Academic Integrity Tutorial - Test yourself - Professional Development, University of Nottingham

That you have learned the skills of citation and referencing in order to credit authors who you quote, paraphrase, or whose ideas you use That as a student you have taken on principles which guide you in your academic work That earning a degree will be a reflection of your own efforts and the reward after a great deal of learning All of the above

Not quite... it's more than this. Its about actively valuing the intellectual property rights of others, not just acknowledging them.

Not quite... it's more than this. What are the values to be taken on board which indicate you value academic integrity?

Not quite... it's more than this. Being credited with an academic qualification means you have been admitted into a certain community which calls for accountability to that community

Correct. Its all of the above: being responsible to acknowledge other people's work, understanding your role in maintaining a community of integrity; contributing your own originality where possible. Some have indicated important values as including honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.

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Honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility Refusing to edit other students assignment spelling and grammatical errors. Acknowledging ideas of other people when using them in written work Refusing to write an assignment for another person, or allowing a person to copy your work.

Incorrect. These values are central to this idea. An American Body, the Centre for Academic Integrity lists these values as fundamental to a community with integrity.

Correct. Its ok to take on an editing role to indicate surface issues (spelling and grammar) in most situations when dealing with a friend's work, unless they have been instructed not to use proof reading services. Changing the ideas or contributing to the content of another student's assessed work, unless you are sure this will be acknowledged and is allowed by the assessors, is unwise.

Incorrect. This is central to the idea of academic integrity

Incorrect. This is central to the idea of academic integrity.

One of the above statements is not central to the idea of academic integrity

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Correct. Whether or not he knew he was plagiarising is unlikely to mean he will not be considered to have committed an academic offence. The cause of this problem may be that he is not sufficiently experienced with referencing conventions. But he cannot be given credit for someone else's work.

Incorrect. Whether or not we mean to plagiarise does not change the fact that it has taken place. We can't be credited for work that doesn't belong to us. It is likely that this student will be offered further guidance on how to reference, and shown why his work has been penalised.

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Duplicating lengthy sections of published work

Incorrect. The term 'Academic Integrity' or lack of it is more than the illegal act duplicating too much source material

Incorrect. 'Citation' is acknowledging a source

Correct, although breaking copyright might also involve plagiarism copying more than the legal limit, is a copyright issue. The issue here are is probably 'multiple copies', and copying too much

Incorrect. The issue is 'duplicating' more than 'copying'

Incorrect. 'Reference' has to do with publication or source details in a lsit of references of bibliography

Representing the words and ideas of another person as your own

Incorrect. This is an issue indicating a lack of 'Academic Integrity', but it is a certain type of offence � try again

Incorrect. A citation is an in-text reference.

Incorrect. 'Copyright infringement' has to do with violations of legal amounts of duplication or replication of sources

Correct. Plagiarism is about passing off as your own, work which belongs to others. Copyright has to do with 'words', plagiarism with 'work'.

Incorrect. A 'Reference' is a list of details in a list of references or bibliography

Short text, usually in brackets, indicating the source of material or quotation

Incorrect. This term refers to a set of values and practices.

Correct. Citations are found between brackets, embedded in the text.

Incorrect � copyright has to do with replication of material � usually large amounts of it, of too much of a source

Incorrect. Problems of 'Plagiarism' is usually helped using these. A clue � you find them embedded in the test�try again

Incorrect. References are full details of citations, in a list of references or bibliography

Intentional goal of respecting intellectual property and the source of original ideas and work in scholarship

Correct. Communities with integrity or 'Academic Integrity' does all of these things.

Incorrect. Citations are found between brackets, embedded in the text

Incorrect. 'Copyright infringement' has to do with 'words', exceeding legal limits of duplication and making multiple copies

Incorrect. Plagiarism is about passing off as your own, work which belongs to others.

Incorrect. . References are full details of citations, in a list of references or bibliography

Alphabetical lists arranged by author, of sources referred to in a given text

Incorrect. Communities with integrity or 'Academic Integrity' use these lists to trace the source of information which has contributed to a written piece or theory. Try again.

Incorrect. Citations are found between brackets, embedded in the text

Incorrect. 'Copyright infringement' has to do with 'words', exceeding legal limits of duplication and making multiple copies

Incorrect. Plagiarism is about passing off as your own, work which belongs to others

Correct. References provide the details from which readers can track down sources of information.

