Academic Success and Integrity at SU

Academic Success and Integrity at SU

Academic Success and Integrity GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University THREE K E Y Elemen t s o f SU Academ ic Cultu re Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 2

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New Home New Rules & Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE SU is a “student-focused research university” https://www.syracuse.edu/about/vision-mission/ USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University What does this mean? How does this affect you? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 7

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Academic Integrity GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS https://www.syracuse.edu/academics/research/ Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 11

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Academic Integrity Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Four Broad Categories. Neither the categories nor the examples of violations are exhaustive. Any action that improperly influences the evaluation of a student’s academic work, gives one student unfair academic advantage over another, or encourages the violation of academic integrity by others constitutes a violation of this policy. Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) Retrieved from https://app.pickit.com/#/market/featured-collec tions/photos/1/photo/yp4gc70sjg0hi59ro10hd5b f1 . 13 Accessed 7/30/2019.

Academic Integrity Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Syracuse University sets general guidelines for university-wide academic integrity standards. In recognition that learning objectives vary across courses, the University also strongly encourages instructors to establish coursespecific academic integrity expectations, particularly with regard to what forms of collaboration are allowed and prohibited. It is the responsibility of all instructors to communicate course-specific academic integrity expectations to students. Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) Retrieved from https://app.pickit.com/#/market/featured-collect ions/photos/1/photo/xqksypdyl3qd9kex2enh2h02 . Accessed 7/30/2019. 14

Academic Integrity Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES Any student who is uncertain whether an action they are considering would violate academic integrity expectations is responsible for asking the instructor or consulting the Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) beforehand. UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Retrieved from https://app.pickit.com/#/market/featured-collections/photos/2/photo/1g 9 f5266irgole5qxrh21-r0 . Accessed 7/30/2019. Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 15

Academic Integrity Expectations Case Study #1 GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Chris is taking an introductory literature class. Their instructor assigns the students to write a book review describing a novel they have read. To gather ideas for the book review, Chris goes online and finds three book reviews discussing the recently published novel. Chris agrees with the views expressed by two of the reviewers and decides to describe their opinions in the book review. Because Chris is drawing on the reviewers’ opinions – not facts – and because Chris agrees with those opinions, Chris does not include references for the two reviews. Has Chris violated AI Policy? Why or why not? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 16

Expectation 1: Credit Your Sources GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University WHO & WHAT do students need to acknowledge? WHAT constitutes a source? WHAT does proper citation require? WHAT types of sources must be credited? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 17

Academic Integrity Expectations Case Study #2 GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Four students who live in the same learning community are taking the same biology class. The large class breaks into smaller groups for labs, some held on Mondays, others on Wednesdays. Sonia, whose lab meets on Monday, lends Rob a copy of her lab report so that he will be prepared for his lab on Wednesday. Has Rob violated AI Policy? Has Sonia? Why or why not? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 18

Expectation 2: Do Your Own Work Any work submitted by a student must be their own unless stated otherwise by instructor. GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE This applies to: Homework as well as other written, oral and creative assignments. USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Examinations and quizzes, including in-class, online and take-home. Adhere to instructor’s policies on collaboration or editing. Students are responsible for asking questions in advance if they are uncertain about expectations . Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) Retrieved from https://app.pickit.com/#/ma rket/featured-collections/pho tos/2/photo/sb h3c-t n1sqtg xrlkdw0cs2 . Accessed 7/30/2019. 19

Expectation 2: Do Your Own Work GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES WHAT constitutes a violation during a quiz or exam? UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Having prohibited resources on hand or within easy reach. Items include but are not limited to: Notes Cell phones Electronic devices Dishonestly obtaining and/or sharing contents of a quiz or exam OR Providing unauthorized assistance to another student taking a quiz or exam Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 20

Expectation 2: Do Your Own Work GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University WHY is recycling old work a violation? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) Submitting work completed previously for another course or purpose deprives students of the opportunity to learn from current assignment Students seeking to turn in the same work in more than one course or to turn in work previously completed for another purpose or submitted to another organization or institution (including high school) must obtain written approval from ALL relevant University instructors before submitting the work 21

Expectation 3: Communicate Honestly GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS DO: Accurately report: class participation. Internships. Honestly communicate extension and rescheduling requests. Accurately present research results. Honestly communicate and represent all academic records, documents and resources. Library, computing and electronic records and systems related to academic work and education. Ask Questions! DO NOT: Falsify, fabricate, or destroy academic records or otherwise misrepresent your own or others’ identity and records. Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) Faculty Fellow Students Instructors Staff 22

Academic Integrity Expectations Case Study #3 GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Marnie is doing an independent study in Sociology and is gathering data to see if men raised in small towns have different views about gay marriage from men raised in cities. Her data shows a small difference between the two groups, but this difference is not statistically significant. Marnie finds a couple of the survey responses suspicious. She wonders if these respondents answered candidly. She decides to drop these survey responses and finds after doing so that her data fit her hypothesis. Did Marnie violate Academic Integrity? If so, what should she have done instead? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 23

Academic Integrity Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES Honest Communication Applies to Research! UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 24

Academic Integrity Expectations Case Study #4 GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University During his online exam in Chemistry, Jon gets nervous that he does not fully understand question 3 and will score poorly as a result. Jon texts his friend Amy who has a Chegg account. Amy shares her account information, and Jon uses it to post to the question to Chegg. Fifty minutes later, Jon sees that two different answers have been posted. Jon chooses the answer he thinks is more likely to be correct, makes a couple of small changes, and uses this answer in his exam submission. Several other students in the course have Chegg accounts, see the question Jon posted to Chegg, and use one of the answers in their exam submissions. Mina is not in the class but receives exam question 2 from a friend and posts it to Chegg before the deadline for exam submissions passes. Has Jon violated AI Policy? What about Amy? Other Chemistry students who used Chegg answers? And Mina and her friend? Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 25

Academic Integrity Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Using websites like Chegg and Course Hero that charge fees or require uploading of work to access can violate expectations. Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 26

Expectation #4: Support Academic Integrity Understand Expectations GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES Encourage Others UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) Abide By Expectations 27

Academic Integrity Violation and Sanction Classification Rubric GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 28

Academic Integrity Violation and Sanction Classification Rubric GET TO KNOW THE CULTURE USE RESEARCHBASED STUDY STRATEGIES UNDERSTAND & UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STANDARDS http://class.syr.edu/academic-integrity/policy/ Syracuse University Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) 29

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