MaintainingAcademic

IntegrityinOnlineCourses

atArizonaStateUniversity

EdPlus-InstructionalDesign&NewMedia October2016

TableofContents

Introduction 2

WhyStudentsCheat 2

HowStudentsCheat 3

EssayMillsandStudyServices 3

Onlinevs.On-Ground 4

ASUStrategiesforAcademicIntegrity 5IdentityVerification 5SafeguardingExams 6AcademicIntegrityFeaturesinBlackboard 6ExamProctoring 7

PlagiarismDetection 10PedagogicalStrategies 10BuildingStudentAwareness 11

RespondingtoCheating:FinalThoughts 12

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IntroductionAcademicintegrityisintegraltoteachingandlearning.AtArizonaStateUniversity(ASU),wearecommittedtotheintegrityofourstudentsandthecredibilityandrigorofourdegreeprograms--bothon-campusandonline. Today,ASUOnlineservesnearly26,000studentsandhasgrownfromsixtoover100degreeprograms.Withthissignificantgrowthinonlinelearningcomeslegitimateconcernsregardingacademicintegrity,wherethereisaseparationoftimeanddistancebetweentheinstructorandstudent.Failuretomaintainacademicintegrityinouronlineprogramscanthreatentheuniversity’sreputation,accreditationstatusandthecontinuedgrowthofouronlineprogramofferings. Thefollowingreportdocumentssomeoftherealitiesofacademiccheatinginhighereducationandcatalogsmanyofthetoolsandtechniquesusedbytheuniversitytomaintainintegrityinouronlineprograms.

WhyStudentsCheatBeforewetrytocombatacademiccheating,wemustfirstexaminewhystudentscheat.Themostcommonreasonsstudentscheatarerelatedto“perceivednecessity”1andgenerallackofawarenessandunderstandingofacademicintegrity.Accordingtoa2009studypublishedintheJournalofBusinessEthics,researchersfoundthosewhoadmittedtocheating--whetherface-to-faceorinanon-lineenvironment--weremotivatedbya“desiretogetahead”morethananyotherfactor.2 Perceivednecessityentailsgeneralcollegepressures:timeconstraints,academiccompetitivenessandfearoffailureoracademicdisqualification.Thosewhoareshortontimeandmustearnacertaingradeonanassignmentorexamtomaintainacademicstandingaremorelikelytousetechnologytofindtheinformationtheyneedinahurry. Academicintegrityisablurryconceptformanycollegestudents,whichoftenleadstocheatingintheformofplagiarism.Whilesomestudentsblatantlyplagiarizebycopyingandpastingborrowedpassagesintowrittenassignments,itismorecommonthatplagiarismisunintentional.Oftenplagiarizingoccursbecausestudentsareunawarethatacitationisrequired,theydon’tknowhowtogivecreditforborrowedworkortheydon’tunderstandthatsummarizingorparaphrasingrequiresacitation. Themorestudentsarefocusedonextrinsicmotivationsthanintrinsic--thegenuinedesiretomastermaterial--themorelikelytheywillcheat.Byassistingbothface-to-facestudentsandonlinestudentstoseetheimportanceofunderstandingthematerialanditsvaluetotheirlearningprocess,wereducetheirinclinationtoengageindishonestbehaviors.3

1https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/03/16/arizona-survey-examines-student-cheating-faculty-responses2https://www.jstor.org/stable/40784704?seq=1-page_scan_tab_contents3http://jme.sagepub.com/content/19/2/205.refs

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HowStudentsCheatWiththeadventofonlineeducation,newmethodsofcheatinghaveevolved.BeforetheInternet,cheatingwasgenerallylimitedtoindividualincidentsusingmoretraditionalmethods(e.g.,cheatsheets,writingonhandsorarms).Today,technologyhasexpandedthereachofcheaters,allowingoutsidersintoclassroomsbothonlineandon-campus.Withmoreadvancedmethods(cellphones,onlineresourcesandorganizedand,

insomeinstances,for-profitcheating),thereisnolimittothelengthsstudentscangoto“makethegrade.” Companiesandfreelancersopenlyadvertisetheirservicestohelpstudentscheat,assumingstudents’identitiesandtakingentireonlinecoursesintheirplace.Withmorethansevenmillion4studentstakingatleastoneonlinecourse,therearemillionsofpotentialcustomers.Onecompany,NoNeedtoStudy,willtakeyouronlineclass,takeexamsandwriteessaysallforaheftypricetag--butstudentspayforit.InAugust,thecompanytoutedit“helped”2,127studentsandtook1,003tests.Anothercompany,ExecutiveAcademics,usesaremotetesttaker,hiddenduplicatescreensandsmartphonestoassiststudentswithtakingatest.

