1. Business Education: “Raising the Bar”
SAFEASSIGN
Business Education: “Raising the Bar”
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2. Agenda Academic Integrity SafeAssign: A Tool SafeAssign Demo
What it is
What it does
How to use it
SafeAssign Demo
Additional Resources
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3. Academic Integrity
“Those students who honestly earn their accomplishments also earn a complete and genuine or authentic education (Academic Integrity Project).”
“Integrity.“ Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Merriam-Webster Online. 30 March 2010 <
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
2 : an unimpaired condition : soundness
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness
synonyms see honesty
Academic Integrity Project. University of California Davis, n.d. Web. 30 Mar.      2010. <
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4. Recent Research Academic integrity and business ethics1
Cheaters might be more willing to engage in unethical workplace behavior
Possible relation between college cheating and a country’s corruption index
“At 87%, business students provided the highest cheating rate …(Caruna et al., 2000).”3
Students are very reluctant to report academic misconduct witnessed among peers1,2
1. McCabe, Donald L, Tony Feghali, and Hanin Abdallah. "Academic Dishonesty in the      Middle East: Individual and Contextual Factors." Research in Higher      Education 49 (Feb. 2008): Education Research Complete. Web. 31      Mar
2. Elzubeir, Margaret A, and Diaa E E Rizk. "Exploring Perceptions and Attitudes of      Senior Medical Students and Interns to Academic Integrity." Medical      Education 37 (2003): Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar.      2010.
3. Rakovski, Carter C, and Elliot S Levy. "Academic Dishonesty: Perceptions of      Business Students." College Student Journal 41.2 (2007):      Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar
9. McCabe, Donald L, Kenneth D. Butterfield, and Linda Klebe Trevino. "Academic Dishonesty
in Graduate Business Programs: Prevalence, Causes, and Proposed Action." Academy of Management Learning & Education.”
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5. Recent Research
Important contextual factors affecting students’ propensity to cheat1
Perception of peers’ behavior (direct and significant relationship)
Understanding and acceptance of campus integrity policies
Certainty of being reported for cheating
Severity of campus penalties for cheating
Presence of absence of an academic honor code4
1. McCabe, Donald L, Tony Feghali, and Hanin Abdallah. "Academic Dishonesty in the      Middle East: Individual and Contextual Factors." Research in Higher      Education 49 (Feb. 2008): Education Research Complete. Web. 31      Mar
4. Simon, Christopher A, et al. "Gender, Student Perceptions, Institutional      Commitments and Academic dishonesty: Who Reports in Academic Dishonesty      Cases?" Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 29.1 (2004):      Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar
“Academic Honor codes rely on students to report the academic dishonesty of other students.” (p. 87)
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6. Research Opportunities?
Appears to be a lack of research on Middle Eastern students…
General attitudes toward academic dishonesty
Relationship of academic dishonesty to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions (Collectivism, gender, power distance, uncertainty avoidance)
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7. SafeAssign
A tool within blackboard that helps students to understand and prevent plagiarism
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8. What SafeAssign Does
SafeAssign compares submitted papers to source content in the following databases5:
Internet - comprehensive index of documents available for public access on the Internet
ProQuest ABI/Inform database with over 1,100 publication titles and about 2.6 million articles from '90s to present time, updated weekly (exclusive access)
Institutional document archives containing all papers submitted to SafeAssign by users in their respective institutions
Global Reference Database containing papers that were volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions to help prevent cross-institutional plagiarism.
5 Knight, Erin, and Mehrdad Karjoo. "      How+Does+SafeAssign+Work."      How+Does+SafeAssign+Work. Blackboard.com, 2 Jan Web. 31 Mar.      2010.
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9. What SafeAssign Does Generates an originality report that contains6
The overall percentage of the submitted paper that appears to match other sources
A numbered list of suspected sources
A link of the paper’s actual text to its suspected source.
6 Knight, Erin, and Mehrdad Karjoo. " Blackboard.com, 2 July Web. 31 Mar.      2010.
Uses a matching algorithm to detect similarities between submitted papers and previous material.
I have heard that very recent documents may not be caught and their might be up to a 30 day delay. Sharifa Hajjat - DWC Staff, and Himanshu Joshi Abu Dhabi – who administers the BB tool set.
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10. How to use Safe Assign Set up Safe Assignments in Blackboard
Students’ papers checked automatically
The papers are delivered to the instructor together with the originality reports
Draft options allows “Sand Box” for students
Direct Submit without student involvement. 
6 Knight, Erin, and Mehrdad Karjoo. " Blackboard.com, 2 July Web. 31 Mar.      2010.
Uses a matching algorithm to detect similarities between submitted papers and previous material.
I have heard that very recent documents may not be caught and their might be up to a 30 day delay. Sharifa Hajjat - DWC Staff, and Himanshu Joshi Abu Dhabi – who administers the BB tool set.
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11. SAFEASSIGN Let’s Take a Look 2/22/2019
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12. Demo Summary Student submitted assignments View assignments
Teach Tab Homepage
SafeAssign Assignment Submission content link
Select assignment
View originality reports by student
Create new assignments
Teach Tab Homepage
Select “Create Assignment”
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13. Demo Summary Direct (instructor) submitted assignments
View assignments
Teach Tab Homepage
Direct Submit content link
Create Folders, if desired
Upload files
Viewing help information
Build Tab Homepage
Course Content for Teachers
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14. Nothing is perfect! Flags “common knowledge” as copied
Do not rely on the originality percentage alone
Database currency
May be up to thirty day delay
Can not “convert” an existing BB assignment into a SafeAssignment
Re-Create it using SafeAssign content link
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15. Technical Issues contact
Additional Resources
Technical Issues contact
Wiki Home has an hour long video on SafeAssign
Works Cited
1. Academic Integrity Project. University of California Davis, n.d. Web. 30 Mar <
2. Elzubeir, Margaret A, and Diaa E E Rizk. “Exploring Perceptions and Attitudes of Senior Medical Students and Interns to Academic Integrity.” Medical Education 37 (2003): Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar
3. “Integrity.” Def. 1. merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated , Web. 30 Mar <
4.Knight, Erin, and Mehrdad Karjoo. “ Blackboard.com, 2 Jan Web. 31 Mar
“ Blackboard.com, 5 July Web. 31 Mar
6.McCabe, Donald L, Tony Feghali, and Hanin Abdallah. “Academic Dishonesty in the Middle East: Individual and Contextual Factors.” Research in Higher Education 49 (Feb. 2008): Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar
7.Rakovski, Carter C, and Elliot S Levy. “Academic Dishonesty: Perceptions of Business Students.” College Student Journal 41.2 (2007): Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar
8.Simon, Christopher A, et al. “Gender, Student Perceptions, Institutional Commitments and Academic dishonesty: Who Reports in Academic Dishonesty Cases?” Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 29.1 (2004): Education Research Complete. Web. 31 Mar
9. McCabe, Donald L, Kenneth D. Butterfield, and Linda Klebe Trevino. "Academic Dishonesty in Graduate Business Programs: Prevalence, Causes, and Proposed Action." Academy of Management Learning & Education.”
5.3 (Sept. 2006):
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16. THANK YOU Maggie.Case@hct.ac.ae 2/22/2019
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