Academic Integrity in Non-text Based Disciplines

Abstract

Much of the literature of academic integrity is strongly framed in the context of written prose; yet there are many academic disciplines in which the assessment items bear very little resemblance to written prose. It is argued in this chapter that disciplines using such assessment items require, at the very least, different approaches to attribution and different tools to detect breaches of academic integrity. However, the case is made that they might also require different standards, based on different practices and expectations within the industries to which they pertain. This case is based on a thorough examination of the literature of academic integrity in the disciplines of computing and the visual arts, which is supplemented by some considerations in a small number of other disciplines for which limited relevant literature was found.