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Working together in a group to produce a common project, credit for which is shared

Incorrect. 'Auto plagiarism' is about failing to cite and reference yourself when you refer to previous work or publications in a current piece of work. Is a copyright issue, but is bad practice in terms of being scholarly and providing a trail for those who need to check your sources.

Correct. Collaboration does not stop you from making an independent contribution to a collective task, and of this being recognised as such. Contributors still share the credit, but individual effort is still discernible,.

Incorrect. 'Collusion' means that something deceptive has taken place, which is about 'fooling' or 'pulling the wool' over someone else. Collusion is about being underhanded.

Incorrect. 'Common knowledge' is a term that describes facts that don't need to be referenced because they are in the public domain, and about which there is no dispute.

Incorrect. 'Recycling' in the academic sense is about gaining credit more than once � it is something that should not be part of behaving with integrity.

Submitting to a second assessor, your own work - that has already been assessed

Incorrect. 'Auto plagiarism' is about failing to cite and reference yourself when you refer to previous work or publications in a current piece of work. Is a copyright issue, and sometimes a plaairism issue, but is certainly bad practice in terms of being scholarly and providing a trail for those who need to check your sources.

Incorrect. 'Collaboration' means working together legitimately.

Incorrect. 'Collusion' means that something deceptive has taken place, which is about 'fooling' or 'pulling the wool' over someone else. Collusion is about being underhanded.

Incorrect. 'Common knowledge' is a term that describes facts that don't need to be cited or referenced because they are in the public domain, and about which there is no dispute.

Correct. 'Recycling' in the academic sense is about gaining credit more than once � it is something that should not be part of behaving with integrity.

Taking sections of your own original work submitted for other assessments (or already published,) without acknowledging the source.

Correct. 'Auto plagiarism' is about failing to cite and reference yourself when you refer to previous work or publications in a current piece of work. Is a copyright issue, but is bad practice in terms of being scholarly

Incorrect. 'Collaboration' means working together legitimately.

Incorrect. 'Collusion' means that something deceptive has taken place, which is about 'fooling' or 'pulling the wool' over someone else. Collusion is about being underhanded

Incorrect. 'Common knowledge' is a term that describes facts that don't need to be cited or referenced because they are in the public domain, and about which there is no dispute.

Incorrect. Recycling' in the academic sense is about gaining credit more than once � it is something that should not be part of behaving with integrity.

Working together in a group and fraudulently assisting one another to pass off the group?s efforts, as the efforts of individuals.

Incorrect. 'Collaboration' means working together legitimately

Correct. 'Collusion' means that something deceptive has taken place, which is about 'fooling' or 'pulling the wool' over someone else's eyes. Collusion is about being underhanded

Incorrect. 'Common knowledge' is a term that describes facts that don't need to be cited or referenced because they are in the public domain, and about which there is no dispute.

Incorrect. Recycling' in the academic sense is about gaining credit more than once � it is something that should not be part of behaving with integrity.

Knowledge in the public domain not considered specialised or in need of citation and referencing

Incorrect. 'Collaboration' means working together legitimately

Incorrect. 'Collusion' means that something deceptive has taken place, which is about 'fooling' or 'pulling the wool' over someone else's eyes. Collusion is about being underhanded

Correct. 'Common knowledge' is a term that describes facts that don't need to be cited or referenced because they are in the public domain, and about which there is no dispute

Incorrect. 'Recycling' in the academic sense is about gaining credit more than once � it is something that should not be part of behaving with integrity.

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The attempt to gain for oneself an unpermitted advantage in assessment Misconduct means fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or deception The attempt to gain for another person an unpermitted advantage in assessment All of the above

Not quite, it's more than this�This is stated in the Academic Offences Policy and Procedures' document. There is another statement in the list that is correct also�

Not quite, it's more than this�although 'academic misconduct' includes all of these things.

Note quite, it's more than this� This is stated in the Academic Offences Policy and Procedures' document. There is another statement in the list that is correct also�

Correct � its all o f these things "It is an academic offence to attempt to ain for oneself ort another person an unpermitted advantage in assessment" (Academic Offences Policy and Procedure, University of Nottingham.

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Academic Integrity Tutorial - Test yourself