(byPETERSTEINER/TheNewYorkermagazine(1993))

Althoughresearchshowscheatingisn’tnecessarilymorecommononlinethaninfacetofacesettings,itdoesrequiredifferentexternalmonitoringandprotocolstoensureacademicintegrity.

EssayMillsandStudyServicesCollegetermpaper,dissertationsandtheseswritingservices(alsoknownasessaymillsorpapermills)datebacktothe1940sintheU.S.Thenumberandavailabilityoftheseservicesexpandedgreatlyinthe1970’s.Withtheadventofonlinecoursesandtheinternet,essaymillswereeveneasiertolocateanduse.56Whilesomestatesdohavelawsdesignedtocurbtheproliferationofessaymills,theyseemtohavehadlittleeffect.7 Theironyisthatmanyoftheseessaymillsproduceunusablecontent.DanAirely,aDukeUniversityprofessorandresearcher,conductedanexperimentwherehehiredfourdifferentessaywritingservicestocreatea12-pagetermpaper.Whathereceivedamountedtogibberish.8Nonetheless,concernsabouttheseservicescontinueandmeasuresshouldbetakentolimittheireffectiveness.Thefollowingaretechniquesfacultycanemployforthispurpose,someofwhicharealsomentionedbelowunderpedagogicalstrategies:9 Createassignmentsthatarecloselytiedtothecourselectures,discussionsandreadings.

1. Requireabstractsforwritingassignments.2. Requireannotatedbibliographieswithwritingassignments.

4http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/changingcourse.pdf5https://www.jstor.org/stable/2148993?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents6https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0153.pdf7http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-11-19-termpapers19_VA_N.htm8http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/books/the-honest-truth-about-dishonesty-by-dan-ariely.html9https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2012/02/09/are-essay-mills-worth-worrying-about/

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3. Requirefullcitationswithwritingassignmentsanddiscussionposts.4. Createassignmentsthatrequirestudentstoincorporatetheirpersonalinterestsandexperiences.5. Requiredraftsofpapersbeforethefinalversionisdue.

Anotherresourceisstudyservicesthatselllecturenotes,testquestions,papersandothercourse-relatedmaterials.Inrecentyears,facultyhavebeenalarmedtofindASUcoursematerialsavailableatsomeoftheseservices.Whileitispossibleinsomecasestohavethematerialremovedfollowingceaseanddesistletters,stemmingthetideofcontentismorethanmostcanmanage.Plus,iftheuniversityorfacultycannotprovecopyrightownership,“studyservices”maintaintheyhavealegalrighttodistributethem. Thestrategiesfordealingwithessaymillsapplyto“studyservices”aswell.Generally,thegoalistomakecheatingunnecessaryandunattractivebycreatingpedagogicallysoundcoursedesign.Hereareafewadditionaltipstoconsider:10 1. Givestudentscopiesofoldtestsasstudyguides. 2. Changetestquestions,discussionpromptsandassignmenttopicseachterm. 3. Giveopen-bookexams.

Onlinevs.On-GroundCheatinghasexistedsincetheintroductionoftests.Nonetheless,onlinecourseworkpresentsanemerginganduniquechallengethatwedonotfacewithon-campuscourses.Howmuchdoescheatingonlinedifferfromon-campus? Thebestavailableresearchsuggeststhatcheatingiscomparableacrosslearningmodalities.A2010studybyMarshallUniversity,forexample,focusedonthecheatingbehaviorsof635undergraduateandgraduatestudentsinbothon-campusandonlinecourses.Thefindingsshowedtherewerenosignificantdifferencesinself-admittedcheating.Ofthosewhoadmittedtocheating,32.7%admittedtoonlinecheatingand32.1%admittedtocheatinginaliveclass.11Thesefindingsaresimilartoothersinthecomparisonofonlineversustraditionalclasses.1213 Althoughtheresultsofthesestudiessuggestasimilarpropensitytocheatacrossmodalities,thereisahighercorrelationofonlinecheatingwhenthereis“relativeanonymityandseparationbetweeninstructorandstudent.”14Thoseuniversitieswithstrongonlinecommunitiesdramaticallyincreaseonlinestudents’connectiontotheuniversity.WiththelaunchoftheASUOnlineStudentSuccessCenter,ouronlinestudentswillhaveinteractive,individualizedsupportallowingthemtodiscusscareerandpersonalgoalstodriveaffinitywiththeuniversityandimproveretention.

