How to use this tutorial

This tutorial is designed to work in Java-enabled Internet Explorer browser and is best viewed in 800x600 resolution. For the tutorial to work properly, pop-up blockers should be disabled and other software running on the local computer should not interfere with the tutorial. The tutorial requires at least a Pentium 4 class personal computer with 512 MB of RAM.

This tutorial is intended for self-paced review by faculty in any discipline. It is recommended that faculty review the content sections in the order they are presented and complete the activities included with each section.  The content and activities of this tutorial have been designed to be accessible to users’ with disabilities.

Faculty can use the tutorial to guide the design of their course and instructional activities effectively and prepare themselves better to deal with academic dishonesty incidents. The tutorial should not be considered as a comprehensive resource on academic integrity. The tutorial is intended only to promote academic integrity and not to address university policies and procedures on academic dishonesty or discuss writing strategies. Faculty are recommended to cover university policies and procedures in their course syllabi, discuss good writing strategies in the classroom, and refer students to appropriate resources on campus and on the Web for more information

Acknowledgments

The project team would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Committee for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education at Northern Illinois University for its partial funding of this effort through the "Project for Improvement of Undergraduate Education" grant awarded in 2006 to Murali Krishnamurthi, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Substantial additional funding was contributed to this project by the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at NIU.

The project team would like to acknowledge the contributions of the staff of the Faculty Development and Instructional Center, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Writing Center for this effort. The free clip art used in the tutorial were obtained from Microsoft office clipart, http://office.microsoft.com/clipart.

Developers

The information presented in this tutorial was organized by the following individuals at Northern Illinois University:

•  Murali Krishnamurthi, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering; Director, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center
•  Jason Rhode, Online Technologies Coordinator, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center

The following Graduate Assistants at the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center contributed to the Web design, development and implementation of the tutorial:

•  Sathappan Santhanam
•  Vijay Bhaskar ReddyKancharla

Contributors and Reviewers

This collaborative effort benefited from the generosity of the following faculty and staff at Northern Illinois University who volunteered their time to contribute to the tutorial, review the draft content and activities, and offer their feedback on the tutorial. This effort would not have been possible without their support.

Michael Day, Department of English
Sharon Hekman, Department of English
Cassandra Peterson, Department of English
Tim Griffin, Office of the Ombudsman

Disclaimer

The developers of this website acknowledge that the information presented in this tutorial was compiled from several sources including existing literature, online resources and contributions of faculty and staff at Northern Illinois University. The developers do not claim the content presented in the tutorial as their own, but have included adequate links and references wherever possible. If appropriate credit has not been assigned to any information presented in the tutorial, please inform the developers at facdev@niu.edu so that the necessary corrections can be made and appropriate credit can be given where necessary.

This tutorial is not intended to advocate any particular viewpoint and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center or Northern Illinois University. Users are requested to use the tutorial for educational purposes only.