Academic Integrity
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Academic Integrity is one of our core values and one of the most important areas of focus as a learning organization. Students with academic integrity make decisions based on ethics and values that will prepare them to be productive and ethical citizens.
Academic Integrity is one of our core values and one of the most important areas of focus as a learning organization. Students with academic integrity make decisions based on ethics and values that will prepare them to be productive and ethical citizens.
What is Academic Integrity?
What is Academic Integrity?
Academic integrity is a concept used to address the many facets of authenticity within a student's work. A student who upholds a high standard of academic integrity maintains that the work he or she turns in is authentic and true to the knowledge he or she has acquired.
Academic integrity is a concept used to address the many facets of authenticity within a student's work. A student who upholds a high standard of academic integrity maintains that the work he or she turns in is authentic and true to the knowledge he or she has acquired.
The technology age has certainly helped people have fast access to any and all information on the web. Because of this, you will see academic integrity becoming more of a standard in educational institutions as they begin to hold students to higher accountability measures.
The technology age has certainly helped people have fast access to any and all information on the web. Because of this, you will see academic integrity becoming more of a standard in educational institutions as they begin to hold students to higher accountability measures.
It is important that as you take courses online, you are equipped to appropriately utilize technology. The Internet can be a powerful research tool. The key is to know how to use it and what is appropriate.
It is important that as you take courses online, you are equipped to appropriately utilize technology. The Internet can be a powerful research tool. The key is to know how to use it and what is appropriate.
Academic Integrity means...
Academic Integrity means...
- Your work on each assignment will be completely your own
- Your collaboration with another classmate on any assignment will be pre-approved by your instructor
- You will not practice plagiarism in any form
- You will not allow others to copy your work
- You will not misuse content from the Internet
What is plagiarism exactly?
What is plagiarism exactly?
Plagiarism is copying or using ideas or words (from another person, an online classmate, or an Internet or print source) and presenting them as your own.
Plagiarism is copying or using ideas or words (from another person, an online classmate, or an Internet or print source) and presenting them as your own.
Some examples of plagiarism:
Some examples of plagiarism:
- Buying a paper from a research service or term paper mill.
- Turning in another student's work with or without that student's knowledge.
- Turning in a paper a peer has written for the student.
- Copying a paper from a source text without proper acknowledgment.
- Copying materials from a source text, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks.
- Paraphrasing materials from a source text without appropriate documentation
- With the Internet, another type of plagiarism needs to be listed: Turning in a paper from a "free term paper" website.
Please be aware that all FLVS instructors utilize a myriad of technologies to check student work for authenticity, including but not limited to the upload of student work to TurnItIn.com. In order to maintain the integrity of all FLVS grades, instructors may choose to facilitate random oral assessments and/or face to face exams. If an instructor confirms that a student has plagiarized work in any manner, the student will be subject to consequences determined by FLVS administration and may be removed from the course with a failing grade.
Please be aware that all FLVS instructors utilize a myriad of technologies to check student work for authenticity, including but not limited to the upload of student work to TurnItIn.com. In order to maintain the integrity of all FLVS grades, instructors may choose to facilitate random oral assessments and/or face to face exams. If an instructor confirms that a student has plagiarized work in any manner, the student will be subject to consequences determined by FLVS administration and may be removed from the course with a failing grade.
How to avoid plagiarism
How to avoid plagiarism
When research is involved for class work, most often you will be asked to either cite, quote, paraphrase, or summarize your findings. These are appropriate ways to acknowledge other people's findings.
When research is involved for class work, most often you will be asked to either cite, quote, paraphrase, or summarize your findings. These are appropriate ways to acknowledge other people's findings.
Cite: to quote as an authority or example (© 2003 yourdictionary.com)
Quote: to repeat or cite, as for authority or illustration (© 2003 Webster's)
- paraphrase: a re-statement of the meaning of a passage of work, etc. (© 2003 Webster's)
- summarize: a brief account of the substance or essential points of something spoken or written (© 2003 Webster's)
The web sites listed here will further define plagiarism and will offer the tips to students on how to avoid plagiarism:
The web sites listed here will further define plagiarism and will offer the tips to students on how to avoid plagiarism:
- Use the Landmarks Citation Machine to easily cite your resources. Simply select the type of resource you used, enter the requested information about that resource, and then copy and paste the MLA citation for the resource from the Citation Machine.
Whenever you quote, paraphrase or summarize other people's ideas, then it is appropriate to acknowledge the source. When quoting someone's ideas, you should place the idea in quotation marks, and then make a note in parentheses next to it citing the author, source, and date.
Whenever you quote, paraphrase or summarize other people's ideas, then it is appropriate to acknowledge the source. When quoting someone's ideas, you should place the idea in quotation marks, and then make a note in parentheses next to it citing the author, source, and date.
Always think…. did this idea originally come from me or from someone else? If it originally came from someone else, then remember to play it safe and cite the content with the author and source.
Always think…. did this idea originally come from me or from someone else? If it originally came from someone else, then remember to play it safe and cite the content with the author and source.
Want to learn more about FLVS' Academic Integrity Policy?
Want to learn more about FLVS' Academic Integrity Policy?
This paper explains the tools we use in dealing with integrity, definitions, roles and responsibilities of all parties along with the matrix of integrity interventions. Please download and save this document for future reference. Click here
This paper explains the tools we use in dealing with integrity, definitions, roles and responsibilities of all parties along with the matrix of integrity interventions. Please download and save this document for future reference. Click here
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