Academic honesty
Seymour has an assignment due on Friday at midnight. It's 11 pm, and he hasn't started. He knows if he had a few more days that he'd do just fine on the assignment. He uploads a blank document. He knows his professor won't question him until Monday, when he will have the assignment done. He'll turn in the "correct" document Monday. What is this an example of?
Academic dishonesty Cheating
Dilbert is working on an essay assignment. He finds sources and copy/pastes them to his document. Later, he changes the wording of the original a bit to make it his own. Towards the end of writing his essay, he isn't sure which words he copy/pasted and which he wrote himself. He turns in the essay and it is flagged as 50% similar. What is this an example of?
Academic dishonesty Intentional plagiarism Unintentional plagiarism
Shelby writes an essay for her economics class. She has carefully read several sources on the topic. She includes a references page with her essay but does not include citations in the text of her essay. What is this an example of?
Academic dishonesty Plagiarism
Autumn has access to a google doc where she and her classmates put together a shared study guide. During her exam, she types the exact words from the google doc as her answer. Later, her professor confronts Autumn and her classmates and asks why they all had the exact same answers on the exam. What is this an example of?
Cheating
Brian is in Dr. Smith's Monday class. Jim is in Dr. Smith's Friday class. Brian takes an exam for Dr. Smith's class on Monday and snaps a picture of the exam. Brian sends the picture to Jim before the Friday class exam in Dr. Smith's class. What is this an example of?
Cheating Academic dishonesty
Jay lives at home with his mom who is an English teacher. He writes a paper and asks his mom to edit it for him. Mom agrees and revises Jay's essay. What is this an example of?
Cheating Academic dishonesty Plagiarism
Lydia is busy with work and school. Her boss increased her hours at work from 15 to 40 hours a week due to the pandemic. She has no time to complete her essay, so she buys an essay online and submits it. What is this an example of?
Cheating Academic dishonesty Plagiarism
Patty has a busy schedule. Her friend Dominic is looking for side work to pay for his books this term. Patty pays Dominic to do her homework for the class they have together. It's a win-win situation since they both consent to the arrangement. What is this an example of?
Cheating Academic dishonesty Plagiarism
Students are asked to complete a discussion board about a group project. Janet posts a response. Karina is in the same group as Janet. Karina copy/pastes Janet's comment as her own. They're in the same group, working on the same project. Karina was going to say basically the same thing as Janet anyways. What is this an example of?
Cheating Intentional plagiarism Academic dishonesty
What questions do you have about academic dishonesty? Is there anything else that should be covered in this module?
I have no doubt about academic dishonesty. Everyone should respect the achievements of others and be responsible for their actions. I think the coverage of academic dishonesty is very comprehensive.
What are the consequences of plagiarizing or cheating?
Removal from university F in the class Staying at university, but a plagiarism notice is placed on academic transcripts F on the assignment
Cheating includes obtaining or attempting to gain credit for work through deceptive or otherwise unauthorized means.
True
Academic dishonesty includes
cheating, plagiarizing, unauthorized collaboration, and other acts
Plagiarism is
copy/pasting directly from another source without citing Correct! turning in an assignment from another class Correct! using the work of another person without giving credit Correct! accidentally not citing correctly
