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
• AI-U Guide: A Student Guide to Navigating College in the Artificial Intelligence Era | Elon University/AAC&U
• 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

Additional Resources on the Use of AI

GENERAL RESOURCES

• AI Literacy from VSU's Odum Library
• “What You Need to Know about ChatGPT” from The Chronicle of Higher Education
• “How AI Tools Both Help and Hinder Equity” from Inside Higher Ed
• Sneak Preview: A Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights for Education
• University of Texas at Arlington AI Policy Statements

POSSIBLE AI SYLLABUS STATEMENTS AND COURSE DESIGN

• Possible AI Syllabus Statements | Brandeis University. This site contains a variety of restrictive, permissive, and mixed policies.
• Sample AI Usage Syllabus Statements | NC State University. This page has “most,” “moderate,” and “least” restrictive statements for syllabi.
• AI-Generated Content in the Classroom: Considerations for Course Design from the Center for Integrated Professional Development | Illinois State University
• Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools, a collaborative Google doc with samples from multiple programs
• Designing Assignments and Activities with ChatGPT and Generative AI in Mind | NC State University
• AI Tools and Writing Assignments: Instructor Resources | University of Tennessee at Knoxville
• Webinar on Teaching and Learning with ChatGPT | Valdosta State University CELT and eLearning

EXAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS USING AI

• Course Assignments and Teaching with AI Tools | Old Dominion University
• AI in Assignment Design | Cornell University
• Generative Artificial Intelligence and Writing Assignments | Harvard University
• Incorporating AI in Teaching: Examples from Yale Instructors | Yale University

EXAMPLES OF HOW TO CITE AI RESOURCES

• Citation guide for AI resources | Dalhousie 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.