Presented by Student Advocacy and UMSU Academic Integrity How well do YOU know the rules?

While writing an exam in a large room, the person beside you asks to see your answers. You should: Scream “CHEATER CHEATER PUMPKIN EATER” Run like heck! That dude is going to bring you down Ask for a fee of at least one dozen chocolate bars (don’t settle for anything less; you studied hard!) Give the person the answers…the WRONG answers Grab your exam, and go to the front of the class to talk to the instructor

Scream “CHEATER CHEATER PUMPKIN EATER”

Run like heck! That dude is going to bring you down

Ask for a fee of at least one dozen chocolate bars (don’t settle for anything less; you studied hard!)

Give the person the answers…the WRONG answers

Grab your exam, and go to the front of the class to talk to the instructor

While writing an exam in a large room, the person beside you asks to see your answers. You should: Grab your exam, and go to the front of the class to talk to the instructor

Grab your exam, and go to the front of the class to talk to the instructor

You are accused of plagiarism, you should: Call your lawyer Drop the class. If you VW nothing can happen March up to your prof and demand to know what this is all about Answer any questions in a way that will keep you out of trouble: lie if you have to Visit the Student Advocacy Office for help

Call your lawyer

Drop the class. If you VW nothing can happen

March up to your prof and demand to know what this is all about

Answer any questions in a way that will keep you out of trouble: lie if you have to

Visit the Student Advocacy Office for help

You are accused of plagiarism, you should: Visit the Student Advocacy Office for help

Visit the Student Advocacy Office for help

One of the following is NOT a penalty that can be given to a student found to have been involved in academic dishonesty F on the assignment or test Suspension from all courses in a particular department Suspension from the student’s home faculty F in the course Phone call to your parents

F on the assignment or test

Suspension from all courses in a particular department

Suspension from the student’s home faculty

F in the course

Phone call to your parents

One of the following is NOT a penalty that can be given to a student found to have been involved in academic dishonesty Phone call to your parents

Phone call to your parents

You are being investigated for academic dishonesty. Lying can: Help you to convince yourself that cheating is ok Make it easier for you to face your prof in your next class Make you feel good about the situation Get you out of trouble Lead to a more severe penalty

Help you to convince yourself that cheating is ok

Make it easier for you to face your prof in your next class

Make you feel good about the situation

Get you out of trouble

Lead to a more severe penalty

You are being investigated for academic dishonesty. Lying can: Lead to a more severe penalty

Lead to a more severe penalty

You are working on an assignment when you get stuck on a question. You should Start to cry, give up, and drop out of school Sit beside the smartest person in class and try to copy their answer before you hand it in Ask someone else in the class to see what they put for that answer to help you out Refuse to answer it and provide a detailed explanation about why this is a trick and therefore, there is no actual answer Look in your notes/textbook and talk to your instructor/TA

Start to cry, give up, and drop out of school

Sit beside the smartest person in class and try to copy their answer before you hand it in

Ask someone else in the class to see what they put for that answer to help you out

Refuse to answer it and provide a detailed explanation about why this is a trick and therefore, there is no actual answer

Look in your notes/textbook and talk to your instructor/TA

You are working on an assignment when you get stuck on a question. You should Look in your notes/textbook and talk to your instructor/TA

Look in your notes/textbook and talk to your instructor/TA

True or False 10 Points Each

Your professors can often tell that an essay has been plagiarized, even though they may not know where the plagiarized info comes from.

Your professors can often tell that an essay has been plagiarized, even though they may not know where the plagiarized info comes from. TRUE Professors study the topics they teach. They will likely have read many of the sources you will use to write papers.

TRUE

Professors study the topics they teach. They will likely have read many of the sources you will use to write papers.

After visiting the doctor on the day of an exam, you notice that she has written the wrong date. It is okay to change the date yourself.

After visiting the doctor on the day of an exam, you notice that she has written the wrong date. It is okay to change the date yourself. FALSE This is considered False Documentation which is a form of academic dishonesty

FALSE

This is considered False Documentation which is a form of academic dishonesty

You can take your cell phone into an exam or test, as long as the ringer is turned off.

You can take your cell phone into an exam or test, as long as the ringer is turned off. FALSE You should never bring anything into an exam room that you have not been instructed to have with you(Student ID, pen, pencil, eraser etc).

FALSE

You should never bring anything into an exam room that you have not been instructed to have with you(Student ID, pen, pencil, eraser etc).

You should always sit beside your friends in exams.

You should always sit beside your friends in exams. FALSE Sitting away from your friends, shielding your answers, keeping your eyes on your own paper and speaking only to the instructor or invigilator are good ways to avoid being suspect of dishonest behaviour.

FALSE

Sitting away from your friends, shielding your answers, keeping your eyes on your own paper and speaking only to the instructor or invigilator are good ways to avoid being suspect of dishonest behaviour.

You are assigned a paper which has a similar topic to one you wrote last year. It is okay to submit the paper again.

You are assigned a paper which has a similar topic to one you wrote last year. It is okay to submit the paper again. FALSE This is called Duplicate Submission. It is a form of Academic Dishonesty and can result in a penalty

FALSE

This is called Duplicate Submission. It is a form of Academic Dishonesty and can result in a penalty

Short Answers 5 Points Each

Taking the words, ideas or thoughts of others and passing them off as your own is called

Taking the words, ideas or thoughts of others and passing them off as your own is called PLAGIARISM

PLAGIARISM

Copying answers from someone in an exam is considered

Copying answers from someone in an exam is considered CHEATING

CHEATING

Working on an assignment with someone else when the work is intended to be individual is called

Working on an assignment with someone else when the work is intended to be individual is called INAPPROPRIATE COLLABORATION

INAPPROPRIATE COLLABORATION

If you hand in an essay that you used for another class, it is called

If you hand in an essay that you used for another class, it is called DUPLICATE SUBMISSION

DUPLICATE SUBMISSION

FINAL QUESTION 25 Points

Which Student Affairs office might a student visit to find out everything they need to know about the rules surrounding Academic Integrity?

Which Student Affairs office might a student visit to find out everything they need to know about the rules surrounding Academic Integrity? STUDENT ADVOCACY 519 University Centre 474-7423 Confidential Service Help with matters involving Academic Integrity Able to assist with any concerns related to U of M policies

STUDENT ADVOCACY

519 University Centre 474-7423

Confidential Service

Help with matters involving Academic Integrity

Able to assist with any concerns related to U of M policies

Special Thanks To: UMSU Student Services Candace Heyliger