Academic Misconduct Report
This form is intended for use by instructors to report incidents of academic misconduct (per item #3 of the Academic Misconduct Policy). Instructors are encouraged to report all incidents of academic misconduct in order to prevent future misconduct and to promote a climate of academic integrity at Central.
Technology
Safe Assign
SafeAssign™ is a plagiarism prevention service, offered by Blackboard to its Blackboard Learning System Enterprise, Vista Enterprise and CE Enterprise clients. This service helps educators prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. In addition to acting as a plagiarism deterrent, it also has features designed to aid in educating students about plagiarism and importance of proper attribution of any borrowed content.
Instructions for using Safe Assign with Blackboard Learn
Please contact the Center for Teaching and Innovation for more information on the use of SafeAssign. We can be reached by calling 860.832.2081 or emailing us at CTI-Help@ccsu.edu .
Honorlock
Honorlock is a remote proctoring service that creates a fair testing environment for all students by protecting exams and academic integrity. Honorlock’s remote proctoring services works directly within Blackboard, and uses Artificial Intelligence to monitor each student’s online exam session and alerts a live, US-based proctor if any academic dishonesty is detected.
Instructions for using Honorlock
What Should Be Reported
All forms of misconduct should be reported. Some examples include:Â
- Plagiarism [quoting without attribution and poor paraphrasing, even if the source is generated by artificial intelligence (AI)]Â Â
- Copying another’s work  Â
- Helping someone else cheat  Â
- Using notes or books during a closed book exam  Â
- Sharing exam answers  Â
- Buying or selling papersÂ
For more examples of academic misconduct, refer to Academic Misconduct Examples .Â
Guides to
This document presents a workflow of the general misconduct process. Faculty may use this document to determine appropriate next steps to take regarding the misconduct identified.
Evaluating Severity of Academic Misconduct
This document is designed to aid faculty in evaluating the severity of academic misconduct and in considering what type of sanction to impose. These are guidelines only. Charts within contain guidelines that faculty may find useful as they determine their recommended sanctions.
Please note that it is the responsibility of the faculty member to determine and enforce appropriate sanctions for misconduct. The Academic Integrity Committee does not have access to the misconduct portal and as such does not provide feedback on reported incidents. Faculty can contact Stephanie Reis in The Office of Students Rights & Responsibilities (OSRR) for guidance on appropriate sanctions and the overall misconduct flow.