Academic Integrity of Assignment Submissions

Aug 9, 2020

If you are submitting an assignment to me I expect you to follow certain standards. Please ensure that you take care of the following when you are submitting an assignment (ideally it should apply to anything you ever claim as your own - assignments, report, papers, ideas).

  • You are expected to always write it in your own words. Mostly everything can be written entirely in your own words. Except when a precise algorithm or proof has to be written and it has to follow a certain sequence of steps.

  • Write what you understand. By default, it is assumed that whatever you have written you understand that and you may be quizzed about it (you may have an impromptu viva-voce during submission or anytime later).

  • Everybody (mostly) needs to refer to things that other people have done. But it is important that you cite your sources when you do that. * Copying without citation is considered plagiarism and academic dishonesty.

  • Learn to cite your references properly.

    • Citations should be cross-referenced, i.e., citations should appear in the text and be cross linked to your list of references.
    • Learn to use BibTeX if you use LaTeX for typesetting.
    • Learn to use cross-references if you must use MS Word.
    • If you are citing a website as a source then always include a note at the end of the reference saying “ Last visited on : \date.”

  • I am looking for your original thought in my assignments - the idea is to get you to think. The originality and the effort put into the thought are primary. The correctness of your answers come after that. Though both are important and I will make an effort to evaluate both.

  • Everything mentioned earlier applies to programming assignments too. All source codemust either be original or sources must be cited.

  • If you are working in teams, it is ok to divide your work. However, it is not ok to submit something that only one partner understands. * Please make sure you understand every line of your source code, before you submit it, even if your partner wrote the code.

  • All assignments submitted to me are always checked for plagiarism by default.

  • The penalty for plagiarism will apply to all parties involved.