Academic Integrity Violation Notice: An increase in academic…
Academic Integrity Violation Notice: An increase in academic misconduct, cheating, accessory to acts of academic dishonesty, and collusion has been detected in online testing. Video logs are under review for additional violations such as the use of secondary devices (phones, tablets, external monitors), covering the camera during tests, remote access of tests by third parties, and other violations that compromise tests such as sharing test questions and exams via texting or social media. Academic Integrity Statement: Academic integrity is fundamental to the process of learning and evaluating academic performance. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following: cheating, plagiarism, tampering with academic records and examinations, falsifying identity, and being an accessory to acts of academic dishonesty. Refer to the Student Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.) for more information. If cheating occurs, a grade of zero will be assigned to the work and this grade will not be dropped in the calculation of the final grade. The student may be reported to the Student Judicial Committee as prescribed by the Student Judicial Procedures (Links to an external site.) Reference Student Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.) – Section 7: Academic dishonesty, such as cheating, plagiarism, academic misconduct, collusion, or accessory to acts of academic dishonesty. Students should be aware that personally completing assigned work is essential to learning. Students who are aware that others in a course are cheating or otherwise committing academic dishonesty have the responsibility to bring the matter to the attention of the course instructor and/or the Division Dean. Academic honesty and intellectual integrity are fundamental to the process of learning and to evaluating academic performance. Maintaining such integrity is the responsibility of all members of the College. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following: Cheating–The act of deception by a student who misrepresents mastery of information on an academic exercise. These acts can be either premeditated or not. Examples include copying or allowing someone else to copy work of another student; using a textbook or other material during an examination; collaboration during an academic exercise or giving or receiving information; and using specially prepared materials during an academic exercise, such as notes or formula lists. Plagiarism– The inclusion of someone else’s actual words or paraphrases, ideas, or data into one’s own work without acknowledging the original source. The included material must have appropriate citations such as footnotes or quotation marks and identification of the sources, published or unpublished, copyrighted or not copyrighted. Collusion–The unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing an academic exercise or committing an academic violation with another person. Academic Misconduct–The actual or attempted tampering or misuse of academic records or materials such as transcripts and examinations. Examples include stealing, buying, or otherwise obtaining all or part of a non-administered test or academic exercise; selling, bribing, or giving away all or part of a nonadministered academic exercise or any information about it; changing or altering a grade book, test, change of student record form, or other official academic records of the College that would alter grades; and breaking in and/or entering a building or office for the purpose of changing a grade or tampering in any way with grades or examinations. Falsification/Fabrication– The intentional use of invented information or the falsification of research findings with the intent to deceive. Examples include citation of information not obtained from the source indicated; listing sources in a bibliography not used in the academic exercise; inventing data or source information; submitting as one’s own, any academic exercise prepared totally or in part for/by another; taking a test for another student or permitting another student to take a test for oneself; submitting work previously used for credit in another course without the express permission of the Instructor; and falsifying information on official school documents such as application, financial aid, and/or scholarship forms. Accessory to Acts of Academic Dishonesty–The act of intentionally facilitating, supporting, or conspiring with another student to commit any form of academic dishonesty.