Academic misconduct

Actively look for academic misconduct

  1. Make sure you are familiar with common sources of plagiarised material
  2. Use platforms such as Turnitin to test for similarly checking and plagiarism

Please see the Academic Integrity Checking Processes

Before submitting an allegation

Consider asking your students to sit an additional oral presentation on a given assessment to demonstrate their understanding. Please see oral presentations for more information.

For suspected Academic Misconduct - Before submitting an allegation, please use this checklist to ensure the Academic Integrity Officer has all the required information and evidence.

Require evidence of work in progress (where practicable)

  1. Request copies of drafts, reference material used or planning documentation.
  2. Hold meetings with students to discuss progress.
  3. Have students journal the time and activities to complete the task.
  4. Allocate marks toward the process as well as the outcome (especially in the case of group work)
    Please see the new Charles Sturt Assessment Policy, Group assessment work

Take appropriate action if plagiarism/academic misconduct is identified

Respond to instances of academic misconduct in student work by following the Charles Sturt policy. The procedures for addressing Academic Misconduct are outlined in the Student Misconduct Rule.

Reflect at a subject level

Reflect on suspected incidents of Student Academic Misconduct when moderating your assessments and consider how to avoid this in the future.
A Subject Convenor can capture this reflection in Question 4 within the QUASAR Reflection and Planning form. This will help identify possible future improvements for your assessments.

Report academic misconduct