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Academic Integrity FAQ

Yes! Attending an Academic Integrity Workshop is mandatory.

Click here for more information on academic appeals.

The Registrar’s Hold will be removed from your account once you have completed the Academic Integrity Workshop successfully.

Yes! Copying and pasting is allowed if you are using academic sources and citing those sources correctly. Whenever you copy and paste direct quotes, you need to include quotation marks and in-text citations.

No! You are not allowed to buy or sell any assignments or exams. To do so is considered academic misconduct. If you buy or sell any assignments or exams, you will receive an Academic Alert.

No! You are not allowed to hand in work done by another student. That is not your own, original work and therefore, you are engaging in academic misconduct. If you hand in work done by another student, with or without that student’s permission, you and the other student will both receive Academic Alerts.

No! You are not allowed to hand in your own work from a previous semester or a different course because it is self-plagiarism. If you self-plagiarize, you will receive an Academic Alert.

No! You are not allowed to work with your classmate or have another student edit your work, unless your instructor authorizes group work and collaboration. If you work on your assignment with a classmate when your instructor prohibits it, you will receive an Academic Alert.

Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.

Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.