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Academic Integrity Tutorial: Test Your Existing Knowledge

Complete the Poll

Complete the following poll to test your knowledge of your rights and responsibilities as a student at the University of Saskatchewan.

Clicking will compare your response to others, but does not determine a right or wrong answer. The poll is merely a way to help you determine what you do or do not know about the rules and regulations that govern your academic behaviour. To learn more, click the Don't Know link.

Agree/Disagree

Academic dishonesty is most often the result of situational pressures like peer pressure, family pressure, or financial pressure.
Agree: 10080 votes (84.5%)
Disagree: 1471 votes (12.33%)
Don't know: 378 votes (3.17%)
Total Votes: 11929
Being aware of situational pressures can help minimize the risk of academic dishonesty.
Agree: 11143 votes (96.51%)
Disagree: 284 votes (2.46%)
Don't know: 119 votes (1.03%)
Total Votes: 11546
The onus is on each student to become informed about what constitutes academic misconduct.
Agree: 10875 votes (95.04%)
Disagree: 237 votes (2.07%)
Don't know: 331 votes (2.89%)
Total Votes: 11443
Guidelines for behaving with academic integrity can be found in a document called 'Regulations on Student Academic Misconduct'.
Agree: 10768 votes (95.24%)
Disagree: 189 votes (1.67%)
Don't know: 349 votes (3.09%)
Total Votes: 11306
The USSU Advocacy Office can help undergraduate students interpret the regulations that govern academic misconduct.
Agree: 10691 votes (95.64%)
Disagree: 97 votes (0.87%)
Don't Know: 390 votes (3.49%)
Total Votes: 11178
The university deals with academic misconduct using both formal and informal procedures.
Agree: 9671 votes (85.41%)
Disagree: 1037 votes (9.16%)
Don't know: 615 votes (5.43%)
Total Votes: 11323
Lack of awareness of the regulations, cultural differences, mental health difficulties, or impairment by alcohol or drugs are not defences for academic misconduct.
Agree: 9610 votes (84.53%)
Disagree: 1404 votes (12.35%)
Don't know: 355 votes (3.12%)
Total Votes: 11369
Wherever appropriate, the university will attempt to resolve complaints through informal processes before invoking formal processes, and wherever possible, sanctions will be educational rather than punitive.
Agree: 10295 votes (92.43%)
Disagree: 358 votes (3.21%)
Don't know: 485 votes (4.35%)
Total Votes: 11138

Sample Quiz Question

Misconduct resulting from misunderstanding or carelessness are addressed through informal measures. These include
Infractions that are minor enough not to warrant a formal hearing: 182 votes (1.56%)
Agreement between both instructor and student on a resolution: 225 votes (1.93%)
Resolutions limited to a grade reduction by a percentage appropriate to the degree of academic misconduct and/or resubmission of the work in question: 208 votes (1.78%)
A temporary record of the misconduct kept for a period no longer than 5 years or until the student has completed their program.: 82 votes (0.7%)
All of the above: 10556 votes (90.33%)
None of the above: 102 votes (0.87%)
No Idea: 331 votes (2.83%)
Total Votes: 11686

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