Academic Honesty Resources

Academic Misconduct/Plagiarism (Definitions and Examples)

• The Importance of Academic Honesty in a University Community | Valdosta State University
• Plagiarism | Valdosta State University LibGuide
• Definitions and Examples of Academic Misconduct | University of California, Berkeley
• Academic Integrity and Misconduct | Ohio State University
• Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices | Council of Writing Program Administrators

For Students

• Blazer Creed | Valdosta State University
• Citation Styles and Plagiarism | Valdosta State University LibGuide
• Avoiding Plagiarism | Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Beyond Plagiarism: Best Practices for the Responsible Use of Sources (for students) | University of Michigan

For Instructors

• Blazer Creed | Valdosta State University
• Academic Honesty Faculty Syllabus Checklist | Valdosta State University
• Academic Honesty Policies and Procedures | Valdosta State University
• Academic Honesty Tools | Valdosta State University
• Academic Honesty: My Personal Integrity Pledge | University of Georgia
• A Positive Approach to Academic Integrity | Ohio State University
• Beyond Plagiarism: Best Practices for the Responsible Use of Sources (for faculty) | University of Michigan
• Why Plagiarism Doesn't Bother Me at All: A Research-Based Overview of Plagiarism as Educational Opportunity | Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed.
• Academic Integrity Pledge Example | University of California, San Diego
• (Webinar) Humanizing Academic Integrity in Higher Education | Turnitin
• (Webinar) Interpreting the Turnitin Similarity Report | Turnitin

Online Classes

• (Webinar) Flexible and Alternative Assessments to Online Proctored Exams | CELT-eLearning VSU
• Academic Honesty Tools | Valdosta State University
• Best Practice Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity in Online Education | WCET, UT TeleCampus, and Instructional Technology Council
• (Webinar) Academic Integrity in Online Courses | Ohio State University

Resources Repositories

• The OWL (Online Writing Lab) | Purdue University
• Academic Integrity Resources | University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Plagiarism Information | Washington State University

Further Reading

Lang, James M., Cheating Lessons : Learning from Academic Dishonesty. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.

Bloch, Joel. Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing : Explorations in the Detection based Approach. 1st ed., Bristol : Channel View Publications, 2012.

Meizlish, Deborah. "Promoting academic integrity in the classroom." CRLT Occasional Paper 20 (2005).

• Discussion Questions for Conversations with Students: Deborah Meizlish | University of Michigan

Tatum, H. and Schwartz, B.M. (2017). Honor codes: Evidence based strategies for improving academic integrity. Theory into Practice 56:129-135.

Morris. E.J. (2016). Academic integrity: A teaching and learning approach. Chapter 70 (pp. 1038-1051) in Bretag, T. (Ed.). Handbook of Academic Integrity. Singapore: Springer Science and Business Media.

Kleinman, Sharon. “Strategies for Encouraging Active Learning, Interaction, and Academic Integrity in Online Courses.” Communication Teacher, vol. 19, no. 1, Jan. 2005, pp. 13–18. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=eric&AN=EJ889319&site=eds-live&scope=site.

McNabb, L., & Olmstead, A. “Communities of Integrity in Online Courses: Faculty Member Beliefs and Strategies.” Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 5, no.2 (June 2009), 208-221. Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/ vol5no2/mcnabb_0609.htm.