Each instructor is asked to make conditions in the online classroom and examination synchronous sessions conducive to the best possible academic achievement of the students. Instructors should remind students that examinations may not be copied or duplicated from the assigned examination online platform/virtual classroom unless otherwise specified. Instructors should also indicate any time limits that apply. The instructor should provide specific instructions as to the use of source materials, time limitations, and the methods of completing the examination. The instructor should also indicate where and when she/he can be reached if further clarifications are necessary.

Each administrator is responsible for clarifying policies and procedures with respect to the function of her/his office in relation to the Honor System. Such clarification should appear in official School of Nursing publications and on official forms distributed by the office.

Statement on Cheating, Plagiarism, and Forgery

Cheating, plagiarism, and forgery are major academic violations of the Honor Code of Responsibility. It is the responsibility of the instructor and students in a particular course to clarify specific applications of the Statement on Cheating, Plagiarism, and Forgery. Selling or distributing lecture notes, handouts, readers, or other information provided by an instructor, or using them for commercial purposes without the express permission of the instructor, is an academic violation and also violates the School of Nursing' Honor Code.

Cheating is defined as 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 which is considered in any way in the determination of a course grade. A partial list of examples follows:

• Copying another person's test, paper, or report.
• Collaborating, including a) working with another person or persons in execution of a test, report, or paper without authorization to do so and b) discussing a test, report, or paper.
• Using crib notes, such as referring to notes used during an examination without authorization to do so.
• Using books, class notes, or other source material during an examination without authorization to do so.
• Downloading information from the Internet and presenting it as one's ownwork and/or without proper attribution.
• Submitting the same paper, or substantial parts thereof, in more than one course, without the knowledge of the professor. See self-plagiarism.
• Committing computer violations. Except where collaboration is permitted or special regulations are made by the instructor, all computer work for which credits sought must be performed by the individual student. Tampering with or unauthorized reading of files belonging to other individuals are violations of the code. Where procedures are not clear, it is the responsibility of the student to confer with her/his instructor.
• Violating any other explicit regulation announced by the instructor and/or circulated in writing to each student at the beginning of the semester.

Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of submitting the work of another as one's own. It includes the submission of the complete or partial work, or of the words, ideas, or format of another, published or unpublished, without appropriate reference and source credit. It includes employing or permitting another person to produce, alter, or revise material which the student