Designing a Game to Teach Academic Integrity: Rat Attack

This report discusses the game Rat Attack, designed to teach academic integrity and avoid plagiarism. It includes instructions on how to play the game, the importance of academic integrity, and an analysis of the skills required to design the game.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Scenario.......................................................................................................................................3
How to play the game?................................................................................................................3
Aim of the game..........................................................................................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4
Instructions..................................................................................................................................4
Importance of academic integrity................................................................................................4
Analysis of skills required in designing of the game...................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Basic morale of academic community which includes teachers, students, researchers and
other members is called academic integrity. Honesty fairness, trust etc. is depicted in the concept
of academic integrity which shows how each member should act accordingly to avoid any
misconduct (Gottardello and Karabag, 2022). The following report will be formulating a game
which teaches the students the concept of academic integrity and to avoid plagiarism. This will
include the instructions to play the game and other necessary element to consider the wining
party. Importance of this concept will be a part of the report which will guide the students
towards fair academic practices.
Task 1
Name of the game- Rat attack
Scenario
A library containing academic materials such as books, journals, novels, autobiographies
etc. is attacked by the rat of academic misconduct which are destroying its integrity. Participants
of the game are asked to get rid of the rats and clear the library which means to maintain the
academic integrity. The students are expected to capture the rats by answering the questions
correctly.
How to play the game?
This game has to be played individually by the students and not in groups or teams. The
rats are hidden in different parts of the library (Chankova, 2020). Every individual will have 4
minutes in which they will be required to find the rats by tapping on different areas. If right area
is tapped, then a question will arise from that part which will be in the MCQ format. Player will
have to choose from the 3 given options. If answered correctly, then the rat will get trapped in
the player net and each rat will be counted as 5 points. on the other hand, if the player fails to
answer the question correctly then no minus marking will be done but the rat will disappear from
that part and the player will need to find another one. At a time only 5 students can participate in
the game and room will consist total 8 rats. Three rounds will be conducted for every group. Sum
total of the points will be dome after the third round which will determine the winner of the
game.

Aim of the game
The game “RAT ATTACK” is designed to teach the students the value of academic
integrity. This game depicts how the academic misconduct is affecting the values academics and
misleading the students towards false attempts. The rat in the game is symbolized as the
misconduct and library is depicted as the academic integrity. The questions asked in the game
will teach the students various aspects of academic life and how it is affected by false activities
like plagiarism.
Task 2
Instructions
For playing the game consistently several instructions are given below:
 5 players can play the game at a time.
 Each group of 5 players will need to play 3 rounds.
 Rats can be discovered by tapping on different areas.
 To capture the tracked rate, player has to answer a question which will be in the MCQ
format.
 Each rat collected will be counted as 5 points.
 Questions will differ in every round.
 No minus marking if failed to answer correctly.
 Total score of each player will counted at the end of third round
 Player who has captured highest amount of rat will be declared winner.
Importance of academic integrity
Academic integrity refers to the ethics and morals in context with the academics which
maintains its authenticity (Christensen Hughes, 2022). it is essential to follow the ethics by every
individual of the academic community. It maintains the honesty of the academic premises which
is reflected through work being done. The work can be trusted if it contains academic integrity
and is not followed by any misconduct. Academic integrity is important because it keeps a
truthfulness among the teachers and students. Following the ethics and Morales students can
become more creative and it can enhance their skillsets. If the work is done truly by the student,

they it increases the knowledge of that individual to a higher extent. In university, if academic
integrity is highky maintained then the image of the institute gets positive reflection of this
factor. An ethical image of the institute can be developed by following the ethical practises that
leads to academic integrity. This also enhances the reputation of the candidates gets education in
the institute while applying for a job role. Academic integrity allows the students to use their
own mind-set instead of copying from somewhere. Ethical values in academic also teaches the
students to always attempt the right methods and avoid any false options. The continuous
teaching of these Morales develop the personality of the candidate into a truthful and ethical
person who follows norms and avoid any misconduct. Any member of academic community
becomes more innovative if academic Morales are followed thoroughly (Ramdani, 2018).
Misconduct rigid the thinking capability of a person makes them dependent upon the easier
methods. Academic integrity provides opportunity for advancement in career by enhancing the
knowledge and skillset of an individual. Academic integrity preserves the work done by an
individual and if it used by someone then the credits has to be mentioned accordingly.
Analysis of skills required in designing of the game
I have developed this game by using my certain skills and I learnt many new skills as well after
accomplishing this project. Creativity is the major skill that was needed to make an effective
game on academic integrity (Bretag, 2018). In every part of the project I have used the best of
my creativity and designed this fantastic game which reflects the right actions to maintain
academic integrity in every part of the project. Using my creativity, I came to an idea of the
concept of rat attack which refers to the false activities. This creativity in me is more enhanced
after developing this game. I have used to make the game less boring so that students can play
and learn from it without getting retarded. I have faced many problems while making the game
which acted as a barrier to create an effective project. Problem solving skill in me helped me to
tackle these barriers with courage so that the game can be developed effectively and efficiently.
While preparing this project I was not able to divide different task in accordance with time but
eventually this project taught me how to do so. This time management skill in me is very
beneficial in every aspect of my personal and professional life. Presentation skills along with
creativity has helped in making such attractive layout for the game which can attract the interest
of students to play and learn from it. This skill is successfully used to produce a template for the

game which shows its ability to give joy and knowledge. This game is designed in such a way
that the player with enjoy it along with enhancing their knowledge in regards with academic
integrity. I have a smooth hand on computer software which was being used to create this game.
this skill helped me to formulate the game easily without getting tension of it. To demonstrate
the game in easy and professional language, my skills of writing played a vital role (Sotiriadou
and et.al., 2020). I was able to describe the game thoroughly by this skill which has focused on
producing the best game which is understood by every player. This skill has helped to mention
every aspect of the game so that the players don’t misunderstood any part of the game. for
providing accurate knowledge of academic integrity thorough researching was needed to be
done. I used my researching skills to acknowledge every aspect of the concept. I used valid
sources for researching and formulated the questions accordingly.
CONCLUSION
The above report has highlighted various aspect of the game that is being designed to depict
the concept of academic integrity. name of the game has been given as rat attack which depicts
the academic misconduct and false practices as rat. Scenario of the game has shown how
academic integrity is harmed by false activities by demonstrating it as a library which is being
attacked and harmed by these practices. Instruction to play the game has been discussed
thoroughly so that the layers can play the game correctly without getting confused. Further on,
importance of academic integrity has been discussed which has stated facts about the ethics and
Morales of the integrity. final part of the report has mentioned the set of skills that isb being used
or developed while preparing the game.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bretag, T., 2018. Academic integrity. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and
Management.
Chankova, M., 2020. Teaching academic integrity: The missing link. Journal of Academic
Ethics. 18(2). pp.155-173.
Christensen Hughes, J., 2022. Academic integrity across time and place: Higher education’s
questionable moral calling. In Academic Integrity in Canada (pp. 25-59). Springer,
Cham.
Gottardello, D. and Karabag, S.F., 2022. Ideal and actual roles of university professors in
academic integrity management: a comparative study. Studies in Higher Education. 47(3).
pp.526-544.
Ramdani, Z., 2018. Construction of academic integrity scale. International Journal of Research
Studies in Psychology. 7(1). pp.87-97.
Sotiriadou, P. and et.al., 2020. The role of authentic assessment to preserve academic integrity
and promote skill development and employability. Studies in Higher Education. 45(11).
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