Effective Strategies to Prevent Academic Dishonesty

Notify students that you expect them to do their own work.

Add a paragraph on your syllabus stating your position regarding academic Integrity and what you consider to be violations of the Academic Integrity Policy. You may also want to state that all alleged violations of the Academic Integrity Policy will be reported to the Academic Integrity Committee.

During an exam, if space permits, have students leave a chair between them and the next student so they will not be tempted to look at the paper of the student sitting next to them.

Offer at least two versions to every exam so that every other person will have a different exam.

Make changes to exams each semester so that the same exam is not given twice. This could mean slight changes in wording and/or reordering test questions.

Walk around the room during exams to discourage students from looking at the exams of the students sitting next to them.

Check the Internet for any materials that may be posted about your class.