BMP3003 Further Academic Skills: Designing a Game to Promote Integrity

This assignment presents a game design project aimed at promoting academic integrity within a university setting. It underscores the importance of academic integrity, defining it as a commitment to respect, fairness, honesty, and trust in academic work. The game, designed for four teams, involves spinning a wheel to answer multiple-choice questions related to academic integrity, with points awarded for correct answers and penalties for incorrect ones. The project highlights the skills used in creating the game, including creativity, design, research, presentation, and problem-solving. References to various academic sources are provided to support the discussion on academic integrity and game-based learning. The assignment also includes sample questions used in the game, covering topics such as plagiarism, misconduct, and the consequences of violating academic integrity.

Instructions for playing the game
BMP3003 Further Academic Skills
Academic integrity is a concept which expects
students, teachers and all members who are directly or
indirectly related to the academic committee to act with
respect, fairness, honesty and trust in their academic life and
work. It is a mandatory requirement at the university as it
allows the students and teachers at the university to come up
with the new ideas, thoughts, innovations and inventions while
showing respect and acknowledging the work of the other
people in the institution. Academic integrity adds up the to the
value of the degree and enhances the understanding towards
the hard work of others as when a person uses the resources
of the other person it is mandatory for them to give proper
references and citation as an evidence of the usage of the
resources (Ellis and et.al., 2020). A student who takes such
ethical measures at the university tends to get more guidance
and support from the professors and peers which enhances the
experiences in the university. Such things prepare a person to
perform better in the life as conducting ethical practices has
always resulted in a bright future. Completing the degree with
the utmost integrity builds a good personality of the individual
which helps them secure a better career in life. Academic
integrity improves the intellectual power and capacity of a
person especially when they are in a learning age at the
university (Sefcik, Striepe and Yorke, 2019). This accommodates
the power to bring new ideas to the table and think
innovatively which is very important in such competitive times.
Therefore, maintaining integrity in the academic life is very
important for an individual to have overall growth of the
creative mind set.
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
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comparative study of the effects of game-based learning on learning motivation
and on short-term and long-term conversational gains. Interactive Learning
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Ellis, C. and et.al., 2020. Does authentic assessment assure academic integrity?
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The challenges and needs of postgraduate international students in Australia.
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Hamada, R., Kaneko, T. and Hiji, M., 2022. Designing Business Game by Student-
Teacher Collaboration. In International Simulation and Gaming Association
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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.
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References
• Spinning wheel requires four teams with six members
in each team.
• One member from each team must come forward to
play this game.
• Such member should spin the wheel and wait for
pointer to stop at a colour.
• The wheel stooped at the pointer indicates a colour
and this colour must be same to the card which neds
to be picked up by the member playing the game.
• Questions written at the back of the card must not be
repeated.
• There should be MCQ based questions.
• Time limit of 40 seconds will be given to answer the
question.
• Negative marking will be done for the wrong answers.
• Group which scores 40 marks first will be considered
as the winner.
• 5 points will be given for each right answer.
• Questions must not be passed under any scenario
otherwise the team will be disqualified.

GAME QUESTIONS
Q1- What is the meaning of academic
integrity?
A) University curriculum
B) Awareness regarding plagiarism
C) Maintaining the attendance
Q2- Which options among the given below
fits properly under the misconduct
category?
A) Discussing with peer and completing
work
B) coping the other's work
C) doing a group project
Q3- What exactly is the plagiarism?
A) Stealing the other's ideas.
B) Coping work from other people.
C) Doing own work.
Q4- The concept of bribing
and cheating comes under
the category of
misconduct?
A) Yes.
B) No.
Q5- How does the academic integrity
impacted by the plagiarism?
A) reduces the value of degree which is
earned from a university.
B) Boosts the confidence and morale of
students.
C) makes a student topper of the university.
Q6- What types of consequences are
possibly faced by plagiarism?
A) Recognition by the whole class
B) Academic suspension
C) Makes the best impression
Q7- Which among the following options
comes under the category of common
academic integrity?
A) Discipline
B) Honesty
C) Truthfulness
Q8- In which way the
academic integrity can be
experienced?
A) Communicating with the
tutors
B) Reading syllabus
C) Searching on the internet
Q9- what is the Perfect example for the
violation or misconduct of the academic
integrity?
A) Rephrasing
B) Plagiarism
C) None of above
Q10- Plagiarism is a moral issue?
A) Yes
B) No
Q11- Why avoiding plagiarism is very
important factor ?
A) It stops a person form coming up
with the new ideas
B) It leads reduction or depreciation of
one's personal knowledge
Q12- Plagiarism is an
illegal or legal issue?
A) Yes
B) No