Academic Integrity

The Saudi Academy for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence is committed to respecting intellectual property rights when designing and uploading all digital educational materials and digital content published (texts, images, programs, designs, etc.) on a website or through e-learning systems and tools.

Definition of academic integrity.

Therefore, academic integrity represents an ethical system for trainers and trainees at the Academy that contributes to many principles and principles of dealing with educational content in a way that guarantees intellectual property rights, so it is a basic principle for e-learning systems in providing e-learning and distance education programs at the Saudi Academy for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

Principles of Academic Integrity for Trainees

Through the management of e-learning and distance education and through the e-learning system, the Academy maintains high academic standards in its courses and trainees are expected to act in a fair, honest and consistent manner with the principles of academic integrity, especially when conducting assessments (discussions, assignments and tests) and research.

The work submitted for evaluation by the trainee or an approved group of trainees must be self-contained and independent work to prove the acquired skills and achieve the outcomes of the educational process.

The Department of E-Learning and Distance Education, as well as all relevant structures in the Center, provide continuous technical guidance and support to trainees to ensure that they understand the requirements of maintaining academic integrity and understand that failure to maintain academic integrity constitutes academic misconduct.

The Department of E-Learning and Distance Education provides trainers with all reports and tools that enable them to deal fairly with trainees who commit violations of the principles of academic integrity .

The Academy must have clear strategies in coordination with the Department of E-Learning and Distance Education to ensure that the Academy obtains appropriate education through e-learning systems and supports the fulfillment of the Center's expectations of trainees regarding academic honesty.

Forms of violation of academic integrity

There are many forms of conduct that are considered violating the standards and principles of academic integrity, including:

• Cheating: Transfer of the work of others and unauthorized use of any notes, information and materials in academic exams or other tasks assigned to trainees.

• Plagiarism/plagiarism: quoting the phrases and works of others, and unauthorized use of intellectual and literary blogs or any information in any academic test, without reference to it as a reference.

• Misuse of academic assistance: the trainee's exploitation of the work of his colleague who provides him with academic assistance in good faith, such as quoting from a special report drawn up by that colleague or from an old test, without informing him.

• Exploitation of cooperation: the trainee relies on another trainee within his group to accomplish a joint duty/work, or exploits another trainee to accomplish individual duties.

• Fabrication and forgery: the trainee changes the information available to him or fabricates it in an academic test / assignment, or presents a false medical certificate in order to be absent from attendance.

• Impersonation: The trainee's claim to be a third party in the classroom, or in a test or exam, or in any kind of academic duties.

A mechanism for detecting violations of academic integrity

To help identify or rule out potential violations, trainers can request the following from trainees:

• Discuss or explain the components of their evaluation.

• Document what the trainee has learned in the assessment task, for example, by showing notes/drafts/reference materials used in the preparation of completed assessments.

Disciplinary action for impersonation and fraud

In case of violation of the principles of academic integrity, one or more of the following penalties will be applied:

• Verbal warning and warning.

• Temporary deprivation from participating in any of the Academy's courses.

• Cancellation of the trainee's certificate.

• Depriving the trainee permanently from participating in any of the Academy's courses.