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Academic Integrity

Information on academic integrity, plagiarism, and citation at Red Deer Polytechnic.

You pay an tutor for editing assistance and they drastically re-write your original paper. Can you submit this new, edited version to your professor?

No, this is called collusion, which involves receiving unauthorized help from tutors and friends. There can be penalties for you and your friends. It is important to ask your instructor if other people are allowed to help you with an assignment.

Remember: other people can only help you if your instructor says it's okay!

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Graphic by Sara LeBlanc, University of Waterloo. Text adapted from University of Waterloo Library (CC-BY-NC).

You have to complete online quizzes by yourself unless your instructor tells you that you are allowed to work with other people. If you are not sure if you are allowed to work with your classmates, ask your instructor.

Remember: you have to complete online quizzes by yourself unless your instructor says you are allowed to work with other people!

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Graphic by Sara LeBlanc, University of Waterloo. Text adapted from University of Waterloo Library (CC-BY-NC).

If your instructor has said that independent work is required, you cannot work together or share answers. If you are not sure if you are allowed to work with your classmates, ask your instructor.

Remember: you can only work with other people if your instructor says it's okay!

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Graphic by Sara LeBlanc, University of Waterloo. Text adapted from University of Waterloo Library (CC-BY-NC).