The University’s Academic Integrity Tutorial & Quiz

Myles Gould (School of Geography)Indira Banner & Mary Bullivant (School of Education)

Annual Pro-Deans/Directors of Student Education EventTuesday 1 October 2013

Great Woodhouse Suite, University House

Content• Rationale• Content• 2013/14 Implementation• Future Developments?

Rationale• Raise awareness of AI issues & necessary skills for

academic writing– managing JH & elective students (‘One University’)

• Support students’ transitions to the University• Reduce plagiarism investigations – good for staff,

students & the University• The Academic Integrity Officers Network

acknowledged the benefits of campus-wide tutorial & basic ‘driving test’

New Content (2013-14)

14 questions

Uses Skills@Library Tutorial: http://library.leeds.ac.uk/tutorials/integrity/harvard/

2013/14 Procedures & Developments

• Now for TPG new starters (in addition to all Level-1)• Quiz enhanced in consultation with AIOs,

skills@library & plagiarism group• On-line FAQs to support students• Being delivered using a single ‘VLE organisation’ • Enhanced communications & reporting for staff– e.g. item in next Student Education Bulletin

• Email student invitations & reminders will be sent (supported by better records)– as in 2012/13

• Crisper visual appearance in VLE

Future developments?• Extending to more students including Level-2 & -3

refreshers (& Leeds graduates enrolling TPG)?• Linking to Leeds-4-Life: appropriate boxes to

tick/discuss at first meeting of academic year?• Fuse together tutorial & quiz (like on-line staff fire

safety training)• Instant feedback in quiz• Keeping tutorial & quiz up to date with AI policy

developments• Encouraging all schools to embed tutorial and quiz

elsewhere

Encouraging Embedment Elsewhere

Geography’s Organisation