Do I need to define all forms of cheating in the syllabus?

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

Every year, students seem to find new ways to "cheat" on the work. Every year, my course policies section grows longer and longer (a full page now) to match the newfound methods. I list all forms of plagiarism and exam rules and penalties. I additionally post similar rules on assignment instructions, particularly defining areas where I found students "cut corners" while still literally following the instructions. I teach many freshmen and foreign students who are not familiar with college expectations.

Do I need to define all forms of cheating on the syllabus? Is there some way to apply and enforce a blanket, "no other cheating permitted"?

Some examples include:

1. Copying and pasting text from Web sites.
2. Submitting classmate's returned assignment as late assignment with own name.
3. Foreign students using machine translation exclusively to write essays for writing courses.
4. Using TTS for speeches.
5. Peering at other papers during exams.
6. Copying from phone during exams.
7. Submitting work they made in other courses.
8. Adding names of extra non-contributors to group work.
9. Doing work for a classmate.
10. Pretending to be another student during an exam.
11. Attending different sections during exams to preview the exam or try different versions.