Academic Integrity

Important Note for Using Respondus LockDown Browser

To ensure security when using Respondus LockDown Browser for an on-campus, online exam, instructors should enable “Lock students into the browser until exam is completed.” This option appears in LockDown Browser → choose your quiz → Settings → Advanced Settings (visible only after selecting “Require LockDown Browser for this exam.“) This setting ensures students’ attempts will be ended […]

Transparency in GenAI Use

The second workshop in the CTL/Library (Academic Integrity Matters Program) series on GenAI and academic integrity, “Embedding Transparency into GenAI Use on Assignments,” expanded its focus on delineating expectations around GenAI use from course policies and assignment descriptions to techniques that can be used in conjunction with existing assignments to reinforce and reward academic integrity. The workshop began with […]

Academic Integrity Week: Valentine’s Day Edition

UBCO’s Winter Term 2’s Academic Integrity Week returns with a theme that speaks directly to today’s teaching and learning landscape: “How I Learned to Keep Loving Academic Integrity in the Age of GenAI.” Faculty, students, and staff are invited to join the AIM team and campus partners for interactive activities exploring what academic integrity looks […]

GenAI and Academic Integrity Workshop Highlights

The first workshop in the CTL/Library workshop on GenAI and academic integrity, “Aligning Assignments with GenAI Expectations, guided instructors to reflect on how students are using GenAI for academic purposes, pinpoint the intended learning for one of their assignments (to be demonstrated alone and not in collaboration), and work to address the “gray areas” where […]

Earlier Versions of AIM Canvas Courses Expiring Soon

Earlier versions of the Writing and Plagiarism and Unauthorized Collaboration and Cheating AIM courses expire on October 31, 2025. Banners on AIM Canvas courses indicate if they will expire and provide links to the new versions of the courses. If you are familiar with the AIM Canvas courses, here are some additions and updates to the Writing and Plagiarism and Unauthorized Cheating and […]