Collusion - Honors 10th ONLY

Jo and Ling are doing the same course. They read the assignment brief together and help each other understand the question. Jo and Ling write their assignments independently. Is this OK? 

• Yes

• No

Sofia and Yi are in the same course. They are working on individual assignments and decide that they will write one section of each other’s assignment each then share their work with each other. Is this OK?

• Yes

• No

Katya is doing an individual online assignment, she is struggling with the second question. She posts the question on a private social media page used by students in her course and uses information from the responses she gets to complete her assignment.Has Katya behaved with academic integrity?

• Yes

• No

Pavel is working on an online assignment. He uses social media to message his friend who is doing the same course. They discuss what the question means and the requirements of the assignment and then both write their responses separately. Have Pavel and his friend behaved with academic integrity?

• Yes

• No

Caesar is sitting an online exam which must be completed individually. He is having trouble answering the questions so asks his flatmate what they think. Has Caesar behaved with academic integrity?

• Yes

• No

True or False? Collusion includes allowing a classmate to copy answers.

• True

• False

Lacey and Josh are working on their homework assignment for math class at Lacey’s house. She receives a phone call, so she goes into the next room to take the call. While she’s out of the room, Josh looks over her homework and jots down a few answers. True or False? What Lacey is doing is an act of collusion.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is Lacey’s responsibility to make sure she is the only individual who has access to her work at all times. Failing to do so is considered an act of collusion

Kris is really good at writing essays and decides to help his friend, Nick, with his argument essay. Kris grabs a pen and starts jotting down ideas for Nick to use to help strengthen his argument. Is what Kris is doing an act of collusion?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

If Kris does not have the professor’s permission to assist Nick with this assignment, Kris is providing an inappropriate level of assistance and collaborating with Nick without authorization. Thus, Kris is committing collusion.

4. Jessie and Tim are in the process of drafting their second essay for the semester. Jessie has a keen eye for finding grammatical errors, so she offers her help to review Tim’s essay. Jessie reviews the essay and finds several grammatical errors. She points them out to Tim and recommends how he should correct them. Is what Jessie is doing an act of collusion?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Jessie is not rewriting the essay for Tim, and the level of assistance she is providing by recommending corrections to the grammatical errors is appropriate.

Which one of the following is not an example of collusion (it may still be plagiarism, but it is not collusion)?

• Study partners submitting duplicate homework assignments

• One student providing another with a completed assignment.

• Copying information from the Internet and pasting the information into an assignment.

• Communicating answers to a classmate about an exam.

Answer explanation

Although not considered an act of collusion, copying information from the Internet and pasting it into an assignment is still an act of scholastic dishonesty, specifically, plagiarism.