Academic Integrity (2024 - 25)

Joseph has been very busy for the past week and has to submit an assignment by midnight. He texts his friend who did the same assignment last semester. Joseph promptly changes his name at the top and submits it for grading, passing it off as his own. Do you approve his behaviour?

• Yes

• No

Maria found a chart online relating to her project. Being crunched for time, she copied and pasted it into her document, but did not provide an in-text or full citation. Do you approve her behaviour?

• Yes

• No

Sarah was confused while learning the notes of the violin as taught by the music teacher. She called her friend to understand the notes and then submitted her music assignment. She mentioned her friend’s name at the end of her work to give her credit. Do you approve of her behaviour?

• Yes

• No

Three classmates are working on a group project. While two of them have divided the work and researching their topics, the third one is just postponing the work assigned to him. On the final day, all three of them submit their group project and get graded by the teacher. Do you approve of the third friend’s behaviour?

• Yes

• No

Alex and Amy love making things out of waste material. Amy had an idea of making a birdfeeder using a plastic bottle but she didn’t have the bottle. Alex made one the next day and submitted it as his original idea to the Makerspace teacher. Do you approve of Alex’s behaviour?

• Yes

• No

What do you understand by Academic Integrity ?

Share in 1 or 2 words that come to your mind when you think of this term.

Why is Academic Integrity important?

Describe in a line its importance to you .