Academic Integrity for Faculty
Maintaining academic integrity is a key role for instructors. However, this is only one of the multiple functions we perform for our students including teaching, directing assignments and grading. In all of these roles, specific strategies can help guide students to do their best work and follow the appropriate research guidelines. The following links contain suggestions on how to promote academic integrity, both generally and in particular classroom situations:
- Academic essays
- Assignment design
- Collaborative Learning and academic integrity
- Course design
- Examinations
- Laboratory environments
- Librarians academic integrity
- Studio courses
- Text-matching software: Turnitin.com
- Using Honour Codes in the classroom
Faculty members might also be interested in:
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An overview of Academic Integrity at York University from the Office of the Vice-President Academic
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The Academic Integrity Brochure (PDF, 385K), a précis of volume 12 number 2 (January 2003) of the Core Newsletter special issue on Academic Integrity, published by the Centre for the Support of Teaching.
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Beware! Says Who? A new pamphlet to educate students on avoiding plagiarism.
If there are helpful techniques not included in this list, we would appreciate knowing about them. Please submit suggestions by emailing the CST.
