Academic Integrity: Importance, Implications, and Reflection on Game Production

This report covers the description of academic integrity, its importance in higher education, and the implications of academic misconduct. It also reflects on the steps taken and difficulties encountered in producing a plagiarism game. The report concludes with a reflection on the skills learned in BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation course code BMP3003 Further Academic Skills.

BSc (Hons) Business Management with
Foundation
BMP3003
Further Academic Skills
Academic Integrity

Contents
Introduction p
Section 1 p-p
An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
p
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher
education p
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct p
Section 2 p-p
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in
producing the game for Assignment 2 p
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those
emphasized in producing your game p
Conclusion p
References p

Introduction
Academic integrity means putting the values in the practices in the academic work or
assignment at University via being honest and fair to others (Morris, 2018). This is the expectation
from the students, teachers, researchers as well as all members to act with honesty, truthfulness,
fairness, respect etc. The present report will cover the description of academic integrity, its
importance in higher education and the implication of academic misconduct. Further, the report
will reflect on the steps which I have taken and difficulties I have encountered or faced in order to
produce the plagiarism game. Lastly, the report will cover the personal reflection on the skills
which I have learned this academic year and help in producing game.
Section 1
An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is required to be followed by students, researchers, teachers as
well as all the members who are directly or indirectly linked with the university in order to
breach academic misconduct. Breaching academic integrity is known as academic
misconduct or dishonesty. It is the responsibility of the students to properly cite and give
reference to the authors whose information was used by them in their report. The information
should be used appropriately, according to the copyright and privacy law. Further,
acknowledging the source from where the information actually comes is also one of the
significant part of academic integrity which have to be followed by ultimate party (Cutri and
et.al., 2021). Not presenting other work as their own and conducting the research ethically is
also a significant way through which academic integrity can be followed. Reporting truthfully
on research is an academic integrity responsibility which have to be properly ensured and
implement by the University so that every student can follow it.
Academic integrity is the moral values or code which is basically govern by the
academic institutions with the aim to build and implement the commitment and
demonstration of honest and moral behavior in an academic setting (Stoesz and Eaton,
2022). In simple term, academic integrity supports the enactment of educational values with
the help of proper behaviors such as avoidance of cheating, plagiarism, contract cheating in
order to maintain the academic standards, honesty and rigor.

A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher
education
To understand the actual value of academic integrity, firstly it is crucial to assess its
importance. The importance of academic integrity are as follows: To succeed in assessment tasks: This is one of the factor which state that academic
integrity is important for the student in the higher education. It is because with the
help of academic integrity implementation, students get success in their assessment
tasks. To successfully complete the assessment tasks the proper researching in ethical
manner, proper referencing and citation are highly required in this project. Hence, it
can be said that to avoid the bad consequences such as failing an assignment or
terminate from the university, the proper implementation of academic integrity
principles is important for students (Muhammad and et.al., 2020). Enhancing trustworthy and consistency in university standards: The
implementation and use of academic integrity principles is also important for the
university to enhance their value. It is because the way students and staff study or
work at university reflects the value and standard on university in other views
(Awasthi, 2019). Hence, it is significant for the university to implement and formulate
appropriate policy and standards with the aim to ultimately build and improve the
reputation of university in the eye of other stakeholders. Generating new ideas: In order to generate and use new ideas within their tasks, it is
important for the students to follow academic integrity. By doing so, students able to
solve various tutorial quizzes, complete tasks and exams honestly. Basically, this type
of assignments is designed by the university to test and develop students’ knowledge,
show them the path regarding how the new knowledge is built etc. Further, it gives
proper credit to the authors whose information and knowledge is being used by the
students in their tasks.
 To ensure quality of teaching and learning: The academic integrity helpful for the
university to ensure the quality in its teaching and learning style. It is because the one
thing that attracts students and their parents more towards the universities is that
whether they follow proper rules, laws and regulations or not. In case if the students
and staff fails to follow the academic integrity policies than penalty would be charged
by the university (Ali, Sultan and Aboelmaged, 2021).

Discuss the implications of academic misconduct
Academic misconduct means breach of academic misconduct which have to be avoid
by academic institution to protect their reputation. The examples of academic miscount
include plagiarism, collusion, falsification, cheating and personation etc. Plagiarism is the
most common academic misconduct which is done by students. This means presenting and
using other persons work as it is without any modification, proper referencing,
acknowledgment and taking creator’s permission. The person should adopt proper strategy to
avoid the plagiarism issue and academic misconduct. Further, collusion is also one of the
form which leads to academic misconduct. The collusion is a form of plagiarism which state
the collaboration of unauthorized person in the assessment work. Falsification means
presenting false or fictitious or distorted data, evidence and references in the assessment
project (Rose and et.al., 2020). These attempts would be considered by the university as
cheating and the penalty will be charged from the students.
The habitual nature of cheating is a social consequence of academic misconduct
which specify that if a student can cheat in academic activities than they can also cheat at
work to get away from the hard work. Hence, the students who found out doing any type
cheating in academic activities should be penalized or terminate by the university. It is
because the attitude of cheating not only harm the cheater but it also harms the person who is
directly or indirectly linked with their actions. The loss of intellectual property is also one of
the consequences of academic dishonesty such as plagiarism. It is because when anyone
steals other person’s property than it will cause lose to university in term of currency. The
inaccurate assessment and lose of students’ self-esteem is key result of academic dishonesty
or misconduct which is faced by student in academic as well as professional life.
Section 2
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in
producing the game for Assignment 2
I have taken mainly five steps in order to produce the plagiarism captcha game which
are as follows:

