What is Academic Integrity?
The International Centre for Academic Integrity (ICAI) defines academic integrity as a commitment, even in the face of adversity, to six fundamental values:
- honesty
- trust
- fairness
- respect
- responsibility
- courage (ICAI, 2014)
Sheridan is strongly committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity and expects that all of its members maintain the highest standards of academic integrity throughout all areas of academic life, including teaching and learning, research, writing and all other scholarly work. Read more
About the Academic Integrity Office
The Academic Integrity Office provides education, resources and support to foster the understanding and practice of academic integrity at Sheridan. If you have any questions about academic integrity, or are looking for more information and resources, please visit us in the Learning Commons at:
Trafalgar – C151a
HMC – A211
Davis – J214i
Academic Integrity Tutorial
A new online academic integrity tutorial is now available in SLATE.
As a student, this tutorial will help you become better informed about Sheridan’s expectations on academic integrity and you will learn how to avoid academic integrity breaches. Click here for a brief overview of the tutorial.
If you are faculty and would like to embed the tutorial into your SLATE courses, please contact Angela Clark, Academic Integrity Facilitator, at ext. 8086 or by email at aif@sheridancollege.ca.
Student Resources
As a student, there are different resources to help you succeed with integrity:
- Know Sheridan's expectations on academic integrity.
- Get some quick tips on time management and a guide to time management.
- Taking good notes is key to avoiding plagiarism. Here are some quick note-taking suggestions, as well as a guide containing more in-depth information on note-taking.
- Refer to this checklist prior to submitting work.
It's not always clear to students what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to academic integrity. These are the grey areas:
Faculty Resources
- Academic Integrity Facilitator's role: an overview of support offered to faculty on academic integrity related matters.
- Academic Integrity Report which outlines Sheridan's unique model of integrity.
- Workshops for faculty to meet on the topic of academic integrity in their programs.
- Breach of Academic Integrity Form to be used in cases of suspected breaches (as per the Academic Integrity Procedure).
- Academic Integrity Remediation Form to provide to students in case of mandatory remediation (as per the Academic Integrity Procedure).
- Time management session for your students, delivered by English tutors, email tutoring@sheridancollege.ca.
Academic Integrity Events
Join us on May 3rd, 2018 to hear Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes speak on the topic of Understanding Academic Misconduct: Creating a Robust Culture of Integrity.
News
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Contact
Do you have a question about academic integrity at Sheridan?
Do you have feedback or suggestions for us?
Please get in touch via email: aif@sheridancollege.ca
