Academic Integrity Week

Academic Integrity is vital to upholding the standards of excellence and rigor consistent with our Unifying Values. Academic Integrity Week is a time to reinforce our commitment to honesty, ethics, and responsibility in academia. Sessions focus on topics for students and instructors, including:

- - - Deterring and detecting plagiarism and inappropriate collaboration
    - Artificial Intelligence and chatbots like ChatGPT – implications for academic integrity and pedagogy reform
    - Research anxiety and student well-being
    - Reporting procedures and disciplinary actions for integrity violations
    - Fostering a culture of integrity, excellence, and accountability through assignments and classroom policies

Recorded Sessions

Using MOSS to Detect Plagiarism

Attendees will learn how MOSS, a plagiarism detection system for source code, works to identify similarities between code submissions in academic environments, promoting integrity and detecting both direct and subtle forms of plagiarism. -Marco Papa, Ph.D. USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Supporting Students Who Learn Differently

This workshop takes care to ensure that students with learning differences understand the nuances of research methodology and proper APA guidelines for writing academic papers. Students receive customized instructions to help them navigate the complexities of research and APA requirements and combat errors leading to potential academic integrity issues.

–Wanda Cumberlander, USC Bovard College

Success Strategies for Meeting Your Academic Potential

Helping students build successful strategies from the start of the semester to ensure that they meet their goals and ultimately avoid academic misconduct. Presented by the USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity

Red Flag or Lapse in Judgement: Addressing Academic Integrity Issues

This session explores the complexities surrounding academic integrity, focusing on the root causes of misconduct and offering practical strategies for prevention. Attendees will gain insight into why students may struggle with academic honesty, including factors such as misunderstandings, poor time management, and mental health concerns.

Navigating Academic Integrity Policies & Use of AI-tools from the Perspective of International Students

This presentation offers guidance to international students on understanding the varying policies on the use of AI tools in academic coursework. It outlines steps needed to conduct scholarly work that adheres to academic integrity principles while promoting the responsible use of AI.

USC Libraries Resources for Instructors in Support of Teaching & Learning

This session led by USC Libraries’ Head of Instruction & Assessment Michaela Ullmann will provide a short overview of tools, services, and resources available from the USC Libraries for USC instructors in support of teaching and learning.

Includes the process of requesting in-person library instruction sessions tailored to course content and learning outcomes, as well as other resources, including asynchronous tools such as tutorials and Research Guides.

Using Artificial Intelligence Augmented Assignments to Teach Academic Integrity

Students are wondering about the use of AI in the classroom, experimenting with new technologies to gather content and worried about what might be academically allowable. Faculty can encourage academic integrity best practices by including the use of AI and other technologies for a myriad of purposes (grammar review, editing and content development) within course assignment prompts. A demonstration of the use of “training wheels” which can be provided to the students to augment assignment prompts and reference reporting (surveys and forms) will be shared to extend student learning tools while reinforcing academic integrity rules.

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Using AI Ethically in your Research

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds immense potential to support students in their research. However, with this power comes a responsibility to ensure that AI is implemented and utilized ethically. This workshop aims to provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to the ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI in research. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to critically assess the ethical implications of AI in research to ensure responsible and ethical AI development and deployment. Key topics of the presentation include: Ensuring transparency and acknowledgment in AI-driven research projects. Navigating ethical considerations in data collection, usage, and privacy Recognizing biases in AI algorithms. OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT (Feb 16 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/

The Timed Revision Exam

To mitigate issues of equity and academic integrity with the traditional WRIT 340 portfolio assignment, I propose a summative final assessment in the form of an in-person exam in which students re-write a short portion of their own previously submitted work. Distinct from a traditional timed essay exam, this assessment consists of a timed revision of a student’s own work, with the type, style, and goal of the revision determined by a course-specific prompt. This format captures a significant portion of the benefits of the traditional portfolio in terms of assessing revision skills and critical thinking regarding one’s writing, while also clarifying the degree of student understanding of curricular principles and decreasing the likelihood of cheating.

Opening Dialogues: Strategies for Faculty to Address Academic Integrity

During this panel discussion, learn effective strategies to initiate conversations with students, fostering an open and non-confrontational dialogue when you have academic integrity concerns. Our expert panel will guide you on recommended practices for reaching out to students, offering support, and addressing emotional reactions that may arise during the conversation. Equip yourself with the tools to handle academic integrity concerns during this hour.

Four Ways of Using Sources

Learn approaches to integrating sources to reduce academic integrity issues.

Fakin' the Citation

Discussing conditions under which Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is more likely to hallucinate citations and abstracts to research papers. Provide easy ways to change your writing assignments to reduce the appeal of using ChatGPT and ways to identify potential ChatGPT-created citations. And expand on ways USC Libraries resources can assist in determining if a cited article is real or hallucinatory.

Avoiding Plagiarism

USC Librarians Jennifer Silverman and Michaela Ullman share tips and techniques to successfully identify and avoid submitting plagiarized academic work.

Critical Research

Ariana Varela, Information Literacy Instruction Librarian at USC Libraries, will discuss incorporating critical information literacy skills and citation justice into your research. Participants will practice citation chaining and learn about resources available to help track your research and citations.

Generative AI: Deny & Detect or Embrace & Enhance

Generative AI has created a split among educators between those that view it as a threat and those that see it as an opportunity. This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities that Generative AI presents for educators and students as we pursue education with integrity.

Inspiring Integrity Through Executive Functioning & Skill Building

Learn skills and techniques to effectively work with students and encourage organization and productivity. Presented by the USC Kortschak Center.

Managing Stress to be Our Best Selves

Learn techniques and strategies to manage stress and anxiety. The session emphasizes stress occurring due to academic requirements, but can be applied generally for anything causing stress or anxiety.