Related resources
Academic integrity is closely integrated with the way we write and design assessment tasks. To learn more about how you can support academic integrity through assessment practice, view the following resources:
How-to design for academic integrity
This guide outlines how to design assessment for academic integrity, build authenticity into tasks, scaffold understanding of assessment, scaffold understanding of assessment, and target assessment security.
Faculty workbook: Assessment & academic integrity policy and procedures
This document outlines key information and changes that are associated with six procedures and what they may mean for your work. There are different implications depending on your role, for example if you are a chief examiner, unit coordinator or academic staff member or if you are a professional staff member who supports education.
Designing assessment regimes
Here you will get some key recommendations and an overview on designing effective assessment regimes in line with best-practice principles.
Marking, grading and rubrics
Learn how to mark consistently through the appropriate application of criteria and moderation practices.
Substantiating contract cheating
This guide provides you with key principles around contract cheating and how to spot it.
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Resources
TEQSA has produced downloadable resources and materials to promote academic integrity and communicate about the consequences of cheating.
Relevant policies and procedures
Monash has specific policies and procedures related to academic integrity. Take the time to review these to inform your teaching practice.
Assessment and academic integrity policy
This policy describes the principles of assessment at Monash University to maintain academic standards of student achievement, support students in their academic development and uphold standards of academic integrity.
Student academic integrity procedure
This procedure outlines the University, staff and students responsibilities to ensure academic integrity, as well as defines types of breaches, states methods for detecting breaches and explains the procedure for dealing with suspected breaches.
Marking and feedback procedure
If a marker suspects there has been a breach of academic integrity in relation to an assessment task, they must stop marking the assessment and refer the matter immediately to the chief examiner or nominee for academic integrity. This procedure also details security and record keeping for marked assessments.
Student Academic and General Misconduct: Hearing and Appeals Panels Procedure
This procedure applies to all reports of academic misconduct and general misconduct. This procedure sets out the requirements for student misconduct panels in handling allegations of academic or general misconduct and student appeals panels in handling appeals against the findings or penalties of academic or general misconduct.