Notes compiled <<DATE>> by <<INSTRUCTOR>>.
Updated with information on second violation <<DATE>>
Student: <<STUDENT>> #NNN-NN-NNNN
<<XXXX NNNN: COURSE NAME>>, <<SEMESTER>>
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Notice to students regarding Academic Integrity expectations and policies
Student’s awareness of and agreement to expectations and course policies
Documentation of first violation of academic integrity expectations
Documentation of second violation of academic integrity expectations
Notice to students regarding Academic Integrity expectations and policies
Syllabus (Attachment 1) distributed via Blackboard at start of class contained this
paragraph
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Academic Integrity and Originality (Plagiarism):
Students are expected to adhere to the institution’s policy on plagiarism and
cheating as articulated in the Code of Student Conduct. In this course, any
form of plagiarism will result in a zero for the plagiarized assignment.
Further consequences may also include a warning letter in the student’s
program file; a failing grade for the course; and initiation of formal charges
through the Office of Student Conduct.
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Blackboard discussion board forum titled “Course Agreements” (Attachment 2) contained
post from instructor titled “Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting, and Plagiarism” at start of
class. Content of the message is reproduced beneath the line
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This is a sample post. Replace this your own.
It seems that every semester, I find at least one student who does not understand
paraphrasing, summarizing, and/or quoting sources. Intentionally or not, these students
end up plagiarizing an assignment. It's always an unpleasant conversation when that
happens - for me and for the student. Don't let it happen to you this semester.
One of the learning objectives for this course is to learn when to credit others for their
work (always!) and how to do it properly. To that end, I urge you to spend some time
reviewing some of my favorite tutorials on the topic.
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This online tutorial from University of Maryland University College is probably my
favorite: http://www.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorial/start.shtml
Acadia University also has a helpful tutorial on quoting, paraphrasing, and
summarizing at http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
This two-page handout gives a succinct summary of paraphrasing, quoting, and
summarizing: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/paraquo.pdf
Never be shy about asking for help. Sometimes it's hard to figure out how to cite something.
Just ask. That's why the Help!! Discussion Board is available. I am infinitely patient in
helping someone who is trying to do the right thing and needs a little help.
Consequences for plagiarism can range from a gentle warning to quite severe - even
expulsion from the program. Review the Code of Student Conduct for more details about
university policy.
In this class, at a minimum, you will get a zero for a plagiarized assignment and you will not
be allowed to "make it up." There may be additional consequences as well.
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Student’s awareness of and agreement with expectations and course policies
On <<DATE>>, <<STUDENT>> responded (Attachment 2) to the posted message with the
following:
<<INSERT STUDENT RESPONSE TO COURSE AGREEMENTS DISCUSSION BOARD POST>>
First Academic Integrity Violation
<<STUDENT>> submitted <<ASSIGNMENT TITLE>> (Attachment 3) on <<DATE>>.
TurnItIn reported a similarity index of NN% (Attachment 4). <<STUDENT>> was assigned
to complete a tutorial on plagiarism; a grade of zero for the plagiarized assignment; and
notified of course grade penalty of one letter grade. Email correspondence following the
incident is included in Attachment 5. I also filed the Notice of Violation with Student
Judicial Programs (Attachment 6). Representative content from the plagiarism tutorial is
included in Attachment 7. This includes a list of principles presented, screenshots of
presentation, and a sample question from the quiz.
Second Academic Integrity Violation
On <<DATE>>, <<STUDENT>> submitted <<ASSIGNMENT TITLE>> (Attachment 8) for
grading. On <<DATE>>, I sent an email message asking <<HIM/HER>> to confirm that
S/HE had completed the plagiarism tutorial and that <<HIS/HER>> submission was
plagiarism-free and ready for grading. S/HE confirmed this on <<DATE>>. The relevant
emails are included in Attachment 9.
TurnItIn reported NN% similarity but there were a number of ambiguous alerts in the
report. As a result, I did a partial screening of the submission – highlighting overlapping
text and noting the original sources. The TurnItIn report (Appendix 10) and results of the
manual review (Appendix 11) are included.
As a result of this second incident, <<STUDENT>> received a zero for this assignment and
an F for the course. The email notifying <<HIM/HER>> of this is located in Appendix 12 and
the second Notice of Violation filed with Student Judicial Programs is in Appendix 13.