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Cheating while under supervised conditions
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A student:
- begins to write during perusal time or continues to write after the instruction to stop writing is given,
- uses unauthorised equipment or materials,
- has any notation written on their body, clothing or any object brought into an assessment room,
- communicates with any person other than a supervisor during an examination, e.g. through speaking, signing, electronic device or other means, such as passing notes, making gestures or sharing equipment with another student.
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| Collusion |
A student:
- or more than one student works to produce a response and that response is submitted as individual work by one or multiple students,
- assists another student to commit an act of academic misconduct,
- gives or receives a response to an assessment.
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| Contract cheating |
A student:
- pays for a person or a service to complete a response to an assessment,
- sells or trades a response to an assessment.
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| Copying work |
A student:
- deliberately or knowingly makes it possible for another student to copy responses,
- looks at another student’s work during a supervised assessment,
- copies another student’s work during a supervised assessment.
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| Disclosing or receiving information about an assessment |
A student or other person:
- gives or accesses unauthorised information that compromises the integrity of the assessment, such as stimulus or suggested answers/responses, before a response to an assessment is completed,
- makes any attempt to give or receive access to secure assessment materials.
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| Fabricating |
A student:
- invents or exaggerates data,
- lists incorrect or fictitious references.
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| Impersonation |
A student:
- arranges for another person to complete a response to an assessment in their place, e.g. impersonating the student in a performance or supervised assessment,
- completes a response to an assessment in place of another student.
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Misconduct during a supervised assessment
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A student:
- distracts and/or disrupts others in an assessment room.
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| Plagiarism or lack of referencing |
A student:
- completely or partially copies or alters another person’s work without attribution (another person’s work may include text, audio or audiovisual material, figures, tables, design, images, information or ideas).
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| Self-plagiarism |
A student:
- duplicates work, or part of work already submitted, as a response to an assessment instrument in the same or any other subject.
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Significant contribution
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A student or other person:
- arranges for, or allows, a tutor, parent/carer or any person in a supporting role to complete or contribute significantly to the response.
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Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (2020). 8.1 Understanding academic integrity. https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/
senior/certificates-and-qualifications/qce-qcia-handbook/8-school-assessment-policies/8.1-understanding-academic-integrity#2
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