10http://www.colorado.edu/assett/articles/courseher11http://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=eft_faculty12http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ90405813http://ugs.usf.edu/pdf/courses/0708/cheatonlinepap.pdf14http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall123/stuber123.html

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ASUStrategiesforAcademicIntegrity

IdentityVerificationHowdoweknowthattheonlinestudentsarewhotheysaytheyare?SincetheHigherEducationOpportunityActof2008,academicinstitutionsreceivingTitleIVfundingarerequiredtoverifytheidentitiesofitsenrolledonlineeducationstudents.Studentidentityauthenticationisnecessarytoensurestudentidentityandprotecttheuniversityfrominstitutionalliability. ThefollowingaresomeoftheIDtoolsASUcurrentlyusesorispiloting: ASURITE–TheASURITEsinglesign-onusernameandpasswordprovidesaccesstomanyASUsystems,includingtheBlackboardLearningManagementSystem.AllASUstudentsreceiveanASURITEaccountwhichactsasthefoundationforelectronicidentityverificationattheuniversity. AcxiomChallengeQuestions–AcxiomisaverificationtoolusedpriortoexamsinBlackboard.WithAcxiom,challengequestionsbasedonpublicrecordsarepresentedtostudentsasawayofconfirmingtheiridentity.ThetoolwasfirstusedinASUOnlineasastand-alonefeatureandwasthenincorporatedintotheProctorUproctoringprocess. KeyTracKeyboardBiometrics–KeyTracisusedtorecordtypingbehaviorforastudentprofile.Thetoolisthenusedpriortoexams(orrandomlythroughoutacourse)toverifyidentityagainsttherecordedprofile.AccordingtoKeyTrac,onaverage,onlytwopeoplein10,000haveasimilartypingbehavior.ThetoolwasfirstusedinASUOnlineasastand-alonefeatureandwasthenincorporatedintotheProctorUproctoringprocess. ProctorUUCardIdentityProfile–ASUOnlineconductedapilotusingtheProctorUUCardidentityverificationprofiletool.Forthepilot,5,000studentsrecordedidentityprofileswithaheadshotphoto,governmentissuedIDcapture,AcxiomchallengequestionsandKeyTrackeyboardbiometrics.Theprofilewasthenusedforverificationpurposespriortoexams.Theprofilecouldalsobeusedrandomlythroughoutcoursestocheckidentity.TheUCardpilotiscurrentlyonhold,buttheexperimentestablishedthepotentialforimplementingasystemlikethiswithonlinecampusstudents. RPNowbySoftwareSecure–RPNowistheprimaryproctoringserviceforonlineexamsatASU.Foridentityverificationpurposes,RPNowusesASURITE,aheadshotphotoandgovernmentissued(orASUSunCard)capture.ItcombinesconveniencewiththeassuranceofcatchinganyviolationsofexamintegritybyusingSoftwareSecure’srecordandreviewmodel.Thiscombinationleadstothemostcost-effectivemethodofensuringprogramintegrityonthemarketthatbestmeetstheneedsofstudents.edXhasbeenusingRPNowsince2015forGFAcoursework. DuoMobile-ASUrecentlyimplementedthetwo-factoridentityauthenticationtoolDuoMobile,whichusesadevicesuchasamobilephoneortablettoprovideasecondformofverificationinadditiontotheASURITEusernameandpassword.Currently,DuoMobileisnotrequiredforstudents,butEdPlusisevaluatingthepossibilitiesforusingtheprocessforonlinecourseaccess.Moreinformationabouttheprogram.

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EdPlusiscurrentplanningpilotsforthefollowingidentityverificationproducts: TrueKeybyIntel–TrueKeyusesafaciallogandfingerprintanalysisforidentificationandaccesstowebsitesandappsacrossdevices. UsherMobileIdentityPlatformbyMicroStrategy–Usherusesmulti-factorauthenticationwiththenativedevicecapabilitiesofsmartphones,includingbiometricfingerprinttechnology.

SafeguardingExamsAlthoughtheemphasisontechnologyasitrelatestoacademicintegritytendstofocusonthenegative,technologyishavingapositiveimpact,creatingmoresophisticated,customizedonlineexamsthatpreventcheating. ThefollowingaretechnologiesASUiscurrentlyutilizingtoprotectagainstacademicdishonesty.

