Spotlight on: Academic Integrity

We’ve gathered informative articles, videos, and solutions for mitigating academic dishonestly in on ground, online, and hybrid courses in this spotlight. 

Academic dishonesty, or cheating, within the context of the classroom refers to a broad category of actions and behaviors that violate our institution's norms concerning the authentic and original production of scholarship.  While usually carried out by students working independently or collaboratively, academic dishonesty is also a generalized issue within our academic community.

Designing for Academic Integrity

Ideally, courses are designed from the beginning with academic integrity in mind.

Quick Design Tweaks + Canvas Tools for Academic Integrity

In reality, academic integrity is something that is often added as an after thought when we realize it's an issue. That's ok-- there are many ways you can use small course design tweaks and Canvas tools to add layers of academic integrity to a course you are currently using. Simple change to your course could include changing assignment instructions, allowing more student choice, and even automatically dropping a low score. Small changes to how you use Canvas could include randomizing quiz questions, creating larger question banks and adding TurnItIn to written assignments.