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Academic Integrity Policy
What counts as academic misconduct, the rules for using artificial intelligence, how cases are reviewed, and the consequences.
Purpose
Windsor University expects every student to submit original work and to complete every assessment personally. This policy defines academic misconduct, describes the controls the University uses, and states the consequences.
Academic Misconduct
- Plagiarism: representing the work of another person or organization as one's own without giving proper citation to the original author or source.
- Cheating: obtaining or giving unauthorized help in any assignment, quiz or exam, including submitting another student's work as one's own.
- Fabrication: inventing or falsifying data, research results, sources or citations.
- Impersonation: taking an assessment or attending a session in place of another person, allowing another person to do so, or using another person's login. Sharing login details is also prohibited.
- Unauthorized use of artificial intelligence: using AI tools in a way that breaks the rules below.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
AI tools may be used only as a supplementary aid. AI-generated content must not exceed 30% of any student's coursework, so that the work reflects the student's own ideas. Students may use Grammarly for structure and grammar adjustments; Grammarly does not count toward the 30% limit.
Controls
- Each student has a unique username and password and must not share them.
- Quizzes and exams are taken in the Moodle Student Portal. Each quiz allows two attempts, and quizzes are timed and randomized.
- Instructors review written work for originality and for AI-generated content. For a main project or final exam, the University tells the student the percentage of AI-generated content found and gives feedback.
- The final exam is monitored online.
Reporting and Review
- An instructor or staff member who suspects misconduct reports it in writing to Student Affairs, with the evidence.
- The University tells the student about the allegation in writing and gives the student the opportunity to respond.
- The University reviews the evidence and the response, decides whether misconduct occurred, and tells the student the decision and any consequence in writing.
- The University documents each case and keeps the record as stated in the Student Records policy.
Consequences
The University decides the consequence according to the seriousness of the violation and whether the student has violated this policy before. Consequences follow these steps; for a serious violation, the University may begin at a later step.
- Warning.
- A zero on the assignment or assessment, or a retake of it.
- Failure of the course, or a retake of the course.
- Suspension.
- Expulsion.
Appeal
A student may appeal a decision under this policy in writing to [email protected] within 10 calendar days of the decision. The University considers an appeal only if the student has new information that was not available earlier, identifies a procedural error that would affect the decision, or believes the decision is inconsistent with the facts. The Appeals Committee decides within 20 calendar days of receiving the appeal, and its decision is final. The Student Complaints and Grievances policy describes the procedure.
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