Academic integrity is at the heart of what it means to be a student at Skagit Valley College. As a member of this community, you are expected to abide by the Skagit Valley College Academic Honor Code . Therefore, you need to know what is expected of you and your academic work while you’re here.

This Academic Integrity Module (AIM) is part of the SVC Library's TILT Information Literacy Tutorial and is a companion to the Honor Code that provides vital information about academic integrity to the college community. AIM will address the following topics:

1. defining academic integrity, plagiarism, and cheating;
2. tips for avoiding plagiarism;
3. teaching proper documentation practices; and
4. academic integrity policy information

Please review SVC's Academic Honor Code to see what our policies are related to academic integrity.

Some of this module's content was used with permission from VAIL, the Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory Tutorial, developed by the Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment at the University of Maryland University College and is linked to here with the Center's permission.