What is exam cheating?
Exam cheating includes:
- writing cheat notes on your arms, legs, or another part of your body
- taking prohibited materials into an exam, such as cheat notes, textbooks, or unapproved calculators
- attempting to communicate with or copy from another student during an exam
- using electronic devices, such as a smartphone or smartwatch, to access information related to the exam while it is in progress
- discussing an exam with someone else outside the exam venue while the exam is in progress
- sharing exam questions with someone else who is going to write the exam later
- taking a screenshot or a photo of online exam questions
- sharing the password to an online exam
- removing confidential examination papers from an exam venue
adapted from University of Sydney via SFU (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Instructors and exam invigilators/proctors are experienced in detecting instances of cheating. If you cheat on an exam at RDP, you will face serious consequences.
Exam cheating is academic misconduct. Consequences include:
- Failing your assignment
- Failing your course
- Being suspended from RDP
- Being expelled from RDP
- And not being accepted at another college or university after being expelled
Keep your eyes on your exam...
Graphic by Sara LeBlanc, University of Waterloo (CC BY-NC 4.0)
