Cheating

You must do your homework assignments by yourself. Your lab assignments allow collaboration, but only with the other member of your project group. Each lab assignment must be the sole work of the group turning it in. Assignments will be closely monitored by automatic cheat checkers, and students may be asked to explain any suspicious similarities. The following are guidelines on what collaboration outside of your group is authorized and what is not:

What is Cheating?

• Sharing code or other electronic files: either by copying, retyping, looking at, or supplying a copy of a file.
• Sharing written assignments: Looking at, copying, or supplying a assignment.

What is NOT Cheating?

• Clarifying ambiguities or vague points in class handouts or textbooks.
• Helping others use the computer systems, networks, compilers, debuggers, profilers, or other system facilities.

Be sure to store your work in protected directories.

The usual penalty for cheating is to be removed from the course with a failing grade. We also place a record of the incident in the student's permanent record.