Declaration to be included in assignments

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Section 1
What is plagiarism

Section 2
Proper use of source material

Section 3
Citation styles

Section 4
Plagiarism and copyright violation

Section 5
CUHK regulations on honesty in academic work

Section 6
CUHK disciplinary guidelines and procedures

Section 7
Guide for teachers and departments in handling cases of academic dishonesty

Section 8
Recommended statement to be included in course outlines

Section 9
Electronic submission of assignments via VeriGuide

Section 10
Declaration to be attached to assignments Questions and Comments

Appendix A
Detailed guidelines on proper use of source material

Appendix B
Proper use of online resources

Video on Academic Honesty (prepared by Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research)

Information on Training on Academic Honesty

Section 10
Declaration to be attached to assignments

Every assignment handed in should be accompanied by a signed declaration as below.

For group projects, all members of the group should be asked to sign the declaration, each of whom is responsible and liable to disciplinary actions, irrespective of whether he/she has signed the declaration and whether he/she has contributed, directly or indirectly, to the problematic contents.

For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students' uploading of the soft copy of the assignment.

Assignments without the properly signed declaration will not be graded by teachers.

Only the final version of assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide.

I am submitting the assignment for:

□ an individual project or

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a group project on behalf of all members of the group. It is hereby confirmed that the submission is authorized by all members of the group, and all members of the group are required to sign this declaration.

I/We declare that: (i) the assignment here submitted is original except for source material explicitly acknowledged/all members of the group have read and checked that all parts of the piece of work, irrespective of whether they are contributed by individual members or all members as a group, here submitted are original except for source material explicitly acknowledged; (ii) the piece of work, or a part of the piece of work has not been submitted for more than one purpose (e.g. to satisfy the requirements in two different courses) without declaration; and (iii) the submitted soft copy with details listed in the <Submission Details> is identical to the hard copy(ies), if any, which has(have) been / is(are) going to be submitted. I/We also acknowledge that I am/we are aware of the University's policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and of the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations, as contained in the University website http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy /academichonesty/.

In the case of a group project, we are aware that all members of the group should be held responsible and liable to disciplinary actions, irrespective of whether he/she has signed the declaration and whether he/she has contributed, directly or indirectly, to the problematic contents.

I/we declare that I/we have not distributed/ shared/ copied any teaching materials without the consent of the course teacher(s) to gain unfair academic advantage in the assignment/ course.

I/We also understand that assignments without a properly signed declaration by the student concerned and in the case of a group project, by all members of the group concerned, will not be graded by the teacher(s).

Signature(s) Date

Name(s) Student ID(s)

Course code Course title

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