Code of Academic Integrity 

IAT is committed to creating a learning environment that is honest and ethical. The essential rules of academic honesty demand that students can only claim credit for their own work. Academic dishonesty most commonly takes two forms:

• Cheating;
• Plagiarism.

Cheating is defined as any act of deliberately attempting to gain marks or academic credit dishonestly, or helping someone else to gain marks or academic credit. Examples of cheating may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sharing or showing answers during a test or other form of assessment;
• Copying anything done by another student or any other person and submitting it as your own;
• Giving another student access to your electronic files and allowing him to use your work as his own;
• Telling another student what is on the test he will take later;
• Bringing to an assessment information or materials that are not allowed – even if you do not use these materials;
• Viewing a test, examination or assessment at any time before its scheduled time;
• Allowing another person to take a test or assessment for you;
• Using any form of technology improperly during an assessment, such as gaining access to unauthorized material; communicating with others during the assessment; or using files of other users.

Cheating harms the IAT community in many ways; the reputation of IAT and the worth of IAT qualifications may suffer as a result.

Plagiarism is defined as the act of deliberately presenting another person’s work as your own without acknowledgement. You should therefore ensure that you acknowledge and appropriately reference all sources of information presented in your homework, presentations or projects. Students are expected to ask their teachers if there are any questions regarding what is or is not considered plagiarism.

Plagiarism is easily detected by electronic plagiarism detection tools. Experienced teachers are ever vigilant to this activity. Both cheating and plagiarism can occur in a number of situations:

• In a homework assignment;
• As part of an individual or group project assignment, students are to report instances in group work by others;
• In an informal assessment activity;
• In a formal testing situation;
• Using others’ words taken from text-based or internet sources.The consequence of cheating and plagiarising can result in dismissal from IAT.