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I know most of you don't care, but I want to talk about something. we have this really strict academic integrity policy in my college

Posted by capitalist christmas loves mandy lane (aka amanda) Dec 19 '08, 12:49

-- the university has one, but the college of business has a stricter one and we have to honor code every deliverable and even oral presentation.

in my undergrad class, we have online quizzes.

this semester, many of my undergrads came to me after quizzes closed, saying "hey I took the quiz, but I have no grade in the system. I got an 85%" and I would log in to our course management system, see that they had not logged in and tell them this. they would then go away. only one ever even tried to make an excuse. nobody apologized.

I think this is a violation of academic integrity. am I wrong, do you think?

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firing squad. -- nm - znufrii Dec 19, 13:09
I would mention it to someone the way you did here without names (for now). That is cheating, definitely. -- nm - zork Dec 19, 12:59 7
- I really don't see it as that serious. Why on earth would you give someone a grade because they claim they took a quiz? -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 13:01 6
  - just because they are not successful at the attempt, doesn't make it not cheating. Hell, it's only cheating when you do get caught (in a sense) -- nm - zork Dec 19, 13:02 5
    - this is my point. maybe some TAs don't check -- the system's tricky to navigate. - capitalist christmas loves mandy lane Dec 19, 13:03 1
      - I am horrified that someone would give the grade based on a student's verbal claim. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 13:04
    - If you dinged every student who lied at that level, you'd be doing nothing else. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 13:02 2
      - what about if I only ding the ones who are dumb enough to get caught? -- nm - capitalist christmas loves mandy lane Dec 19, 13:04 1
        
        how can they not get caught if they're asking you for a grade you hve no record of? -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 13:05
lying would piss me off so much -- nm - dogbert183 Dec 19, 12:59 1
- never be a teacher. seriously. I heard that shit EVERY. DAY. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 13:01
If they're that stupid, there's no way they got an 85. -- nm - Amy Dec 19, 12:58 2
- If there is no record they got 85, they didn't get 85. It's totally simple. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 13:03
- It's really common for students to try this. It's bad judgement, not necessarily stupidity, IMO. -- nm - con_carne Dec 19, 13:02
Next time maybe they'll offer sex for the 85% grade from you. - JaxSean Dec 19, 12:56 2
- so they would get to have sex with her AND get an 85%??? I don't see any punishment there -- nm - dogbert183 Dec 19, 12:59
- I am not even in school and I would do this. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 19, 12:58
Pretty minor. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 12:54 2
- lying about taking a deliverable and essentially asking for credit on it? -- nm - capitalist christmas loves mandy lane Dec 19, 12:56 1
  - "I already handed in my homework." Must have heard that a thousand times. If you fall for it, it's your fault. Now if they try to alter the records or - loosilu Dec 19, 13:00
I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 19, 12:53
Nothing I would want to take action against -- nm - con_carne Dec 19, 12:52 1
- I kind of feel like it's extreme. but it's like a gateway violation. -- nm - capitalist christmas loves mandy lane Dec 19, 12:53
I agree with you. -- nm - lileve Dec 19, 12:52
I concur. -- nm - TFox Dec 19, 12:51

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