Academic Integrity – Prohibited Behavior

An academic misconduct allegation is filed when a student has reportedly violated one or more areas of academic integrity, which including but not limited to: assisting, cheating, falsification, tampering, plagiarism, multiple submissions of work, and unauthorized recording and use. 

These terms can be confusing, so we have prepared a visual guide to help you understand what these words mean in the context of academic integrity. 

Code of Student Conduct; Section 4.2 Academic Misconduct 

Library Academic Misconduct Tutorial 

 

Assisting

“Any action that helps another engage in academic misconduct." 

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Cartoon characters letting each other copy their assignment.

 

Cheating 

“Unauthorized assistance, or access to or use of unauthorized materials, information, tools, or study aids." 

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Cartoon character looking up solutions to his assignment on a solutions manual.
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Cartoon character looking up solutions to his assignment on a solutions manual.

 

Falsification 

“Fabrication or invention of any information." 

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A cartoon character falsifying her homework.

 

Plagiarism 

“Representing the words or ideas of another person or presenting someone else's words, data, expressed ideas, or artistry as one's own." 

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A cartoon character plagarizing an article.

 

Multiple submissions of work 

“Using or submitting work completed for another or previous class or requirement, without appropriate disclosure, citation, and instructor approval.”  

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A cartoon character reusing a previously submitted piece of work.

 

Unauthorized recording and use 

“Recording and/or dissemination of instructional content without the express permission of the instructor(s), or an approved accommodation coordinated via Disability Access Services.”  

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Various anti-recording signs.