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Honor Code

There are two primary applications of the Honor Code for this course:

1. Desire2Learn Gradebook Declarations.
• You are responsible for recording the completion of most of your assignments in the Desire2Learn gradebook. You do this under an Honor Code, which means you will honestly represent your efforts when you report your work at Desire2Learn.
• NEVER complete a Gradebook declaration before the assignment is completed! For example, do not declare that you have posted an essay at Yuku when you have only written that essay in a document on your computer but have not yet uploaded it to Yuku.
• The Desire2Learn Gradebook will be closely monitored. In any given week, I will check a minimum of between one-third and one-half of the entries in the gradebook to make sure that the entries are accurate. Every student's declarations will be checked multiple times throughout the semester. If any irregularity appears, all of the student's previous assignments will be checked. So, please do not abuse this system. It is not worth the risk.
2. Plagiarism. In addition, this Honor Code requires that you must not commit any form of plagiarism in creating your Web Project. You are expected to be familiar with the Provost's policies on Student Academic Integrity. If you have any questions about how to avoid plagiarism, please review the Provost's guidelines; or ask me about it!

Consequences

• Violations of the Honor Code will be treated severely; no exceptions. I understand the sense of desperation that sometimes drives people to make poor decisions. However, the very fabric of this course depends upon student integrity in following the Honor Code, so the Honor Code must be enforced with impartiality. There will be no exceptions, not even for extenuating circumstances. Please, just don't do it!
• First offense: If you make a false gradebook declaration or claim credit for work that you did not complete or that you copied from another source without giving credit, you will receive a zero for that assignment and your final grade in the class will be lowered one letter grade. For example, if you would have received an "A" at the end of the semester, you will be given a "B", and so on.
• Second offense: If there is a second incident, a failing grade (F) will result and your case will be referred to the Provost. The Provost will impose an appropriate sanction ranging from an official reprimand for academic misconduct noted on your permanent transcript, to expulsion from OU. Please do not violate this Honor Code; it is not worth the risk!

Not sure?

• Confusion is not a legitimate excuse. Please feel free to ask questions! If you have any doubts about the grade you have recorded for yourself in the Desire2Learn gradebook, please send me an email at the time that you post your grade. If you have questions about possible plagiarism, please write and ask me about the situation. It is much better to be safe than sorry -- so if there is anything unusual about the work you have done or the circumstances in which you are reporting the completion of your work, please check with me.
• Tip: One of the best ways to avoid accidental plagiarism is to write your web project and other assignments in a creative style. If you rephrase content into a dialogue format, for example, it will be more difficult to be guilty of an unintentional "copy and paste" form of plagiarism.
• Really? You mean that I could have my semester grade lowered by one letter if I cut-and-paste a sentence or two from another source into my web project, and forget to put it in quotation marks or add a bibliographic citation? Yes. Practice disciplined research and writing habits so that you will not accidentally make such a huge mistake!

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