BMP3003 - Further Academic Skills: Game Design & Academic Integrity

This assignment details the design of a game aimed at teaching and reinforcing academic integrity principles among university students. The game involves three teams competing by answering multiple-choice questions related to academic integrity, plagiarism, and ethical conduct. The game mechanics include a spinning wheel that determines the color-coded question category and point values associated with each category. The document emphasizes the importance of academic integrity in universities, highlighting its role in preventing negative outcomes like failing grades or suspension, promoting ethical behavior, and safeguarding the reputation of both students and the institution. It also references existing literature on interactive learning approaches, game design in education, and the consequences of academic misconduct. The skills used to produce the game include creativity, design, research, presentation, and problem-solving.

Instructions for playing the game
BMP3003 Further Academic Skills
According to White (2020), when student studies in
university they have to follow some laws and rules. The law consists
of ethics which need to be followed. However, there are many
reasons of implementing academic integrity in university. This
prevent student to avoid poor outcomes such fail in subject,
assignment, suspension, etc. It allows in working in ethical way to do
assignment and work in university. Besides, it is necessary to
maintain academic integrity that is honesty, truthfulness, etc. in
university. Thus, student get best chance to become successful and
obtain high marks. Furthermore, integrity also enable in giving ways
of working in far way. It safeguard university as well student
reputation and this reflect on well being of society. Moreover, what
student learn they apply it in their professional and personal life.
Through this, they pursue new ideas and knowledge as well. It
creates a base and foundation of successful career and growth. In
professional they work in fair way which create a good image of
them.
Along with it Ruggiero and Green (2017), if
academic integrity is not followed then it led to creating a negative
impact on their career. Also, it might also happen that university
terminate or suspend student that affect on their career. This results in
wasting their time and money as well. Moreover, negative image is
created of student. Therefore, it requires for them to remain aware
about academic integrity so that they can avoid plagiarism,
misconduct, etc. hence, gaining proper knowledge of integrity allows
them to work in fair way. They become highly professional in their
tasks. The rules and regulations also binds university to ensure that
no unethical practices are followed. It sets responsibility of university
to work in fair manner in society. The guidelines sets a framework
for students that they need to follow in their studies.
So, academic integrity allow student to work fairly in
their studies. This is useful in student career growth. Also, it prevent
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
White, A., 2020. Interactive approaches to learning about academic
integrity: the role of fun and games. In A Research Agenda for Academic
Integrity. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Stoesz, B.M. and Los, R., 2019. Evaluation of a tutorial designed to
promote academic integrity. Canadian Perspectives on Academic
Integrity, 2(1), pp.3-26.
Westin, T., Brusk, J. and Engström, H., 2019. Activities to support
sustainable inclusive game design processes. EAI Endorsed Transactions
on Creative Technologies, 6(20).
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.
Mercer, T.G., Kythreotis, A.P. and Haywood, S.K., 2017. The use of
educational game design and play in higher education to influence
sustainable behaviour. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher
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Bretag, T. ed., 2020. A research agenda for academic integrity. Edward
Elgar Publishing.
Ruggiero, D. and Green, L., 2017. Problem solving through digital game
design: A quantitative content analysis. Computers in Human
References
There are 3 team of 3 players each. In that one member
from each team comes and spin wheel.
There are same colour cards placed on table that is yellow,
green, blue, red and purple.
Behind each card there is one question written on it and
with answer as well.
The colour that comes on wheel then that team has to pick
one card of same colour and give answer to question
written back of it.
For example- if pointer stops on blue colour then student
has to answer question of blue colour card.
Similarly, if same colour comes twice that also team has to
answer that colour card question only but here question will
be different.
No repeated question is there on card
The questions are MCQ based.
Time given to answer question is 10 seconds.
Questions are based on topics such as academic integrity,
plagiarism, etc.
The team who scored 100 points is winner
There is no option of negative marking for wrong answer
No option for pass as well
Here, blue cards points are 2, yellow of 3, purple of 5, red
of 10 and green of 15.