Academic Integrity Game: BMP3003, Semester 1, University Project

This project outlines the design of an academic integrity game for the BMP3003 course. The game involves teams answering questions about academic integrity, plagiarism, and misconduct. The project details the game's structure, including team participation, scoring, and the role of a jury. It emphasizes the importance of academic integrity, defining it as honesty and ethical behavior in academic work, and highlights the consequences of breaches like cheating and plagiarism. The project also mentions the skills required to produce the game, such as writing, organizing, and creativity. It also includes the academic skills which is important for the students to learn. The goal of the game is to educate students on how to avoid plagiarism and misconduct, emphasizing the ethical standards necessary for learning, research, and teaching. The project also includes references to support the information provided.

Instructions for playing the game
BMP3003 Further Academic Skills
The professor who will represent the game have a
box which consist Chits of several questions. The
students are divided into four team which consist
10 people in each. The team colours are Black,
White, Red, and Green.
One Students from a team will come one by one and
select a chit from box and read out the question loudly to
Every students and Jury.
After reading question they have to speak for 1 min related to
answer of question. They can explain their thoughts or opinion
related to question by explaining vocally or using graphical
representation. It is totally depends on Students in which ever
communication they are comfortable to explain their answer.
The jury will decide whether the answer is correct or not. If the
answer of question is correct student get a points. For each correct
answers students will get 15 points and if their answer is wrong
they receive negative points. For every wrong answers -15 points
will be given to students.
An explanation of why academic
integrity at University is so important
Game Design Skills used to produce the game
Rolling The Plagiarism
Academic Integrity is a commitment of showing honesty and moral
behaviour in an academic work. It is used for creating new ideas, for students
and University. If any individual misconduct in academic or research
misconduct it automatically leads to breach of Academic Integrity. The
examples of breaches are Cheating, fabrication, falsification of data and
plagiarism. Academic Integrity makes the students to do right thing and
follow the honesty policy. The schools and university must provide an
education of academic integrity to improve the academic skills of students
get developed. If any misconduct take place the teacher must handle the
situation in fair, transparent, consistent and timely manner. The students must
have an high standard of Academic Integrity as it reflect well, safeguard the
reputation of students and contribute for the welfare of society. The goal of
learning, research and teaching can only be achieved if work is done with
ethical standards. It is a way through which University students can change
the World. Academic Integrity helps to increase the trust and honesty among
others. They can also find the job with the helps of Academic Integrity.
Writing skills-
For producing this game the individual
requires writing skills which allow them to clearly communicate
with others by expressing their ideas through written words.
Organising skills-
For producing this game one must have a skill
of organising the event. In Organising skills the individual must
have an ability to handle all the task related to game by using
time, physical space, strength, mental capacity and energy for
making the game successful.
Creativity skills-
Creativity skills are an ability to think about
the task in different or new way. With using creativity skills the
one must have an interesting way to conduct the game. For
producing this game we require a person who have a capability
to think creatively for making game successful.
Academic skills-
Academic skills helps to encourage the
students to take active participation in learning and gaining
knowledge about plagiarism and Misconduct. For producing
this game academic skill is required to give students an
information how to avoid plagiarism and Misconduct during
examination. They also provide a guidance related to the
consequences and causes of Plagiarism and Misconduct
REFERENCES
Sefcik, L., Striepe, M. and Yorke, J., 2019. Mapping the
landscape of academic integrity education programs: what
approaches are effective?. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher
Education.
MacLeod, P. D. and Eaton, S. E., 2020. The paradox of faculty
attitudes toward student violations of academic
integrity. Journal of Academic Ethics. 18(4). pp.347-362.