Academic Integrity, Misconduct, and Game Production Report - BMP3003-1

This report delves into the concept of academic integrity, defining it as a set of ethical standards essential in higher education. It emphasizes the importance of honesty, trustworthiness, and fairness, while also discussing the implications of academic misconduct, such as plagiarism and cheating. The report reflects on the steps taken and challenges faced in producing a game for Project 2, including idea selection, game design, testing, release, and post-release development, as well as difficulties like security concerns and targeting the right audience. Furthermore, it highlights the skills learned during the academic year, such as time management, research, and creative thinking, and how these skills were applied in game production. The conclusion reinforces the significance of academic integrity and skill development for student success.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
SECTION 1......................................................................................................................................3
Description of academic integrity................................................................................................3
Discussing importance of academic integrity in higher education..............................................3
Discussing implications of academic misconduct.......................................................................4
SECTION 2......................................................................................................................................5
Reflecting on steps I have taken and difficulties encountered in producing game for project 2. 5
Reflecting on skills I have learned this academic year and emphasize in producing game........6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills refers to set of competencies and capabilities that strengthen a person,
especially learners to achieve their target aim and objectives, either small, large or medium terms
(Jylänki and et.al., 2022). The current report will explain the concept of academic integrity, and
importance of this concept in higher education. It will also define the implications of academic
misconduct and reflect on steps that has been taken as well as challenges encountered in
production of game for project 2. Furthermore, the report will justify the skills that I have learned
this academic year and emphasized in producing game.
SECTION 1
Description of academic integrity.
Academic integrity is defined as clear expectations of tutors, learners and al the members
of academic world (Cutri and et.al., 2021). It enables them to put those values into their practices
by being trust-worthy, honest and fair in the institutes, which help to obtain desire outcomes.
Academic integrity as a tutor expectation, makes learners capable to form achievable
commitments that help to reach desire results. It is also considered as moral code that
appropriately governs academic institutions and defines the standard of ethics by which learners
conduct educational practices, in ethical and systematic manner.
It is fact that academic integrity tend to support enactment of institutional values through
which individuals behaviours such as avoidance of plagiarism, cheating and other things' reflects
in academic work.
Discussing importance of academic integrity in higher education.
Academic integrity plays vital role in the context of higher education, in varied manners.
It enables learners to grab the opportunity to build a new idea and make creative work, through
which they present the best work and gain their benefit as well (Curtis and et.al., 2022). In higher
education, academic integrity is considered as sources of success, through which students
achieve their long and short term goals, instead of losing chance to do that in term of conducting
unethical practices such as plagiarism, cheating, etc. It is essential for the students to focus on in
higher education, because of gaining unpredictable outcomes throughout. For example, a learner
with the concept of academic integrity act in ethical manner as they can become honest with their
work and other academic practices as well (Amzalag, Shapira and Dolev, 2022). It enables them

to be fair and responsible as well as respectful in their institutional work, which is not that easy
for any student to do that.
It can be said that academic integrity is important in higher education, because it allows
learners to develop innovative concepts and understand the concept of ethical terms, which they
are accountable to consider and then implement throughout studies (Christensen Hughes, 2022).
In the recent time, academic integrity is quite essential and beneficial in the higher education, as
it is fundamental building block in which individuals derive their academic ethics and integrity
from. It contributes to set a good pattern for life long integrity in each area of life, either
academic or professional (What is academic integrity and why is it important, 2022). In higher
education, the current term can assure the quality of learning and results that a person obtain,
without facing issue to work unethically. Academic integrity in the higher education can boost
the morale of students and give them freedom to apply their learning for better success, in the
future, which is quite challenging for a student, to do that, but still they work harder to reach
desire outcomes. It builds various competencies among students, which they utilize to gain high
scores in each and every year, while studying higher education (Academic integrity matters,
2022). It allows them to set values and effective practices that expect them to act with fairness,
responsibility, honesty and trust, which are considered as strong pillar of growth and success.
It can be said that academic integrity and maintenance of this term is underpinn4ed by the
respect and other ethical terms. It permits learners to acknowledge their contribution and also
allow to make a good impression on others who are engaged in learning and teaching as well.
Discussing implications of academic misconduct.
Any activity or action that can gain or effort to obtain unfair academic practice, is named
as academic misconduct. This term may include varied things that specify the concept such as
practice to conduct plagiarism, cheating and collusion as well as fabrication of essential data
(KWAMTA, SHETTIMA and MALA, 2021). There are different types of practices and actions a
learner can take into their consideration that clearly defines the implications of academic
misconduct in varied terms. For example, plagiarism is one of those ways that drive the attention
of individuals toward conducting practice of academic misconduct that consequence in term of
losing further assessment and respect in the academic world. Plag is considered as equivalent
of stealing other person's intellectual property such as information that they gather by conducting
a lot of research and putting efforts (Parnther, 2022). It is fact that when learners plagiarize and

