Promoting academic integrity

Since July 2021,  Charles Sturt’s Academic Integrity course has been compulsory for all students to complete before grade release. Students who have not completed the training cannot view their grades.

The Academic Integrity course is delivered via a single subject with no points weighting, visible in the student portal and supported by the Division of Learning and Teaching. This subject is free and will help students understand academic integrity, contract cheating, and available support services. This is permanently available to all active students on their Interact2 (i2) dashboard.

The Division of Learning and Teaching has created a staff facing i2 organisation site, Academic Integrity (Staff), replicating the student site. All academic staff are encouraged to self-enrol on this site by:

• Logging into i2 - https://interact2.csu.edu.au/
• Select “Organisations”
• Organisations search “Academic Integrity (Staff)”
• Click to enrol

Educate your students about Academic Integrity

1. A dashboard of student completion statistics is available to Charles Sturt staff.
2. Review and teach skills such as summarising, paraphrasing, critical analysis, argument development, and referencing. Remind students about resources that can help them develop these skills and how this will assist them in avoiding academic misconduct.
3. Encourage students to use Turnitin before submitting assignments. Direct them to the Plagiarism Checking Software page of the student portal.
4. Explain the difference between collaboration and collusion, especially where group work is required. Again, encourage students to complete the Academic Integrity at Charles Sturt course.
5. Students are required to sign a cover sheet on their assignments acknowledging the work as their own.