Study with Academic Integrity.
Academic integrity is about doing the right thing in all aspects of your academic work. It’s about working with ideas in an ethical way and being a good academic citizen.
Academic Integrity is ‘the moral code of academia. It involves using, generating and communicating information in an ethical, honest and responsible manner’ (Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, 2019).
It is important that you are familiar with Modawa Institute of Higher Education’s Academic Integrity Policy. Click here to review the policy.
What is academic integrity?
Find out what academic integrity, plagiarism and collusion mean in the Academic Integrity Policy, so you can study smart with integrity. Click here to learn more.
Why is academic integrity so important?
Academic integrity is important for your reputation and Modawa Institute of Higher Education’s reputation.
You are working hard and devoting time to achieve a qualification at Modawa Institute of Higher Education. You need to approach your study and assignments with academic integrity to avoid negative consequences such as failing an assignment. Learning about and conducting yourself with academic integrity also supports you to be successful when you are in the workforce.
The conduct of students and staff also impacts the reputation of Modawa Institute of Higher Education. Academic integrity is taken seriously at Modawa Institute of Higher Education with a strong policy and resources to support students and staff. Modawa Institute of Higher Education’s adherence to these high standards means that the community can have confidence in the quality of our graduates and staff, and graduates feel a sense of pride knowing they have graduated from an Institution which values high academic integrity standards.
Tips for studying with academic integrity
Review these 8 top tips for studying with integrity. Preparation, planning and consistency are key! Click here to read advice from Western Sydney University.
Academic Integrity FAQs
If you have a question about academic integrity, check the FAQs by clicking here, and see if it's answered. If not, you can drop into the Balimo College library to ask the librarian.
Extend your knowledge by completing these modules
The completion of these modules is not compulsory for students at MIHE, however, you are advised to complete them to strengthen your knowledge of academic integrity.
To learn more about studying with academic integrity, please click here to complete the General Academic Integrity Module.
Academic integrity involves the ethical use of information you will include in your assignments. To help you with this task, complete the module which explains what plagiarism is, how to avoid it and why it is important to reference. Click here to enter the module.
Referencing and Citation
The ideas and work of others must be acknowledged and not claimed or presented as your own, either intentionally or unintentionally. Using appropriate referencing is a critical skill to master. Modawa Institute of Higher Education uses the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition style.
American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition
This citation style guide is designed to cover the most commonly asked citation and referencing questions.
APA 7 Referencing Guide (PDF)
Other supporting materials:
Turnitin Student Support
Good academic writing, like other skills, comes with practice and experience. It is a critical skill. Turnitin is a tool that can help students improve their writing and citation skills.
What is Turnitin?
Turnitin is a web-based text-matching software that identifies and reports on similarities between documents.
While this type of software can be used as a detection tool, it can also, more importantly, be used as an educative tool.
How does Turnitin work?
· Students submit assessment papers to Turnitin.
· Turnitin compares electronically submitted papers against the following:
o Student papers worldwide: 1.4 billion with up to 1 million papers submitted daily
o Scholarly literature: compared against 82 million+ journal articles in dozens of languages, including open access repositories
o Internet archive: 91 billion current and archived web pages with 22 million pages added daily
· Your original Turnitin submission is returned with a Similarity Report that highlights text from your paper and links to the original sources.
· Lecturers find the Similarity Reports useful as a tool to guide students in following the correct citation practices and to highlight the potential need for greater originality in student work.
Note: Turnitin is not used for all assignments within a particular unit.
Click the links below to read more about:
· ETS e-rater feedback Grammar Tool
See also Turnitin FAQs.