Academic Integrity

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Ideas found on "unofficial" web sources like message boards and social media are part of public discussion and do not need to be cited.

False

True or False: you do not have to cite the source of numerical data or graphs because it is common knowledge

False. It is academic practice to cite all information you use.

For an assignment you create a Prezi (online presentation) and allow it to be viewable by the public. In the Prezi you use background music from an mp3 file you downloaded on iTunes. You have permission from the copyright holder to use the music, but should you also cite this music?

Yes

In your online presentation you use a video clip. It's obvious from the clip who the speaker is and the context of the video. Do you need to cite where you retrieved the clip?

Yes

You are assigned to create an original program for an IST (information sciences and technology) class. During your online research, you find a program that will do exactly what you want it to. You change a few minor details, and submit the work as your own. Is this an academic integrity violation?

Yes

For your Geology class you have been assigned to groups and given lab assignments to complete as a group. Your group completes the lab and you each turn in a copy of the same lab report with your individual name at the top of the page and your lab-mates names listed in the first paragraph. Is this a violation of academic integrity

No

You came up with an idea for a project, but later find that someone had the same ideas. Do you need to cite the other person?

No. You came up with the idea all by yourself

You bought a paper online, and submitted it in class. Your professor found out and accused you of an academic integrity violation. Buying the paper wasn't illegal, you checked, so what's the problem?

Presenting the work as your own.

The following is a source, followed by two examples of paraphrasing. Select the one that does not violate academic integrity: "But in four cleverly designed experiments, Sparrow and her colleagues do explore how the Internet may be changing the way people handle such information now. The results, she says, support a growing belief that people are using the Internet as a personal memory bank: the so-called Google effect." Bohannon, J. (2011). Searching for the Google effect on people's memory. Science, 333(6040), 277-277.

Sparrow and her colleagues used four experiments to examine how the Internet changes the way people interact with information. Their results suggest that the Google effect means people are using Google to replace their own memories.

A classmate mentions to you how upset she is. She tells you she's found out that if she fails the upcoming chemistry test, she'll lose her scholarship. You've already taken the chemistry test and tell her what she needs to study. This violates Academic Integrity:

True

Failing to familiarize yourself with the University's policies does not constitute an adequate defense for violation of those policies.

True

If a faculty member alleges that you were involved in an act of plagiarism, you have the opportunity to challenge the faculty member's allegation as a part of the University's formal discipline process

True

If you forgot to cite a source, but you have the information in your notes, you are still in violation of academic integrity.

True

You're putting together a PowerPoint presentation for a class project and you add an image from a public website that everyone has access to. Do you need to cite the image?

Yes

You've written a research paper, and cited your sources, however, you neglected to write down the page numbers for the in text citations. Because the project is due in four hours, you insert page numbers without verifying them. This is a violation because:

You cited someone, but did it incorrectly


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