cheat in the institutes, the teachers cannot appropriately assess their performance and evaluate
mastery of understanding related to any study, which they study for.
In the academic world, academic misconduct is the main concern of each stakeholder,
because it can put negative impact on learning and teaching practices. With consideration of this
term, students are unable to obtain a good grade in their course or studies, which lead to
decrease their motivational level and effectiveness as well as performance level (Johnson, Davies
and Reddy, 2022). In today's era, students works harder and put all the efforts to achieve high
grade, by conducting unpredictable practice like study 20 out of 24 hours, making plans and
developing schedule, so that it benefits them and other as well. It can be said that the
consequence for cheating, unauthorized collaboration and plagiarism of academic misconduct
might be quite serious in the institutes, possibly it can include less performance level and
demotivation, as well as low confidence.
Students who make their work plagiarize, will feel a lot of pressure as they require to
redo any assessment, for purpose of reduced grade, that they can higher further (Takrimi and
Eaton, 2021). Most of the time, due to academic misconduct, number of learners are terminated
in research or any other types of projects, which they study for and work harder than last few
years or months, with expectations of reach desire goals, either medium, long or short term.
SECTION 2
Reflecting on steps I have taken and difficulties encountered in producing game for project 2.
Steps-
Idea selection-
The first step that I have taken while producing game is current one, which means before
producing any game, I have conduct practice to select idea, then move further (GAME
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: 5 STEPS TO CREATING A MIND-BLOWING GAME, 2022). It is
essential for me to select the best and comprehending game, that provide and obtain desire
results to those who are engaged in that.
Game designing-
After idea selection, now I have moved to second phase, where the game proceed to
design in appropriate and systematic manner, which is not that easy for anyone to do that. I have
to select the best design, which I practically implement and allow others to understand.
Testing-

The first and second steps move myself toward third phase, where game testing is
essential as I have to know that does it work well and useful for everyone. Without testing the
effectiveness of game, I would not be able to proceed further.
Release-
After proper assurance, now I finally take steps to release game in front of many
individuals, who can play that and gain knowledge about specific concept. I have release the
game with expectations of achieving strategic goals and objectives, these are set in term of
conducting hard work.
Post release-
The development procedure after game release goes on with some group members who
create patches, fix issues and bonuses. It is quite normal for game to launch with batches for
minor issue, that will be eliminated or resolved by the game planner, who engage people in that.
Difficulties-
Deal with security concern-
While producing game, I have faced number of difficulties, in which the current term is.
As I have faced challenge to make game appropriate in term of security and privacy, which is
difficult for me to do that because of having limited time duration.
Targetting right people-
Another difficult that put negative impact on my performance and practices related to
game production is current one. As I have face issue to target right people and develop
understanding related to their interest, which is essential for me to do that.
Generating awareness among individuals-
After passing above difficulties, I encountered more issues such as generate awareness
among individual about game, in term of creating challenge to identify and utilize appropriate
sources, through which I conduct the same practice. I have to acknowledge people about the
same, so that they can play it and grow rapidly in academic and professional field.
Reflecting on skills I have learned this academic year and emphasize in producing game.
During academic year, I have learned number of skills, which I will plan to use in
systematic manner. I have learned time management skill, as I have to manage my time and
achieve the milestones that I had set for myself. Time is valuable and without managing that I
would not be able to achieve success and gain their benefits further. In the academic year, I have

received number of tasks, and critical challenges, that might be make me weaker, but learning
time management skill is beneficial for me at that movement. Another skill that I have learned in
the similar time period is research skill, because I am accountable to conduct a lot of research
related to different academic topics and concepts. During this period, I have learned who to
investigate things and make work presentable, appropriately and systematically. It is important to
conduct valid and systematic research, because it affects individuals performance, and
expectations that others have to them.
Game designing and production is a challenging task, and during this practice, few skills
are emphasized that put positive impact on my performance and effectiveness. Creative
thinking is the best example of skill that emphasize in production of game. In the recent time,
creativity is important for individuals to have, because it makes them capable to present the
influencing and attractive ideas that in return lead to achieve greater success. This skill is
appropriate emphasized in production of game and benefits me in varied terms such as
developing new ideas that achieve excellent growth. Along with above one, another skill that
emphasize in the similar concept is trend identification and information collection, these
terms are also included in the list of competencies that help a person to reach desire results,
without taking too much efforts to do that. It is important for me to collect information about any
academic and professional topic, which enhance my performance and boost morale even better
than last few years or months, especially when I face number of challenges. I have learned how
to gather data and use sources related to the same, which takes time, but provide good outcomes,
with consideration of further essential things.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above discussion, it has been concluded that students or learners has
improved their performance and increased commitment level, in effective manner by following
the term or concept of academic integrity. It has enabled them to reach desire outcomes in term
of conducting practice to make work or project reliable, instead of including academic
misconduct practice such as plagiarism. Furthermore, by summing up above analysis, it has been
summarized that development of skills during game production has boosted the morale and
confidence level of game developer. They had developed the best game through which the
concept is comprehending. It has been identified from above study that students has obtained
higher scores in academic years with development of strategic and useful skills.

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