Tips for Faculty Members

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Official Document
UW Student Conduct Code
Getting Help
If you have encountered a case of misconduct, please review these pages first. Contact Student Affairs if you have questions or need further assistance.

Every syllabus should reference the University of Washington Student Conduct Code and explicitly state the expectations regarding plagiarism and cheating. Your syllabus should also state the style of citation that you expect your students to follow. If you are uncertain about whether the language in your syllabus is sufficient, please contact Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) . They have great resources for instructors.

In addition, we have found that instructors who spend time discussing expectations and requirements with their students, not only at the beginning of the quarter but throughout the quarter, have greater success in helping their students avoid confusing situations.

It goes without saying that lower-division students may require more explicit explanations about plagiarism and cheating than do upper-division students. If you are teaching freshmen or sophomores, or teaching a course for non-majors, you may need to spend a little extra time conveying the expectations in your field or discipline. Not all students come to college with the same reference points.

If you have the chance to catch students who are having trouble, refer them to the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), and make sure that they know what kind of help they are asking for. Sometimes students will come into the TLC and ask if their paper looks ok, and the staff are uncertain whether the student is asking for help in grammar, sentence structure, or citations.

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