Academic Integrity

All James Sprunt Community College students are held to the same academic standards regardless of course format: online, hybrid, blended, hyflex, or traditional.  A violation of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, multiple submissions, and/or cheating.

• Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone else’s work, including the work of other students, as one’s own, including AI generated content (ChatGPT).
• Multiple submissions is definied as submitting assignments that were previously submitted in another course. The use of one’s previous work in an assignment requires written prior approval from the current faculty member.
• Cheating is defined as obtaining information in a dishonest manner. Obtaining and using all or part of someone else’s work as your own or allowing someone else to obtain and use your work are examples of cheating.

Online Identity

Any student registered in a college course will be the same student who participates in and completes all course work.  Any student who allows his/her unique username and password to be used by another individual student to complete an assignment or participation in the course will be in violation.

Consequences

If a student commits any act of academic dishonesty, the instructor may assign a zero grade on the assignment or assign a grade of “F” in the course. The instructor must file an academic dishonesty incident report describing the alleged violation with the Vice President of Curriculum and provide a copy to the student.

The student may appeal the grade assigned by the instructor if (1) the student feels the penalty is unfair or (2) the student does not agree with the evidence presented by the instructor. See the Student Appeals section for more details on the academic appeals process.

Repeated offenses of academic dishonesty will result in the student being referred to the Vice President of Curriculum.