Academic integrity for faculty

1. Instructor observes or learns of an academic integrity violation.
2. Instructor communicates to the the student the assignment and description of the alleged violation.
3. Acceptable correspondence with students can be done using e-mail, in-person, on the phone, Zoom or other similar platforms.
4. You should also inform the student that withdrawing from the class will not absolve them of responsibility for this alleged violation.
5. Instructors should make a good faith effort to answer their questions related to the charge.
6. The burden of proof needed is: “is it more likely than not, that the student committed the academic integrity violation.”
7. If after getting student feedback you decide that no violation occurred, you may stop here and no reporting is required.
8. If it has not already occurred, notify the student (email, face-to-face, Zoom, telephone) that you are reporting them to the Academic Integrity Office.
9. Submit your details, evidence and narrative to the Academic Integrity Office using the reporting portal found on the academic integrity homepage. Report all violations as soon as your communications with the student(s) is/are complete. Please do not hold violations until the end of the semester.
10. The Academic Integrity Office will adjudicate the case per FSE and University policy/procedures.*
11. Note: the “typical” 1st offense violation is a zero on the assignment/exam in question and mandatory participation in the FSE Academic Integrity remediation Course.
12. The AIO may modify sanctions so that they are within the FSE sanctioning guidelines.  The AIO will elevate the sanction, if the reported student has a previous record of an academic integrity violation. For unique and/or especially egregious cases the instructor and AIO will discuss an appropriate sanction.
13. During this process, instructors may need to communicate with the Academic Integrity Officer and/or participate in a student requested appeal hearing.
14. While the violation is being processed, the student should be allowed to participate normally in the class.
15. Once the case is complete the Academic Integrity Office will communicate the outcome and notify the instructor to apply the sanction or, if appropriate, the Academic Integrity Office will apply the sanction.
16. If semester grades are due before a violation is fully adjudicated submit an incomplete for the student’s grade and notify the student of the incomplete and why it is being submitted. Once the violation is complete, the AIO will contact the instructor to calculate and submit the grade with the sanction applied.
17. Violation closed

*Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering academic integrity procedures for students and the ASU university student academic integrity policy.