Upholding Academic Integrity Tips

By: Lucy Kluckhohn-Jones, Professor of Microbiology & College Ombudsperson

• Make it easy for your students to be scholars.
• Make it clear what is to be done individually and what is group work.
• Learn the names of your students, and something about each one.
• Provide more than one version of an exam or quiz.
• Vary the type of questions; consider placement on the page.
• Number each and every copy of the test (including extras if any).
• Hand out each exam to each student in person.
• Have students put books and notes out of sight, out of reach.
• Allow a page of notes (with instructed limitations).
• Provide a calculator for student use (no cell phones or fancy calculators).
• Remind students to keep silence in the exam room before and during the exam.
• Remind students to use the rest room before the exam; leave the room and the exam must be turned in.
• Remind students before the exam that they are expected to keep their eyes on their own papers. 
• For electronically submitted papers, run them through EVE software before grading.  Show students the results.
• If academic dishonesty is detected, file an academic dishonesty report form within 10 days of the discovery.