Academic Integrity Preferences

Academic Integrity Preferences allow instructors to provide warnings and/or deterrents to prevent students from cheating on their assignments by posting images of their problems on internet sites.

To access the Academic Integrity Preferences, click on Instructor in the blue bar at the top of the page and then click on Academic Integrity Preferences in the drop-down menu.

On the next screen, you will see descriptions of the settings that can be enabled by clicking on the Yes radio button or disabled by clicking on the No radio button. 

Academic Integrity/Honor Code Policy Page

Every time the student opens an assignment, they can be presented with a "Class Policy" page that reminds them about which resources they should NOT use during the assignment.  The Honor Code and Expert TA TOS (Terms of Service) can be used alone, together, or not at all as needed.

• Honor Code - This message can be customized for your institution and/or class policy needs by typing in the text box.
• Expert TA TOS - This message cannot be customized but advises students that our material is copyrighted.  Posting images of our copyrighted material is a violation of the Terms of Service the students agree to when they register for each class and can result in the discontinuation of the student's Expert TA account.

If either or both policies are enabled, the student will see them as they open their assignment.  The student will have to click on Agree and Continue to continue to their assignment or the student can click on Back to go back to the Class Management screen.

In Assignment Deterrents

If the following settings are not enabled, students can post their problems on the internet with "some" anonymity by taking a screen capture of their problem or by taking a picture of their screen with their phone.  With the student's name and/or tracking number displayed in the problem area, students would need to first open the screen capture image or picture in editing software to remove the identifiable information before posting on the internet.  These settings can be used alone, together, or not at all as needed.

In the image below, you can see what these settings will look like from a student's perspective as they take the assignment.  The student's name and Tracking ID are in light grey within the problem statement area. 

When you are finished selecting and editing settings, click on Save Preferences at the bottom of the screen.

You can also create more than one Academic Integrity Template by clicking the drop-down in the Academic Integrity Templates and then clicking on Add Template.  

In the pop-up window, name your new template by typing in the field and clicking Save to save your template name or Cancel to return to the Academic Integrity Template screen.

Once your template is named you can select it from the Academic Integrity Templates area on the left and make changes to that template.