Michigan Virtual Academic Integrity Matrix
Effective 8/14/2023
What is considered “an offense?”
An offense is defined as an assignment submitted that meets any of the criteria listed below:
- Cheating: Cheating occurs when a student represents any other person’s work from any source including hard drives, software, answer banks, AI Tools, assignment sharing websites, etc. as their own. Examples of cheating includes
- asking for/receiving answers
- student to student copying/sharing,
- submitting another student’s work as your own
- Submitting identical coursework
- Plagiarism: Plagiarism occurs when a student submits work that has been copied from any published resource such as, but not limited to, internet or printed sources, assignment sharing websites, or any other source without proper credit.
- Student Academic Broker: A student acts as an academic broker when they post work to a secondary source such as, but not limited to, social media, assignment sharing websites, Google docs, or shares virtual or hard copies of files of any work, with or without compensation.
An offense includes no more than 3 assignments submitted on the same day. If more assignments are submitted that demonstrate an integrity issue, it may result in escalation on the matrix.
For consistency purposes, Michigan Virtual has identified general conduct violations and disciplinary consequences for various behaviors. It is not an exhaustive list. Certain situations may require moving beyond lesser penalties to more strict disciplinary actions, even for a first offense. Disciplinary measures may be progressive, becoming more severe with each subsequent offense.
Academic Integrity Matrix
ACTION | 1ST OFFENSE | 2ND OFFENSE | 3RD OFFENSE | 4TH OFFENSE | STUDENT BROKER |
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Learning Intervention – Teachable Moment | X | ||||
Mentor Contact by Teacher – discuss application of local cheating policy | X | X | X | X | |
Notify Department Lead Instructor | X | X | X | X | |
Involvement of Instructional Managers/Supervisor | X | X | X | X | |
Parent/Guardian Contact by Teacher | X | X | X | X | |
Learning Intervention – Resubmission for Full Credit | X | ||||
Learning Intervention – Resubmission w/ 50% deduction | X | ||||
Automatic Zero on Assessment | X | X | X | ||
If applicable: Mandatory Removal of Account in Assignment-sharing Sites | X | X | X | X | |
Mandated Proctored Exam/submissions | X | X | X | ||
Possible Removal from Michigan Virtual courses | X | X |