Academic Integrity: Best Practices by Miriam Graf Simpson https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice Please work with your group to recommend 1-3 best practices for ensuring academic integrity in the classroom. Please put each recommendation in a separate post! en-us 2022-02-11 04:36:05 UTC 2025-12-03 22:05:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e1.png Student-centered assignments https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042878017 Providing students with choices on projects/assignments that resonate with them that they can do to show mastery of classroom topics. This counteracts the problem of low engagement that can often lead to academic dishonesty. ]]> 2022-02-11 17:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042878017 Provide student choice in assessments katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042879241 2022-02-11 17:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042879241 "Humanize" the assignment/course - Connect the course content to students lives/lived experiences; make the assessment/assignment/project meaningful to students katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042879789 2022-02-11 17:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042879789 Provide students with the opportunity to create something katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042882211 Helps students find a sense of purpose, see their value in contributing to their community, to your class, etc.]]> 2022-02-11 17:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042882211 Empathy https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042882926 *Authenticity in teaching
*Linking current learning to future goals
*Understanding cheating behaviors are not about you as an instructor but something that is happening within the student ]]> 2022-02-11 17:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042882926 Opportunities for Corrections on Tests/Assignments https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042883829 Giving students a chance to correct their work after turning it in or having staged deadlines can be a useful way to lower pressure and model a growth mindset. It also make the teacher student relationship a "back and forth," coaching model rather than a dictatorship/ ]]> 2022-02-11 17:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042883829 Low-stakes assignments that might involve peer review/feedback katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042884952 2022-02-11 17:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042884952 Don't take it personally https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042887719 As an instructor, it's easy to feel hurt or insulted by academic dishonesty. Although students cheat for many reasons, almost none of them are meant a personal attack on the instructor. Take a deep breath and try to see their perspective. ]]> 2022-02-11 17:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042887719 Using respectful language; be motivating! katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042887817 No deficit-minded language; don't assume students are "procrastinating," etc.]]> 2022-02-11 17:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042887817 Try to start from a place of no negative assumption about students and their intentions https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042888936 2022-02-11 17:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042888936 Project Based Learning https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042889367 2022-02-11 17:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042889367 Portfolios and Opportunities for Self or Peer Assessments https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042891939 Placing evaluation responsibility on the student(s) -- with some guidance -- gives them more investment in the project. ]]> 2022-02-11 17:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042891939 Help students connect the course to how they can apply it to the real world; relevant to their future goals/careers katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042892251 2022-02-11 17:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042892251 Create assignments that allow you to refer to notes, etc. so that students "practice" what they learn. https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042893973 2022-02-11 17:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042893973 Culturally relevant - connect the assignment/material to their lives katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042895392 Use things like social media, music, etc.; other "non-traditional" ways of learning/assessing; meet them where they are]]> 2022-02-11 17:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042895392 Educating faculty & students about academic integrity and rethinking grading and assessments. https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042898046 1. Educating Faculty on how talk about Academic Integrity in classroom, without making it a threatening concept, but giving clear explanation/expectations. 
2. Project based assignments instead of midterms/finals. 
3. Ungrading.]]> 2022-02-11 17:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042898046 Instructors should do a "time audit" of their assignments to make sure they aren't overburdening/overwhelming students with "busy work" katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042901238 2022-02-11 17:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042901238 Do what Gholdy Muhammad would do :) katiecabral1_1 https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042903344 Explicitly tie every assignment to students' identity, skills, intellectualism, criticality, and joy]]> 2022-02-11 17:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/miriamgraf/BestPractice/wish/2042903344