AcademicIntegrityFeaturesinBlackboardThefollowingisalistofmanyofthefeaturesintheBlackboardLearningManagementSystemthathelppreventcheatinginonlinequizzesandexams.ASUfacultyroutinelyusemultiplefeaturesforeachexam.

1. Randomizetestquestionsfromlargequestionpools.2. Showoneexamquestionatatime.3. Prohibitbacktrackinginexams.4. Setavailabilitydatesforexams.5. Settimelimitsonexams.6. Passwordprotectexams.7. Trackthetimeanddurationofexamaccess.8. Randomizetheanswersformultiplechoiceexamquestions.9. Limitthetypesoffeedbackshowntostudentsafterexamcompletion.10. AskstudentstoacknowledgetheirawarenessofASU’sAcademicIntegrityPolicyaspartofexamsor

syllabusquizzes.11. Usealock-downwebbrowserforexams.RespondusLockdownBrowserisaplug-inusedinBlackboard

tosecurethewebbrowserduringexams.Thispreventsstudentsfromgoingtootherweblocations,switchapplications,takingscreenshots,copyingquestionsorprinting.

Asmentionedearlier,theASURITEusernameandpasswordisusedbyallstudentstogainaccesstotheBlackboardsystem.Facultyandacademicunitscanalsoelecttousetheaboveproctoringserviceduringexams(SoftwareSecureRPNow,ProctorU,RespondusMonitor).

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ExamProctoringOnlineproctoringisanimportantmarkerforonlineacademicintegrityandcredibility.ThedramaticincreaseintheuseofexamproctoringinonlinecourseshasledtothehiringofanASUOnlineProctoringCoordinatorinFall2016.Theproctoringcoordinatorwillmanageproctoringtoolsandservicesusedinonlineprogramcourses,aswellasiCourses. ASUfacultyanddepartmentscurrentlyuseanumberofdifferentproctoringservicestoprotecttheintegrityofonlineexams,including: ProctorU ASUOnlineconductedapilottestofProctorUin2010,whichledtofullusebymostoftheuniversity.ProctorUprovidesliveremoteproctoring,whereatrainedproctorcanmonitoruptosixexamsfromaproctoringcenter(locatedinArizona,Texas,CaliforniaorAlabama).AgovernmentissuedphotoID(orASUSunCard),headshotphoto,challengequestionsandkeystrokebiometricsareusedformultifactoridentityverification.Theproctorsworktointervenewhenstudentsviolateproctoringguidelinesduringexamsandflagincidentsforreportsthataredeliveredtofaculty. HereisthemostrecentusagedataforProctorUatASU:

SpringandSummer2016

8,721 949 98 16

testtakers exams instructors departments

697incidentswerereportedbyProctorUduringthistimeperiod.Thebreakdownbyincidenttypeislistedbelow.Youwillnoticethatthereisawiderangeofseveritylevels.

287 ExamSubmission Atthebeginningoftheproctoredsession,theproctorasksthestudenttonotifytheproctoruponcompletionofthestudent'sexamsothattheproctorcanverifytheexamwassubmittedproperlyandthatthestudentalsologgedoutoftheirtestdeliverysystem.Ifthestudentdoesnotdothiswhilestillconnectedtotheproctoranddecidestoleavetheexamsessionearly,thiswilltriggerareport.

126 LearningManagementSystem(LMS)Logout

Thestudentsubmittedtheirexam,butdidnotallowtheproctortoobservethestudentcompletelylogoutofthetestdeliveryplatform.ThereportisgeneratedtodocumentthatthestudentcouldstillpossiblybeloggedintotheLMSandcouldpotentiallyre-accesstheexam.Forexamsthataresecuredwithapassword,thestudentwouldstillbelockedoutofaccessingtheexamcontent.

121 LostConnection Thestudent'sinternetconnectiondroppedandvisibilityofthestudentvideoanddesktopfeedwaslostforalengthoftimegreaterthan5minutes.

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54 AcademicIntegrity Therewassomesortofaberrantbehaviorthattheproctorobservedduringthecourseoftheexam.Someexampleswouldinclude:

• Anotherpersonwalkingintheroomwiththestudent• Witnessingthestudentusingnon-permittedresources• Thestudentintentionallydisconnectingfromtheirproctorduringthe

exam

36 UnpermittedBreak Ifthestudenttakesabreakduringtheirexamittriggersthisreport.Moreoftenthannot,thisisanemergencybathroombreak.

