing one's essay or assignment to be copied by someone else l Using direct quotations or sections of paraphrased material without acknowledgment l The buying or selling of term papers or assignments l Submitting the same piece of work in more than one course without the permission of the faculty l Submitting all or part of a computer program without major modifications of one's own.

Case study – Group project A group of four students was assigned a project worth 20% of their course mark l The group meets to discuss their strategy and divide the topics l The group meets again to share and discuss their work and assigns one person to finalize, harmonize the material and submit the project. l There were several sections of the project that were copied directly from websites and obviously included content that was very complex, too detailed and not referenced l The teacher determines that this work has been plagiarized How would you suggest the teacher handles this situation? What strategies should the group use next time to prevent this from occurring?