 Discovery: In the first step, I have discovered the idea regarding plagiarism game for
which I have done various kind of research. This is the stage where the idea of
plagiarism avoidance has turned into the game. I have identified the scope of my
game where I found out that all students who studied in higher education can play this
game (Rose and et.al., 2020). I have set budget and arrange resource to develop this
idea. Production: The second stage is production which I have used to produce plagiarism
captcha game production game. I have also set login criteria in the game production
so that each student can set their own login id and password. After login, each student
need to select answer from different option. For questions, player need to flip the
card. The question will change every time even when student login with same
account. Testing: In this stage, I have tested the game on some students to analyses whether the
game are working well or not. In this stage, I have found out some lacking areas in
my game production. After identification of these areas, I have solved it with the
adoption of proper strategies. Release: Finally, in this stage of game production, I have release by plagiarism
captcha game among the students and tutor. This will help me to further analyze the
success of game.
 Post-release: This is the last stage I have followed or taken in my game production. In
this stage, I have take feedback from my tutor, other students etc. regarding their
experience with the game. This reviews will help me to identify whether my game is
successful or not (De Bruijn and et.al., 2020).
Difficulties encountered in producing game: Selecting idea of game: I have selected flip the card idea for playing the plagiarism
game. But I have faced a lot of difficulties in selecting this strategy as I am unaware
of the different types of game I can include in my game concept to make it more
interesting. Lack of communication: This is another difficulty which I have faced while
producing the plagiarism game. I am unable to share my thoughts with another people
But with the help of my classmates, I have learned this skill and use it for the success
of my game.

 Dealing with security concern: While producing plagiarism captcha game, the key
difficulty I have faced is security concern (Patterson and et.al., 2019). It is because I
have lack of knowledge about how to include login option while producing game.
Also, I don't know about the policy and rules I need to follow while producing a
game.
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those
emphasized in producing your game
I have learned various new concepts and things in this academic year which has further
helped me in producing the plagiarism game appropriately and successfully. The skills which
I have learned are as follows: Presentation skills: This is one of the key skills which was learned by me in this
academic year and also emphasized in producing plagiarism game. I have learned
how to present the assessment tasks in the most appropriate way via PowerPoint
presentation. Further, I have used it on my own plagiarism game presentation to tutor. Technical skills: I have also learned various technical things such as creating website,
login credential etc. This was further used by me in my game development. By using
this skill, I am able to successful complete my assessment 2 and produce plagiarism
game (Patterson and et.al., 2019). Research skill: By doing various academic assignments as well as projects in this
year, my researching skill have enhanced. Not only that, with the help of this skill, I
am able to find the credible sources, generate ideas and use effective tools for the
purpose of producing plagiarism related game. Also, this skill will help me in my
career selection as I always interested in journalism field. Hence, by using this skill, I
will able to achieve heights in my field and at my workplace in the future. Active listening and critical thinking: The active listening and critical thinking are
two most significant skills which I have not only leaned but also implemented in this
academic year. It means for producing game, I have used active listening and critical
thinking skill. I am able to communicate my thoughts with other in proper way
because of these skills learning. Data analysis skill: This is another skill which I have learned this academic year.
Analyzing the data is the most significant skill which have to be developed by the
individual in order to achieve academic targets as well as career goal. With the help of
this skill, I am able to produce plagiarism game in appropriate manner (Rose and

et.al., 2020). Further, to analyze the result of each game played by the students, the
data analysis is very helpful for me.
 Communication skills: I have also learned verbal and written communication during
this academic year via writing and presenting various assignments, projects and
reports. The impact of which I am able to express my thoughts and ideas to another
person (Stoesz and Eaton, 2022). This skill has helped me in completing my
assessment 2 successfully and will also help me to achieve my goals at workplace in
the future. Hence, the proper implication of communication is important in everyone
life to became successful.
Conclusion
After summing up the above information, it has been concluded that academic
integrity is required to be followed by each student and staff of university in order to protect
themselves from penalty. The report has also concluded the importance of academic integrity
as well as the implications of academic misconduct. Further, the report has concluded the
stage I have taken and challenges I have encountered in producing this game. Lastly, I have
reflected the various skills I have learned in this academic year and use the same for
completing my assessment task 2 game production.

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