Office of Student Rights

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Office of Student Rights Responsibilities

• Welcome New Faculty

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Creed

• INTEGRITY
• I will practice defend academic and personal
  honesty
• SCHOLARSHIP
• I will cherish and honor learning as a
  fundamental purpose of my membership in the UCF
  community
• COMMUNITY
• I will promote an open and supportive campus
  environment by respecting the rights
  contributions of every individual
• CREATIVITY
• I will use my talents to enrich the human
  experience
• EXCELLENCE
• I will strive toward the highest standards of
  performance in any endeavor I undertake

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OSC Responsibilities

• Student Conduct Cases (Rules of Conduct)
• Admission Clearances
• Disciplinary Clearances
• Confiscated ID cards
• Parental Notification
• General Counsels Memos
• Class Absence Notice
• Grade Appeal Process
• Emergency Notice Messages
• Deceased Student Forms

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Incident Reports

• Incident Reports primary basis for student
  disciplinary cases
• Information on Incident Report should include
• Details regarding specifics of incident
• What occurred
• Persons involved
• Any mitigating factors
• Reports should be thorough easy to read
• Note be aware that students will read reports

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Incident Reports

• Who can file an incident report?
• Anyone (Student, Faculty, Staff, UCFPD, OCSO,
  Faculty, Staff)
• What can happen?
• Information Purposes Only
• Information Purposes Only Ethics Seminar
• Initiate Student Conduct Review Process

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Cheating Plagiarism Consequences
ACADEMIC ACTION Taken by Instructor, Chair, or
Dean of College 1. Counseling 2. Loss of
credit for specific assignment, examination
or project. 3. Removal from course with
a grade of F
CONDUCT REVIEW ACTION Taken by the Office of
Student Conduct 1. Suspension (for at least 1
term) 2. Expulsion 3. Permanent conduct record
with UCF accessible by other institutions by
request. 4. Educational Sanctions.
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TURNITIN.com

• UCF is now using an automated system to detect
  plagiarism. Be advised that any papers submitted
  to class can now be checked quickly and easily
  for evidence of someone elses work. For more
  information, visit
  www.turnitin.com
• Notice of use of Turnitin.com must be stated in
  class syllabus (Instructor Dishonesty Handout)

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The Problem is
This assignment is not the students own work!
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Too Many of Your Students Are Using the Internet
to "Write" Their Essays
UC Berkeley study shows that 15 of one
Neurobiology class plagiarized materials off the
Net
According to a recent article from the AP
Business Wire, Cheat Sites attract over 2.6
million users each month.
Rutgers University Study finds that 12 of
students cheat on a regular basis.
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Where are Your Students Obtaining this Material?
1. Off the Internet A. Professional Cheat
Sites a. CheatHouse.com b.
Cheater.com c. School Sucks.com d. Etc.
(Last count 200) B. All Internet Web Sites.
2. From their friends files
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How is this Cheating Detremental to your Students?
They dont practice their writing skills.
They dont use their own creative skills.
They dont develop critical thinking skills.
They develop unethical habits.
They demonstrate disrespect for the educational
process.
The students who do the work feel ripped off
and start to disrespect the system.
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The solution to the Problem is -
Student turns in assignment to the teachers
mailbox on the Internet.
Teacher is able to determine If the manuscript is
plagiarized.
Turn
It
In
.com
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An Original Paper is as Unique as a Fingerprint.
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Student information
The icon indicates the percentage of text taken
from another source.
The 3 shows the number of cheat sites.
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The colors correspond to a list of URLs from
where the text originated.
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