Academic Integrity
Judicial Affairs
UT Dallas
UTD Judicial Affairs
Investigates allegations ofscholastic dishonesty
Located in Student Union
Room 1.602
Examples of Academic Dishonesty
•Cheating
•Fabrication
•Plagiarism
•Facilitating Academic Dishonesty
•Misrepresentation
•Failure to Contribute to aCollaborative Project
•Sabotage
Intro. to ComputerMediated Communication
UT Dallas ATEC 3325
Summer 2008
Dr. Gooch
ATEC 3325Syllabus
•Course Description:
–Both a reading and writing intensive course
–Read, analyze and respond intelligently withposition support
•Grading Criteria:
–College-level writing
–Rigorously proofread – spelling, grammar,mechanics
–Professionalism – avoid violations of copyright
•Texts:
–Three- about communication
–Add: MLA Handbook for Writers of ResearchPapers
ATEC 3325Syllabus
•3 formal essays:
•College level writing
•Correct spelling and grammar
•Appropriately identify all sources, even your own
•Works Cited Assignment
•Online posts
•Attendance/participation
ATEC 3325Syllabus
•Advisory
•Note: Page length plus Works Cited page(s)
•MLA must be used correctly
•Credible and authentic sources only
–NO Wikipedia or Spark Notes type sources
•Web resources must be clearly and correctlyreferenced
ATEC 3325Syllabus
Plagiarism and Copyright
–Borrowed graphics or content must bereferenced correctly
•Includes books, course lectures, websites, any form ofprint or electronic media
–All submissions must be your unique work withborrowed content properly cited
–Fully reference your previous work
–Use the Writing Center at McDermott Library andconsider RefWorks (ask at the library) or MSWord 2007References tab
Plagiarism
Using another’s work
submitting or incorporating it
in one’s own written work
offered for credit
without appropriate attribution.
False References
•Consult the MLA Handbook.
•Every detail of referencing your sources isprecisely prescribed:
–Title, author, publication data
–Punctuation, spacing, title page, order ofappearance, page numbers, etc.
•Doing it correctly takes time.
Bibliography vs. Works Cited
•A bibliography (or, works consulted page)will include every consulted source forinformation and personal edification
•A Works Cited page identifies only thosesources actually used (and therefore cited)in the written paper.
•Refer to the MLA Handbook for exact details(alpha? numerical? initials? date?)
Internet Resources
•Availability doesn’t equal quality
•Properly cite your Internet resources
Useful web address:
A few words about
@$#?*!
Common ATEC Allegations
•Plagiarism
–No in-text references
–No quotation marks“ exact words”
–Poorly paraphrased
–No Works Cited page
–Missing references
•False References
–Insufficient information
–Wrong information
Common Excuses
•I’ve never written a paper before.
•I didn’t know what MLA was so I ignoredthat assignment requirement.
•No one told me the I had to do it this way.
•Where I come from, it is a sign of respect to use someoneelse’s words without acknowledgement.
•I didn’t have time to do it correctly.
A Final Note -
•The paper/assignment you submit is theone that gets evaluated.
•There are no ‘do-overs’ in academia:
– do the assignment yourself
– do the assignment correctly
– submit the assignment on time
– use the prescribed format
•Be certain your name is on your paper!
Academic Integrity
Judicial Affairs
UT Dallas