BMP3003 Further Academic Skills: Game Design Checker Plag Project

The project details the development of "Checker Plag," a game designed to educate students about academic integrity. The game, built using skills such as communication, teamwork, and innovation, requires players to upload content and avoid plagiarism. The software verifies content appropriateness and checks for plagiarism. The game aims to reinforce the importance of honest and ethical behavior in academic and professional careers, referencing studies on game-based learning, achievement motivation, and academic dishonesty. The basic version of the game is free, with an updated version available for a fee, and the player with the lowest plagiarism score wins.

Instructions for playing the game
Checker Plag
BMP3003 Further Academic Skills
It is the commitment which demonstrate the honest and moral
behaviour in the academic carrier of the individual. Academic
integrity is the honesty and the trust worthy behaviour of the
individual that helps them to learn good habits of the individual
which also helps in gaining good reputation. It is significant to
understand the academic integrity at the university level because
after university students required to start their professional career
here they have to perform well for their betterment. Another, In
the professional career of the individual, good and trust worthy
behaviour will help them to gain their personal as well as
professional future goals. It will be more effective to develop the
some skills of the learners.
Individual need to fill the personal information before playing the
game and after providing all personal details including age,
The game will start and student are required to upload their content
on the software within the limited time period.
There are images related to the academic integrity in which they
need to write as per the chosen images.
When the content is uploaded, the software will check whether it is
as per the age of the student or not and after verifying it, It will
process to check its plagiarism.
The student is not allowed to copy the content in the game.
It is the game which can be played free of cost for its basic version
but it will charge some amount of money by using updated version.
The student who gets the lowest plagiarism shall be the winner or
the game.
An explanation of why academic
integrity at University is so important
Game Design Skills used to produce the game
• Communication skill
• Team working skill
• Innovative skill
Name
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• Krou, M.R., Fong, C.J. and Hoff, M.A., 2021.
Achievement motivation and academic dishonesty: A
meta-analytic investigation.
• 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.
• Nguyen, J.G., Keuseman, K.J. and Humston, J.J.,
2020. Minimize online cheating for online
assessments during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of
Chemical Education, 97(9), pp.3429-3435.
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