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This ensures that only students who have completed course registration as confirmed by the Registrar are granted access permissions to credit-bearing courses.", "links": [ { "uri": null, "dest": { "type": "goto", "page": 7, "coords": [ 0, 692 ] }, "action_type": "/GoTo", "bbox": [ 110.76, 315.612, 114.836, 326.369 ] }, { "uri": null, "dest": { "type": "goto", "page": 7, "coords": [ 0, 709 ] }, "action_type": "/GoTo", "bbox": [ 405.48, 300.972, 409.556, 311.729 ] } ], "reading_order": 11 }, { "page": 7, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 33.36, "t": 215.52, "r": 526.08, "b": 171.84 }, "text": "Students also use their computing accounts to access enterprise applications, such as Microsoft 365. The files created in these apps are uploaded into the Learning Management System and associated with their user ID, course, and relevant assignment for grading by the course instructor. 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This involves email communication through the LMS, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams. Likewise, the administrators, faculty, and staff communicate with students using an official email address.", "reading_order": 1 }, { "page": 8, "type": "LIST_ITEM", "location": { "l": 51.6, "t": 621.12, "r": 538.8, "b": 578.16 }, "text": "To uphold the academic conduct policies of KYSU Online, students are not permitted to enlist another individual or individuals to complete any course requirements on behalf of the student. See 1.3.6 KYSU Online Academic Code of Conduct (excerpt below).", "marker": "•", "list_id": "L4", "level": 0, "reading_order": 2 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 104.64, "t": 571.92, "r": 540.48, "b": 461.28 }, "text": "Academic Integrity is a fundamental value of Kentucky State University's community of students, faculty, and staff. The University wishes to promote the highest and most honorable pursuit of intellectual achievement and emphasize the importance of in acts of academic dishonesty may be subject to sanctions. Any student who knowingly assists in any form of academic dishonesty may also be subject to sanctions. Academic dishonesty can occur in several forms, some of which include cheating, plagiarism, and forgery. Each student is responsible for understanding the definitions of cheating, plagiarism, and forgery. The definitions are presented here and/or can be found in the KYSU Online Academic Code of Conduct, which describes the processes for the investigation and determination of academic dishonesty or misconduct.", "reading_order": 3 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 104.4, "t": 456.24, "r": 535.92, "b": 419.04 }, "text": "Cheating is the fraudulent or deceptive taking, giving, or presenting of any information or material with the intent of aiding oneself or another on any academic work that is considered in the determination of a course grade.", "reading_order": 4 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 104.64, "t": 413.28, "r": 533.76, "b": 388.56 }, "text": "Forgery is falsely recording the signature of an advisor, instructor, or any University official on any official University academic document.", "reading_order": 5 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 104.4, "t": 382.8, "r": 537.6, "b": 346.08 }, "text": "Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of submitting the work of another as one's own. 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Forgery or attempted forgery of email messages is prohibited.”8", "marker": "o", "links": [ { "uri": null, "dest": { "type": "goto", "page": 8, "coords": [ 0, 697 ] }, "action_type": "/GoTo", "bbox": [ 166.56, 181.812, 170.636, 192.569 ] } ], "list_id": "L5", "level": 1, "reading_order": 0 } ], "reading_order": 8 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 87.6, "t": 169.68, "r": 539.04, "b": 140.64 }, "text": "“Acceptable conduct in and use of this environment must conform to: existing University policies, guidelines, and codes of conduct; KSU's Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Intellectual", "reading_order": 9 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 33.36, "t": 113.28, "r": 399.6, "b": 98.88 }, "text": "7 https://www.kysu.edu/documents/information-technology/Security_Policy.pdf", "reading_order": 10 }, { "page": 8, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 33.6, "t": 95.52, "r": 356.4, "b": 70.32 }, "text": "8 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