Introduction

The Academic Integrity Module (AIM) is a tutorial that all students complete through Blackboard that highlights the importance of academic integrity at Georgian College.  This tip sheet offers some suggestions for faculty to incorporate the AIM and its content into their courses.

🎯 Suggestions

1. Early in the semester, complete the AIM module yourself to become familiar with the components and content.
2. Review and share with your students Georgian's Academic Integrity regulation, procedures involved in upholding academic integrity, and Georgian's Artificial Intelligence Guiding Principles.
3. Focus on the desired behaviours and six fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage, and not on the consequences of academic misconduct.
4. Keep the conversation going.
   1. Lead live discussions about academic integrity early, often, and with every assessment.
   2. Share reminders early and often on Blackboard, in your PowerPoints, and with your assessments.
5. Share stories of your experiences with academic integrity and ethical choices in education and industry; link to professional ethics that are relevant to your students and their chosen career.
6. Incorporate some teaching and learning activities around academic integrity:
   1. In-class activity – have students complete AIM, about an hour to complete.
   2. In-class review – lead students in a review of the AIM content and answer questions.
   3. Ticket out the door – what does academic integrity mean to you? See sample Start-Stop-Continue activity.
   4. Scavenger hunt - key ideas about academic integrity from AIM. See sample activity.
   5. Case studies - have students create case studies around academic integrity, then swap and discuss.
   6. Brainstorm – what does academic integrity mean in THIS class? In THIS profession?
   7. Research and share – what are integrity and ethics in the chosen profession?
   8. Reflection – how are academic integrity and professional ethics learned? Are they related? 
7. Incorporate some assessments around academic integrity:
   1. Make the AIM completion an assessment in your course worth a small percentage (3-5%).
   2. Create an assessment around academic integrity including students’ reflection on what it means to them as a student at Georgian and for their careers. See sample assessment.
   3. Add an academic integrity reflection type question to each assessment.  For example, “How did you complete this assessment with academic integrity?”  

📄 Additional Resources

• CTL Website: Academic integrity - Georgian College
• Contact CTL for support: Centre for Teaching and Learning - Georgian College
• Student Portal: AIM and Academic Integrity (sharepoint.com)
• Knowledge Article: Academic Integrity Module (AIM) Report - Georgian College CTL (helpjuice.com) 
   

⬇️To download a copy of this content as a Word document, see AIM - Tip Sheet for Faculty.docx