Academic Integrity in the Mathlab

The MathLab follows the MTU Academic Integrity Policy described on the Student affairs policies page. The following specific rules are intended to clarify acceptable levels of collaboration on the various academic assignments associated with the mathlab. Violations of these policies are automatically reported to the Dean of Student Affairs office.

Lab Assignments
These are the weekly Mathematica notebooks which are completed individually or by pairs of students.
  • The maximum size of a team is 2.
  • Teams can vary from week to week.
  • Team members do not need to be in the same section:
    • The lab is graded, recorded, and returned by a TA for the first student.
  • The information on the front of the lab must be correct and complete.
  • All team members must sign the front page of the assignment to certify that:
    • All members participated in the assignment
    • No member plagiarized or cheated on the assignment
    • No member facilitated academic dishonesty by inappropriately sharing this assignment with others
  • The labs include some authentication information:
    • Tampering with this information is a serious violation of the Academic Integrity policy.
    • The barcode needs to be legible. It is used to record grades etc.
    • You need to explain if the printed UserID does not obviously match a member of the team.
Online Quizzes
Online quizzes are straightforward, brief, online assignments completed individually on the WebCT website.
  • You can use any electronic, printed, or handwritten materials.
  • You can have Mathematica running while taking the quiz.
  • You can not communicate with anyone other than a Mathlab employee while taking quizze
  • A specific fraction of the short quizzes need to be taken in the Fisher 331.

Things you can do
The above rules are not intended to prevent you and your classmates from helping each other.
  • You can (and should) help others in and out of the lab. The basic principle is that the person you are helping needs to understand what they are doing and be able to do it themselves.
  • You can (and should) seek help others in and out of the lab. The basic principle is that you need to understand what you are doing and be able to do it yourself.
Things you can not do
Please treat your colleagues profesionally and avoid:
  • Viewing pornography on the MathLab computers.
  • Handing in assignments containing  offensive language.

Last updated 08/25/2006