University Game Design Project: Academic Integrity and Skills

This project presents a game designed to educate students on academic integrity and strategies to avoid plagiarism and academic misconduct. The game involves teams answering multiple-choice questions based on different colored cards, each with varying point values. The document provides detailed instructions on how to play the game, including the roles of the players, the scoring system, and the time limits. The project also includes an explanation of why academic integrity is crucial at the university level, emphasizing its role in ethical conduct, student reputation, and professional development. Furthermore, it highlights the skills utilized in developing the game, such as creativity, design, research, and presentation skills. The document includes a comprehensive list of references, including academic books and journal articles, supporting the concepts and arguments presented in the game design. This assignment is designed to help students understand and practice academic integrity, fostering a foundation for their future academic and professional endeavors.

Instructions for playing the game
BMP3003 Further Academic Skills
As elucidated by Hanbidge, Mackenzie and Tin
(2017), there are some laws and ethics which are established by
university for student. This enable student to work in ethical and fair
way. There are several reasons of necessity of academic integrity in
University. Here, it is important to give students the best chance of
success by doing assessment tasks with an honest attitude. Also, it is also
important for students to avoid bad consequences like failing an
assignment or being asked to leave the university. The student invest
their time and effort in studying for a degree, which will be a stepping
stone to success in their chosen field or career. What they learn at
university will set the foundation for professional knowledge and
practice. Moreover, academic integrity safeguard student reputation and
reflect on well being of university and society. In addition, the student
are able to pursue new ideas and build knowledge. They also apply that
knowledge in future to build a strong career. In personal life as well
student is able to work in fair way (Kwong, Wong and Yue 2017).
Thus, it create a good and reputed image of that person in society. Even
employer also get impressed by way in which student shows discipline
and work in fair way to attain high marks and finish their studies.
Besides, as stated by Jagiello-Rusilowski (2017),
student must be aware about what is academic misconduct. He or she
need to possess knowledge about it. This will be useful for them to avoid
plagiarism, misconduct, etc. moreover, by having proper knowledge
student do all tasks in ethical way. They do copy work of others. They
become professional in their studies as well.
Also, in the opinion of Marsh and Campion (2018),
academic integrity is necessary for university as it prevent unethical
writing and copying of work to student. Besides, it sets standards and
guidelines for student to follow to work in fair manner. In this
responsibilities is set of university in regard with how student should
follow practice. When student is involved in any misconduct then it can
led to termination or suspension. This impact on their career growth in
negative way.
An explanation of why academic
integrity at University is so important
Game Design
Skills used to produce the game
Creativity skills
Design skills
Research skills
Presentation skills-
Problem solving
Barnhardt, B. and Ginns, P., 2017. Psychological teaching-learning
contracts: academic integrity and moral psychology. Ethics &
Behavior, 27(4), pp.313-334.
Denisova-Schmidt, E., 2017. The challenges of academic integrity in
higher education: Current trends and prospects.
Hanbidge, A.S., Mackenzie, A. and Tin, T., 2017. Academic Success
Foundation: Enhancing Academic Integrity through Mobile
Learning. International Association for Development of the Information
Society.
Jagiello-Rusilowski, A., 2017. Drama for developing integrity in higher
education. Palgrave Communications, 3(1), pp.1-9.
Kwong, T., Wong, E. and Yue, K., 2017. Bringing abstract academic
integrity and ethical concepts into real-life situations. Technology,
Knowledge and Learning, 22(3), pp.353-368.
Marsh, J.D. and Campion, J., 2018. Academic integrity and referencing:
Whose responsibility is it?. Journal of Academic Language and
Learning, 12(1), pp.A213-A226.
Myers, T., Hardy, D. and Mason, R., 2019, January. Variations on a
theme: academic integrity and program code. In Proceedings of the
Twenty-First Australasian Computing Education Conference (pp. 56-63).
References
How to play
There will be 3 teams of 3 players each. One member from
each team is allowed to spin wheel.
So, there are 5 colours on wheel that is purple, pink, black,
yellow and brown.
Besides, same colour cards is placed on table. On cards
there is 1 question written along with answer behind it.
Whatever colour comes on wheel then that team has to pick
card of same colour.
They have to give answer of question printed back on that
card.
For instance – if wheel pointer stops on purple colour then
student is need to answer question of same card colour.
If same colour comes twice or thrice than also team has to
answer that colour card only.
There are no repetitive question printed on cards.
Question will be MCQ based and time given is 10 seconds.
The question are based of plagiarism, academic integrity
and various other basic topics.
The purple card questions are of 2 points, pink is of 5
points, black is of 10 points, yellow is of 15 points and
brown is of 20 cards.
Team scoring 100 points are winner.
No negative marking is done for giving wrong answer.
There is no option to pass question.