Understanding academic integrity

Plagiarism is ...

• Using someone's work or ideas without acknowledgement  ​

• Reusing your own work submitted to different units/colleges/universities

• Asking someone else to do assessment tasks or take exam on behalf of you, using unauthorised materials in exam

Recycling is ...

• Using someone's work or ideas without acknowledgement  ​

• Reusing your own work submitted to different units/colleges/universities

• Asking someone else to do assessment tasks or take exam on behalf of you, using unauthorised materials in exam

Cheating is ...

• Using someone's work or ideas without acknowledgement  ​

• Reusing your own work submitted to different units/colleges/universities

• Asking someone else to do assessment tasks or take exam on behalf of you, using unauthorised materials in exam

Contract cheating is ...

• Asking and/or paying someone/company to write assignments for you​

• Using false information/data/results/references in your assignment​

• Unauthorised collaboration to complete and submit an assessment task

Fraud is ...

• Asking and/or paying someone/company to write assignments for you​

• Using false information/data/results/references in your assignment​

• Unauthorised collaboration to complete and submit an assessment task

Collusion is ...

• Asking and/or paying someone/company to write assignments for you​

• Using false information/data/results/references in your assignment​

• Unauthorised collaboration to complete and submit an assessment task

Student P submits an assignment with in-text citations and without a reference list. Does P commit academic misconduct?

• Yes

• No

Student M and Student I are second-year students at VIT. Tomorrow is the due date for an individual report for one unit, but M is still struggling to complete the report. M asks I to help with the problems related to the report. I is busy with their own work, so I shares their solutions with M. M copies the solutions and submits the report in last minute. Do M and I breach academic integrity?

• Yes

• No

Student Y must submit three assignments by tonight, but they have only completed two assignments. Although the assessment specification does not permit the use of AI platforms, they decide to use ChatGPT to generate the last assignment and submit the work by the due date. Is Y's behaviour an example of academic misconduct?

• Yes

• No