Avoiding Plagiarism

From the Academic Honesty section from the Testing & Assessment FAQ document.

This FAQ is presented by the Testing and Assessment of Student Learning subgroup of the Academic Path Forward Working Group. It is a working document. If you have any questions about testing and assessment that are not addressed below, please email assessment@udayton.edu. We will update this document with new information and questions as they arise.

Academic Honesty FAQs

1. How do I set expectations for academic honesty and limit the extent of academic dishonesty?

• Include information about the University of Dayton’s honor code in your syllabus.
• Your syllabus should provide clear written guidance to students on expectations for testing conduct and assignment collaboration.
• The book Cheating Lessons (James Lang) is “a guide to tackling academic dishonesty at its roots.” The Libraries have purchased a site license for this title. You will need to be on campus or you will be prompted to log in to access this book.
• UD’s Office of eLearning has these helpful guides:
  • Ways to Mitigate Cheating on Online Assessments
  • How can I encourage academic integrity?
• Consider using Turnitin to spot unoriginal content in writing assignments. UD’s Office of eLearning provides guidance on using Turnitin through Isidore.
• The University Libraries provide a student guide for avoiding plagiarism.

2. What options are available in Isidore to discourage academic dishonesty?

• Ways to Mitigate Cheating in Online Assignments.

3. Are there unit-level or University-level initiatives planned to monitor websites like Chegg where students post their course projects for "bidding?"

•  There are no plans to monitor this at the University level.

4. How do I prevent students from using the internet or the book during online testing?

• See Proctoring of Online Exams topic in this FAQ.