32 FailedAuthentication Ifthestudentfailstheirpublicrecord-basedquiz,ittriggersthisreport.A2ndformofphotoIDischeckedandthestudentisallowedtoproceedwiththeirexam.

31 NoAuthentication ThestudentdidnotpasstheirprimarymethodofauthenticationandtheproctorhadtocheckasecondaryformofID.Themostcommonexampleofthisisaninternationalstudentwhowasnotabletogeneratethepublicrecordquizusedtoverifystudentidentity.Ifaquizcannotbegeneratedorastudentfailsthatquiz,a2ndformofphotoIDischeckedinsteadandareportisgenerated.

5 StudentConduct Ifthestudentusesvulgarorinflammatorylanguagetowardstheproctorareportisgenerated.

3 InstitutionRequest Thisfieldisforallreportsthathavebeenrequestedonbehalfofaninstructor.Thesereportsarefiledforsessionsthatdonotnecessarilywarrantastandardincidentreport,butprovideasmuchdetailaspossibleabouttheexamsession.

2 PasswordIssue Iftheexamisnotsecuredwithapasswordwhenitshouldhavebeenaccordingtotheexamnotes,thisreportisgeneratedtolettheinstructorknowthatastudentaccessedtheirexamwithoutthepasswordenabled.

SoftwareSecureRPNow DuringSpring2016,ASUconductedanRFPprocesstoestablishenterpriseproctoringsolutionsfortheuniversity.SoftwareSecure’sRPNow,ProctorUandRespondusMonitorwereawardedcontracts,withRPNowbecomingtheprimarysolutionforproctoringusinghumanproctors.WiththeRPNowmodel,studentexamsarerecordedandthenreviewedbyhumanproctorsinthePhilippines.RPNowrequiresagovernmentissuedphotoID(orASUSunCard),alongwithaheadshotphoto,foridentityverification.Theproctorsflagincidentsanddeliverreportstofaculty.HereisthemostrecentusagedataforRPNowatASU:

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Fall2016

74 60 18,431

courses instructors seats

15,032incidentsin36,920examsessionsresultedinproctorcommentsusingRPNowfrom8/5/2016to11//7/2016.TheTop10breakdownbyincidenttypeislistedbelow.

Fall2016

Violation CountofComments %ofTop10 %ofTotal

Referencematerials 7142 56% 48%

Didnotshowallowedmaterialstothecamera 1085 9% 7%

PhotoIDnotconfirmed 913 7% 6%

Headsets 859 7% 6%

TVorRadio 793 6% 5%

Someoneelseintheroom 767 6% 5%

Lefttheroom 373 3% 2%

Outofviewofcamera 291 2% 2%

Lookingsomewhereelse 262 2% 2%

PhotoIDnotprovided 204 2% 1%

TotalforTop10 12689 84%

GrandTotal 15032

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RespondusMonitor RespondusMonitorisaproctoringtoolusedtorecordonlineexameventsinBlackboardforoptionalreviewbyfacultyorstaff.MonitorhasbeeninuseatASUsince2013.HereisthemostrecentusagedataforRespondusMonitorattheuniversity:

August1,2015–July31,2016 August1,2016–October12,2016

176,974 25,372 26,747

examsessions seats(onestudentinonecourse) examsessions

PlagiarismDetectionSafeAssignisaplagiarismsoftwaretoolintegratedintheASUBlackboardlearningmanagementsystem.Itidentifieswhetherresourceswithinassignmentshavebeenproperlycited,anditcross-checkssubmissionsagainstallprevioussubmissionstoidentifyduplicatedworktoensureoriginality.FacultyhavetheoptionofsubmittingstudentworkthroughSafeAssign,orbuildingSafeAssignassignments,whichrequirestudentstoruntheirworkthroughthetoolpriortosubmittingassignmentsforgrading. 2015-2016SafeAssignUsageData TotalSafeAssignsubmissionsforASUOnlinecourses:357,480 NumberofcoursesusingSafeAssignbyterm:

Session Spring2015 Summer2015 Fall2015 Spring2016 Summer2016

A 135 153 161 186 205

B 155 144 176 198 170

C N/A 33 N/A N/A 53

PedagogicalStrategiesCoursedesignstrategiesarethefirstlineofdefenseinmaintainingacademicintegrityinonlinecourses.ThefollowingisalistofsomeofthepedagogicalstrategiesusedbyASUfacultyandpromotedbyEdPlusInstructionalDesigners:

1. Assesslearningoftenanduseavarietyofassessmentmethods.2. Includeamixofhigh-andlow-stakesassessments.

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3. Considerassessmentapproachesotherthanobjectivetesting(e.g.,papers,discussions,portfolios,projects,journals,peerreview,debate,roleplay).

