The full policy and procedures can be found here:
We are here to help! Student Services has a number of academic skill resources and assistance for you. Contact Marcia Steeves, Academic Integrity and Copyright Officer, for more information.
If your faculty member suspects a violation, they will determine what level the violation falls under. The level of the violation determines what academic consequences may be considered and outline that an educational sanction must also be completed.
Below you will find the information for each violation level and information about signing up for your assigned education module or workshop.
A warning is documented much like violations but is considered a learning opportunity.
Warnings are applied when a student has a made a genuine error in an assessment to encourage and support learning.
Optional Sanctions
Level 1 violations may be minor in nature and affect a small portion of the assessment work in question.
Examples (not intended to be an exhaustive list):
Mandatory Sanctions
Level 2 violations are of a more serious or extensive nature than the ones described in Level 1 or are those that affect a larger or more significant portion of the assessment.
Examples (not intended to be an exhaustive list):
Mandatory Sanctions
Optional Sanctions
Faculty may select additional sanctions. Examples of these optional sanctions are (but are not limited to):
Level 3 violations affect a sizable portion of the assessment work, involve premeditation, and/or students who have repeated Level 1 and Level 2 violations.
Examples (not intended to be an exhaustive list):
Mandatory Sanctions
Level 4 violations are reserved for the most serious breaches of academic integrity and/or incidents preceded by repeated violations at all previous levels.
Examples (not intended to be an exhaustive list):
Mandatory Sanctions
Educational sanctions are in place to help you learn from violations and assist you in avoiding similar violations in the future. Your faculty will direct you on which sanction they want you to complete and a deadline for completing this sanction. See below for information on registering for the different options available.
Your faculty may assign one of the available learning modules to you as an educational sanction. Follow the links below to self-enroll and complete by the deadline you have been given.
Your faculty may assign one of the many Information Literacy Workshops to you as an educational sanction. These workshops are also available to students who simply want to learn how to cite and research better. Here are some of the ones commonly assigned:
Avoiding Plagiarism - This workshop covers plagiarism and provides hands-on activities on avoiding plagiarism and working with citations.
APA Citations for Beginners - Laying the foundation for successful citation-building you will gain an understanding of the use of in-text citations, identify different source formats and the parts of a citation, and practice using a citation guide to build basic citations.
Advanced APA Citations - Providing practice for those with the needed basic skills to look at more complex sources as well as using the MS Word citation tool.
Register for available workshops here.
In some cases, your faculty may assign a one-on-one meeting with a resource specialist to ensure that you have a good understanding of the violation that has occurred and also to provide you assistance to ensure that further violations are avoided.
One-on-one sessions can be booked by contacting Marcia Steeves, the Academic Integrity and Copyright Officer.
One-on-ones with Tutoring or Learning Strategy Advisors can be made online.
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