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What Constitutes Cheating?
Cheating
is generally considered to be a fact of life on a college campus.
It is one of those things that some people do on purpose but most people
do accidentally. In order to have a
clear understanding of what constitutes cheating, some of the more common forms
are listed below.
Academic
dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following:
I. Violations of procedures which protect the integrity of a quiz,
examination, or similar evaluation, such as:
A. Possessing,
referring to, or employing open textbooks or notes or other devices not authorized by the faculty member.
B. Copying
from another person's paper.
C. Communicating
with, providing assistance to, or receiving assistance from another person in a
manner not authorized by the faculty member.
D. Possessing,
buying, selling, obtaining, giving, or using a copy of any unauthorized
materials intended to be used as or in the preparation of a quiz or examination
or similar evaluation.
E. Taking
a quiz or examination or similar evaluation in the place of another person.
F.
Utilizing
another person to take a quiz, examination, or similar evaluation in place of
oneself.
G. Changing
material on a graded examination and them requesting a re-grading of the
examination.
H. Cooperating
with someone else on a quiz, examination, or similar evaluation without prior
consent of the faculty member.
II. Plagiarism or violations of procedures prescribed to protect the
integrity of an assignment, such as:
A. Submitting
an assignment purporting to be the student's original work, which has been
wholly or partly created by another person.
B. Presenting
as one's own the work, ideas, representations, or words of another person
without customary and proper acknowledgment of sources.
C. Submitting
as newly executed work, without the faculty member's prior knowledge and
consent, one's own work which has been previously presented for another class in
college or high school.
D. Knowingly
permitting one's work to be submitted by another person as if it were the
submitter's original work.
E. "Padding"
a bibliography. Listing sources
that are not actually used in the preparation of the assigned work.
III. Cooperation with another person in academic dishonesty, either directly
or indirectly as an intermediary agent or broker.
IV. Knowingly destroying or altering another student's work whether in
written form, computer files, art work, or other format.
V. Aiding, abetting, or attempting to commit an act or action which would constitute academic dishonesty.
CONSEQUENCES OF CHEATING
Plagiarism or cheating on any of these levels negates the ideals and purposes of an educational institution in general and the objectives of Communication courses in particular. As such, the instructor does not take this offense lightly. The consequences of any form of cheating or plagiarism include:
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Certain failure of the assignment
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Possible failure of the student's participation grade
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Possible failure of the course
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Possible referral to the appropriate administrative officer for academic review and disciplinary action.
Please don’t take this as an idle threat that you can “talk” your way out of. While I don’t actively search out cases of cheating I do not ignore them when they happen. I will follow through on this policy.
TIPS ON AVOIDING
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism
can be avoided by taking the following actions:
1. Always acknowledge others' ideas that you are presenting in your own words.
Example: Tom Brown writes in Solar Home magazine, that there are six steps to retrofit a house for energy conservation. I will tell you what is involved in each of these steps during the course of my speech today.
2. Acknowledge others' words and phrases by indicating that you are quoting.
Example:
Richard Lyman, president of Stanford University, believes as I do that learning how to learn is the most important part of education. He states that "Almost everyone you encounter throughout life is going to be more interested in whether you can learn than in what you know."
3. Always carefully pre-note the sources that you collect as you prepare for the speech, and carefully prepare a bibliography of the materials you have consulted. The instructor periodically checks bibliographic references. Citations that are incomplete, or cannot be found, are suspect.
4. Always be prepared to answer questions concerning your speech or paper and the sources you used from either the audience or the instructor. Be able to differentiate your ideas and opinions from those you quoted or used (with acknowledgment) from other sources.
5. Never take "short cuts" by borrowing an outline, paper, or materials from another student or a file. Always do your own work.
ORIGINALITY IN SPEECHWRITING
Plagiarism occurs when you:
1. Copy material word for word from one or more sources and deliver it orally as your own "speech." In this case, an additional problem is created in that written material does not conform to oral style. The "speech" sounds written, and usually makes a poor presentation.
2. Take phrases, sentences, or paragraphs out of a number of sources and put
them together in a
new pattern which is then presented orally as your own
speech.
3. Use ideas from a source as the ideas of your speech without proper acknowledgment. For example: You have prepared a speech on energy conservation. As a part of that speech you describe a process used to retrofit a house for conversation purposes using solar energy. You never directly quote that source. Yet you have taken all your ideas from it and simply put them in your own words.
4. Use a speech outline and/or bibliography prepared by another student or provided in a file or former students' work. Even if you rearrange the outline or add material to it, the basic speech structure and content is plagiarized.
Contact Judy...
Judy DeBoer
Inver Hills Community College
2500 80 Street East
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
judy@judyland.net
Phone: 651.450.8583
Fax: 651.450.8679