University Game Design Assignment: Academic Integrity and Misconduct

This assignment presents a game designed to educate players on academic integrity, plagiarism, and misconduct within a university setting. The game, created for the BMP3003 Further Academic Skills module, utilizes a card game format where teams answer questions related to plagiarism and academic misconduct based on the face value of drawn cards. The game includes four categories of questions, with varying point values based on difficulty, and aims to teach students about ethical practices, the importance of referencing, and the consequences of academic dishonesty. The assignment includes a detailed explanation of academic integrity's significance, the rules of the game, and the skills used in its creation, such as creativity, design, research, and presentation. The game's structure involves teams drawing cards and answering multiple-choice questions, with the first team to reach 100 points declared the winner. The assignment also references several scholarly articles to support the importance of academic integrity and the avoidance of plagiarism.

Instructions for playing the game
BMP3003 Further Academic Skills
According to Awasthi (2019), the foremost thing which
student has to kept in mind while studying in university is that they need
to work in ethical and fair way. Also, they need to follow integrity that
are university academic rules and regulations. This shows honest and fair
behaviour and work of student towards university. Alongside, integrity
led to creating a good image of student in university. This results in their
career growth and development. Apart from it, student becomes
disciplined and it reflect their integrity. Hence, they are able to get job in
future easily. Furthermore, employer recruit those students who are
disciplined and ethical in their working. Along with it, following of
academic integrity realize that actions performed are right ones. This
increases their reputation in society as well. Apart from it, academic
integrity help in scoring and getting high marks in exams. This help in
their daily life as student do all things in ethical way and show discipline.
Student gain knowledge and apply in their personal life as well. Besides,
as said by Hopp and Hoover (2017), student must be aware about what
is academic misconduct and plagiarism. He or she need to possess
knowledge about it. This will be useful for them to avoid plagiarism or
any type of academic misconduct. In addition, by having proper
knowledge student do all tasks in ethical way. They do not copy work of
others.
It is critiqued that Montoneri (2019), academic
misconduct results in serious consequences on student. This is because it
can led to suspension, termination, etc. of student. Alongside, there are
huge penalty imposed on them. It leads to waste of time as well as
money for student. Hence, their career is also impacted in negative way.
Plagiarism is also academic misconduct. This is because student copy
and paste work of others. So, it is clearly unethical practices being
followed by them. There are no references being done and all work
seems to be copied from internet. It can also result in hampering student
reputation. The academic integrity ensure that university is working
ethical and fair way. Also, integrity sets framework and standards for
student to do their work in fair manner.
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
Awasthi, S., 2019. Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct: A
Systematic Review. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information
Technology, 39(2).
Hopp, C. and Hoover, G.A., 2017. How prevalent is academic
misconduct in management research?. Journal of Business
Research, 80, pp.73-81.
Montoneri, B., 2019. Plagiarism and Ethical Issues: A Literature
Review on Academic Misconduct. Handbook of Research on Ethics,
Entrepreneurship, and Governance in Higher Education, pp.1-25.
Penders, B., 2018. Beyond trust: Plagiarism and truth. Journal of
bioethical inquiry, 15(1), pp.29-32.
Perkins, M., Gezgin, U.B. and Roe, J., 2020. Reducing plagiarism
through academic misconduct education. International Journal for
Educational Integrity, 16(1), pp.1-15.
Tayan, B.M., 2017. Academic Misconduct: An Investigation into
Male Students' Perceptions, Experiences & Attitudes towards
Cheating and Plagiarism in a Middle Eastern University
Context. Journal of Education and Learning, 6(1), pp.158-166.
References
Game instructions
There will be 5 teams in it which have 3 players.
The team has to pick up a card from a deck of 52 cards.
If any face card comes up then team is required to answer
question of that particular face card.
There will be 4 categories of questions and it contains list of
different questions in it.
If any other card comes other than face card then team will not
be able to get chance to answer question.
For example- if face card comes of Ace then questions of
category Ace will be asked to student. But of any other number
card comes then chance is wasted.
Here, questions asked will be based on plagiarism and academic
misconduct.
The questions will be MCQ based and time given to answer it
will be 15 seconds.
The Ace card questions are of 20 points, King card is of 15
points, Queen card is of 10 points and Jack card is of 5 points.
The highest difficult question will be Ace card, then king, queen
and so on.
The team who got scored 100 points first is winner.
No negative marking is there for wrong answer.
Any member of team can give answer to question.
No cheating is allowed in this and if team is found to done
cheating then they will be disqualified from game.

Ace card King card Queen card Jack card
Q-1 What is plagiarism?
Copying other work
Taking idea from internet
Writing in own language
Answer - a
Q-2 What is non facilitated discussion?
Academic misconduct
Group work
Discussion with tutor
Informal discussion
Answer - a
Q-3 What are types of plagiarism?
Direct
Paraphrasing
Mosaic
All of above
Answer - d
Q-4 When referencing of work is not done
then it is called as academic misconduct?
Yes
No
Answer- a
Q-5 Bribing is included in academic
misconduct?
Yes
No
answer- a
Q-6 Do paraphrasing is also considered as
plagiarism?
Yes
No
answer- b
Q-7 Are all published words copyrighted?
Yes
No
Answer- a
Q-8 Does it is necessary to cite every fact
which is used?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Answer- c
Q-9 What is popular way to avoid
plagiarism?
Paraphrase
Use plagiarism checker
Cite source
Answer- c
Q-10 What is most common consequence
of academic misconduct?
Suspension
Termination
Warning
All of above
Answer- c
Q-11 Does academic misconduct impact
on career and reputation in negative way?
Yes
No
Answer- a
Q-12 Who set the academic guideline and
standards for university?
Government
University board
Society
Answer- b