[VPAAEtal] Resources on Academic Honesty & Plagiarism

[Academic Affairs]

Hello Faculty,

The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) would like to bring more professional development opportunities to your attention. There are multiple strategies to help students understand the ethics and policies with academic honesty and integrity and to prevent plagiarism in your classroom. The CFEI would like to highlight a few of these for you below.

Upcoming CFEI events:

*         September 22, 3:00-4:00pm, CFEI Conference Room, Combating Academic Dishonesty: TurnItIn and Other Strategies

*         October 15, 12:00-1:00pm, CFEI Conference Room, Lunch & Learn: Plagiarism & Academic Dishonesty

*         November 4, 3:00-4:00pm, CFEI Conference Room, Combating Academic Dishonesty: TurnItIn and Other Strategies
Please visit the CFEI website, call 903-886-5511, or email CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu<mailto:CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu> to register for these events. Additionally, the CFEI's 2014-2015 Faculty Fellow, Dr. Robin Reid, is currently working on the Plagiarism Prevention Project. Stay tuned for news on the developments of this project.

If you are interested in learning more about a tool, TurnItIn, which is a third-party tool that is integrated into Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege), then the following free webcast series might be helpful to you:
TurnItIn's Fall Webcast Series, http://turnitin.com/en_us/resources/webcasts
In particular, Turnitin is offering a 3-part series that will "share insights, clear away myths, and show you some nifty tricks to help you use Turnitin!" You may register for these webcasts individually or join us at the CFEI Training Lab (AGIT222).

*         September 10, 3:00-3:30pm, CFEI Training Lab or online, Part One: "We Are Our Own Aptest Deceiver": Debunking the Top Five Similarity Score Myths

*         October 23, 3:00-3:30pm, CFEI Training Lab or online, Part Two: From STEM to STEAM: Assessing Art & Design and Visual Projects

*         November 20, 3:00-3:30pm, CFEI Training Lab or online, Part Three: To Share or Not to Share? Building Effective Peer Review Assignments

Some additional resources on academic honesty and plagiarism include:

*         Texas A&M University-Commerce Rules & Procedures, 13.99.99.R0.10 Academic Honesty, http://www.tamuc.edu/aboutus/policiesproceduresstandardsstatements/rulesProcedures/13students/academic/13.99.99.R0.10AcademicHonesty.aspx

*         Texas A&M University-Commerce, Student Guidebook, Code of Student Conduct, http://www.tamuc.edu/CampusLife/documents/studentGuidebook.pdf

*         Texas A&M University-Commerce, Gee Libraries, Copyright 101, http://tamuc.libguides.com/copyright

*         Rutgers University, Paul Robeson Library, 3 Modules on Plagiarism, http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/

*         Faculty Focus, Academic Integrity, http://www.facultyfocus.com/tag/academic-integrity/ and http://www.facultyfocus.com/wp-content/uploads/images/promoting-academic-integrity-in-online-edu1.pdf

*         Edutopia, 5 Online Tools to Help Combat Plagiarism, http://www.edutopia.org/blog/online-tools-to-combat-plagiarism-melissa-burns

We hope that you may be able to find some value in these resources.


CFEI Faculty Development
Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation l Academic Affairs
CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu<mailto:CFEI.FacultyDev at tamuc.edu>

P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011
Tel. 903.886.5511 l Fax 903.886.5991 l www.tamuc.edu<http://www.tamuc.edu/>

Texas A&M University-Commerce


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