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The Academic Integrity tutorial and test - Student Guide

What is Academic Integrity?

Leeds students are part of an academic community that shares and develops ideas. You need to work with others, interpret and present other people's ideas, and produce your own independent academic work.

It is essential that you can distinguish between other people’s work and your own, and correctly acknowledge other people’s work. We have designed the Academic Integrity tutorials and tests   to show you how to avoid plagiarism and instil good practice for your time here at Leeds.

All work you submit for assessment is expected to be your own independent work. Where you have worked with others, or where you present other people’s work as part of your assessment or work you have previously submitted for assessment at the University or elsewhere, you must fully acknowledge this.

There are no limits on the number of attempts. You can review the tutorials and try again until you pass.

About the tutorials and accessing the tests

There are different tutorials and tests depending on whether you are a taught or postgraduate research student. Select the appropriate section below:

Taught students

Taught student tutorials

Essentials

All taught students new to Leeds must complete the Essentials tutorial and pass the test. This is compulsory for both new undergraduate and new taught postgraduate students. The Essentials tutorial contains 6 topics which should each take around 10-15 minutes to complete. Once you have completed each topic you will have access to the test, which you must pass. There are no limits on the number of attempts. You can review the tutorial and try again until you pass.

Enhanced

The Enhanced tutorial is recommended for second-year undergraduate students and taught postgraduate students, and has three topics that delve deeper into issues that might arise as you progress in your studies. Each topic should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. Once you have completed all three topics, you can take the Enhanced test. There are no limits on the number of attempts, and you can review the topics and keep trying the test until you pass.

Advanced

The Advanced tutorial is recommended for final-year undergraduates and taught postgraduates. It has two topics and focuses on academic integrity in the context of a research project. The topics should take around 15 minutes each to complete, and once you have completed them you can take the Advanced test. There are no limits on the number of attempts, and you can review the topics and keep trying the test until you pass.

How to access the tutorials and tests

Click to access the Academic Integrity Tutorial and Test organisation

Or

  1. Log in to Minerva.
  2. Select Organisations from the Global Navigation bar on the left to open the Current Organisations page which lists all the Organisations you are enrolled on.
  3. Select the Taught Students Academic Integrity Tutorial and Test organisation
    • If you cannot see the organisation you may need to scroll through the list or use the Search field on the Organisations page to find and open it.

You should now see the Academic Integrity materials.

Inside the organisation, you’ll see three tutorials: Essentials, Enhanced and Advanced. Select the tutorial appropriate for your level. Once you have completed the tutorial you can take the test. You can take the test as many times as you need, and you can see your results by returning to the test and clicking Your grade where you will see a list of previous attempts. Once you have achieved full marks for the test, a ‘Pass mark achieved’ certificate will appear underneath the glossary of terms.

 

Postgraduate Research students

Information for Postgraduate Researchers

All PGRs should complete the academic integrity, research integrity and research ethics training. Completing the academic integrity tutorials and the online tutorials in research integrity and research ethics should be included in your training plan agreed between you and your supervisors within the first three months, and should be completed within the first six months of study (nine months for part-time study) before the first formal progress review stage.   You can find further information about this training, along with full details of how to access the different units, on the Doctoral College’s Research Practice pages.

Issues completing the tutorial?

 

  1. We recommend using a laptop or PC rather than a tablet.
  2. Make sure that you are accessing the tutorial and test via a supported browser (see the browser support guide).
  3. Each tutorial contains multiple topics. For example, the taught students 'Essentials' tutorial contains 6 topics. It is important that you check you have completed every activity to achieve a badge for each topic. You must complete all topics within each tutorial before attempting the test.
  4. You may find that your tutorial window minimises when opening a link. To get back to the tutorial, please open the minimised window to return to the tutorial (do not restart it) to retain your progress.

Need further help?

  • If you know you need to take the test and you can't see the Click to access the Academic Integrity Tutorial and Test organisation in Minerva, create a support ticket via the IT website. Log in and search for: Open an IT ticket so that you can log your issue.
  • If you need help understanding 'Academic Integrity'? Please contact your Academic Personal Tutor.
  • If you have technical issues accessing the materials or taking the test, please create a support ticket via the IT website. Log in and search for: Open an IT ticket so that you can log your issue.