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, as outlined in our video here.
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.
Free Professional Development Academic Integrity Course
If you would like to learn effective course design techniques (including tools and features within Canvas) that help ensure learning within your course is authentic and reflective of your student's abilities, enroll in our asynchronous Canvas course Designing, Developing and Delivering for Academic Integrity today.
Complete in as little as two hours.
Additional Resources
Scholarly Articles
- Academic Dishonesty: Honor Codes and Other Contextual Influences, McCabe & Trevino, 1993.
- Academic Integrity in Web Based Distance Education, Baron & Crooks, 2005.
Websites
International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI)
UofM Office of Student Accountability
For more ideas and help with adding academic integrity to your course, or building a course with academic integrity baked in, please contact um3d@memphis.edu.