Today’s Presenter 1 Gina Dyson Associate Director Student Affairs and Academic Integrity

Objectives Best Practices Academic Integrity Policy Using Turnitin for Discussions DEMO Evaluating an Originality Report Academic Integrity Inquiry Process Resources 2

Demystify Academic Integrity Encourage completion of our Academic Integrity Tutorial located at the Writing Center Encourage use of Turnitin Drafts – 6 drafts in the classroom – Unlimited drafts at the Writing Center Classroom announcement/ – Encourage citing, paraphrasing and synthesizing 3

Academic Integrity Policy Discussions Examine one week’s worth of main posts. – Submit and examine any individual posts throughout the course that look concerning Applications: Examine a sampling of originality reports based on course length  Especially concerning reports should be included in your random sample Doc Studies: Google or Dogpile can help too 4

Using Turnitin for Discussions DEMO 5

Evaluating an Originality Report References, quotes and 1% matches should already be excluded What’s left? – Common phrases – Content that has been borrowed and not paraphrased/synthesized Matches to previously submitted papers – From Laureate/Walden – From another university 6

Academic Integrity Inquiry Process Understand your program’s expectations around teachable moments and internal warnings Once you need to make something formal, send an academic integrity inquiry letter – Subject: Academic Integrity Inquiry – Copy your Program Director or their academic integrity designee – Do not copy Code of Conduct (COC) Your PD/designee will work with you to decide sanctions and will send a formal Findings letter. You and COC will be copied 7

Resources and Links Academic Integrity Inquiry Template: available in eCampus Academic Integrity Tutorial: – Faculty can access the module in ELMS – Students can access the module at the Writing Center: Writing/Academic_Integrity_Student_ swf Writing/Academic_Integrity_Student_ swf For Turnitin technical support: Faculty may contact the Student Support Team: , option 1 or Turnitin directly (please do not give this number to students): x241. Students can contact the Student Support Team for technical assistance: WALDENU. 8

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