UPEI has a set of academic regulations that apply to all undergraduate programs and another set of academic regulations that apply to all graduate programs offered at the university. Some programs may supplement these regulations with specific academic regulations as well. Part of these regulations cover matters of academic integrity and academic misconduct (Undergraduate Academic Regulation 20 & Graduate Academic Regulation 6). These regulations layout what constitutes academic misconduct, what sanctions may be applied in cases of academic misconduct, and the process used for documenting the misconduct.
Additionally the regulations that cover the student's right to academic appeal are covered in these regulations as well (Undergraduate Academic Regulation 12 & Graduate Academic Regulation 9).
Undergraduate and Professional Programs Academic Regulations
The UPEI Academic Integrity Working Group has developed and maintains an Academic Integrity Tutorial. This tutorial provides a general introduction academic integrity at UPEI as well as providing students with example scenarios to determine appropriate action. Students that earn a grade of 85% or higher on the tutorial assessment are awarded with the UPEI Academic Integrity Badge, a badge that can be required by instructors for students to view or interact with selected content on their Moodle course pages (e.g. requiring a student earn the UPEI Academic Integrity Badge prior to attempting their first Moodle quiz or submit an assignment in a Moodle dropbox).
Due to the variety of programs, courses, and instructors at UPEI, the tutorial is quite general, it remains important to provide your own specific expectations and instructions to students regarding appropriate academic integrity practices for your course activities and assessments.
UPEI Academic Integrity Tutorial
Using Moodle's Restrict Access Feature to Require the UPEI Academic Integrity Badge
A guide from the University of Calgary's Taylor Institute on how to lead a discovery conversation for suspected contract cheating. This approach may be helpful for instances of academic misconduct involving generative AI.
A resource of the Taylor Institute discussing the principles of Relationality, Reciprocity, and Respect.