4. Requireabstractswithwritingassignments.5. Requireannotatedbibliographieswithwritingassignments.6. Requirefullcitationswithwritingassignmentsanddiscussionposts.7. Createassignmentsthatrequirestudentstoincorporatetheirpersonalinterestsandexperiences.8. Requiredraftsofpapersbeforethefinalversionisdue.9. Createassignmentsthatrequirepresentations10. Clarifytheconnectionbetweenlearningobjectivesandassignmenttasks.11. Providecustomrubricsanddetailedgradingcriteria.12. Askstudentstodiscusstheassignmentresearchmethodstheyusedandprovidesummarystatements.13. Makeassignmentscumulative(assignmentsdoneininstallments).14. Giveopen-bookexams.15. Administeroralexamsviaphoneorwebconferencing.16. Askstudentstoexpandontheirworkinfollow-upquestions.17. Stateexpectationsforthetimeneededtocompleteassignments.18. Changetestquestions,discussionpromptsandassignmenttopicseachterm.

BuildingStudentAwareness

CommunityBuildingCommunitybuildingstrategiesfocusonraisingthelevelofstudentawarenessofacademicintegrityingeneral.AtASU,wepromotethesetechniquesinthefollowingareas:

● ASUorientationcourses,ASU10,11and42allincludeintegrityquizzes;● ASULibrariesandtheOfficeoftheProvostdistributeinformationforstudentsandfacultyonacademic

integrityandcheating;ASULibrariesAcademicIntegrityModule○ https://www.asu.edu/lib/tutorials/storyline/academic-integrity/story.html

ASULibrariesPlagiarismAwarenessModule○ https://www.asu.edu/lib/tutorials/storyline/plagiarism-awareness/story.html

● manyASUOnlinecoursesincludesyllabusquizzesthataddressacademicintegrity;● andtheASUOnlinestandardcoursestructuretemplateincludesasectiononacademicintegrity.

ThefollowingisalistofsomeoftheintegritycommunitybuildingsolutionsusedatASU:

1. Definecheatingandproactivelydiscusscheatingscenarioswithstudents.2. Emphasizeacademicintegritythroughoutthesemester,notjustatthestart.3. Presentthemainreasonsstudentscheatanddiscussthem.4. Providestudentswithinformationonhowtoavoidplagiarism.5. Providestudentswithresearchandstudyskillsresources.6. ProvideinformationonASUWritingCentersandLibraries.7. AskstudentstodiscusstheirthoughtsontheStudentAcademicIntegrityPolicy.

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8. Askstudentshowtheycancreateacommunityofhonestyandintegrity.9. Askstudentstodevelopandcommittoaclasshonorcode.10. AskstudentstorestateorcitetheStudentAcademicIntegrityPolicyinawritingsample.11. Informstudentsinadvanceaboutanyplanneduseoftechnologysolutionsforpromotingacademic

integrity.12. Definesituationswherecollaborationisandisnotappropriate.13. Fosterasenseofrespectandcommunitywithincoursesinordertobuildrapportandestablisha

foundationforintegrity.

RespondingtoCheating:FinalThoughtsPartofthesolutiontomaintainingacademicintegrityattheuniversityistorespondappropriatelytointegrityviolations.DetailedinformationabouttheuniversitypoliciesandprocedurescanbefoundattheOfficeoftheUniversityProvostwebsite:https://provost.asu.edu/academic-integrity/policy. ASUGraduateEducationalsooffersawebsitedevotedtoacademicintegrity.Itincludesinformationforfacultyondetectingandrespondingtoviolations:https://graduate.asu.edu/academic-integrity. Duetoourcontinuedgrowthindigitallearningandcommitmenttoourstudents,facultyandstaff,ASUwillhireaDirectorofAcademicIntegritywhowillberesponsibleforaddressingacademicallydishonestbehaviorandassisttheuniversitywithupholdingourhighacademicethicalstandards.InFall2016,theuniversityformedanAcademicIntegrityCommittee,withrepresentativesfromaroundtheuniversity,whowilladdressintegrityissuesthathavearisenatboththeundergraduateandgraduatelevels.