Academic Integrity Checklist
(adapted from the SPARK York University Library Website, www.yorku.ca/spark)
- I understand the instructor’s requirements for group and individual assignments (when in doubt always ask).
- I understand the instructor’s instructions for the use of AI tools and I have complied with these requirements while completing this assignment (AI usage guidelines vary from course to course, so check with the instructor for what is considered acceptable forms of AI).
- There is no section or component of my assignment, paper or research report that I do not understand (is the assignment written in my own words).
- I have kept research notes, lab-sheets, outlines, and early drafts (these may be required at a later date by the instructor or investigating dean).
- Direct quotations have quotations marks or have been properly formatted for the style requirements.
- All ideas used from other sources include citations.
- I have checked my work against all notes to ensure I have correctly referenced all direct quotes or borrowed ideas
- Apart from material that is a direct quotation, everything else is in my own words.
- In paraphrasing the work of others, I rewrote it in my own words and did not just change a few words.
- I have checked all citations for accuracy (ie., page numbers, dates, web page addresses).
- I have asked an instructor or librarian how to include any material I was unsure how to document.
- I have used one recognized Reference Style (i.e., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) consistently throughout my paper/work.
- I have accurately and completely described any data or evidence I have collected.
- I did not share my work/answers/content with others in ways not explicitly authorized by my instructor.
- This is the first time I have submitted this material for a course.
