Topic 7: Academic Integrity & Performance

CONTENT:

1)Avoiding Plagiarism

2)Calculating Grade Point Average

Here are some tips to avoid plagiarism:

1.Understand what the plagiarism is: Copying and pasting text, submitting work that you didn't write and using someone else's ideas without giving them credit.

2.Cite your sources: You need to cite it properly to verify original author or sources.

3.Paraphrase carefully: You need to understand the original source and that you don't need just rearranging words.

4.Keep track of your sources: As you're doing research, keep track all of your sources. So, it will make it easier to cite them. 

5.Use plagiarism detection software: You can use these programs to check your work for plagiarism before you submit it. 

For calculate a grade point average (GPA), you can use the formula:

1.Multiply: In each course, you received the grade by number of credits you earned in the course

2.Add: Up the grade points for each class

3.Divide: The sum by the total number of credits earned in those courses 

GPA's usually range from 0.0 to 4.0. Some things you need to keep in your mind when calculating GPA include:

1.Understand the grading scale

2.Credit hour that represent the amount of time spent in class per week and the more credit hours a course has, the weight carries in CGPA calculation

3.Calculate quality points. To calculate your GPA for each course, you multiply the grade value by the number of credit hours. For example:

• An "A" in a 3-credit course = 4.0 × 3 = 12 quality point

4.Sum of Quality Points and Credit Hours

• Add up all your quality points for each course.

• Add up all your credit hours for the courses you are considering in the GPA calculation.

5. Divide Total Quality Points by Total Credit Hours

• GPA = Total Quality Points ÷ Total Credit Hours

• This gives you the weighted average of your grades, which is your