7 - Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity means that all work you submit is created by you and is an original representation of your work. 

It means that what you submit as your work is your work. 


PVOnline values academic integrity and expects students to practice and maintain high standards of honesty throughout their study with PVOnline courses.

Your teacher monitors your course presence and watches what you are doing.  Your teacher can "see" how you spend your time when you are in the online course.

Your teacher can "see:"
  • every mouse click you make.
  • the specific items you are viewing.
  • the exact date/time spent viewing/submitting work.
  • if you are submitting your work or just clicking on items in your course.
Examples of academic integrity violations:
The definition of plagiarism is copying or imitating the language, ideas, and thoughts of another writer and passing them off as your original work.  Specific examples of plagiarism that will not be tolerated are:

  • Plagiarism - presenting the work of another as one's own (i.e., without proper acknowledgement of the source).  This includes the use of internet sources.  The sole exception to the requirement of acknowledging sources is when the ideas or information is common knowledge.
  • Facilitating Academic Misconduct - giving or attempting to help another commit an act of academic misconduct
  • Fabrication and Falsificationunauthorized alteration or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.  
  • Tampering with Materials, Grades, or Recordsinterfering with, altering, or attempting to alter school records, grades or other documents without authorization from an appropriate school records, grades or other documents without authorization from an appropriate school official for the purpose of changing, falsifying, or removing original information found in such records.
  • Cheating - giving, using or attempting to see unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids, or other devices in any academic exercise including unauthorized communication of information.

Failure to abide by these standards will be reported to the appropriate administrative authorities and may result in the loss of credit and the loss of access to the online course.