Academic integrity policies and AI
We expect tertiary education organisations to have a coherent assessment and moderation system across all programmes or micro-credentials they are accredited for.
Having an academic integrity policy helps prevent and manage academic misconduct. It also supports the credibility of learner credentials.
We encourage providers to:
- work collaboratively with staff, learners and NZQA to uphold academic integrity
- explain to learners the assessment requirements and their academic integrity responsibilities
- use a range of assessment methods and practices to help prevent and detect cheating by learners and to validate achievement of learning outcomes
- explain to learners how they respond to academic misconduct or cheating
- explain to learners the importance of Māori data sovereignty and how this could be reflected in their research and study
- support staff to understand how generative AI can be used in teaching, learning and assessment
- regularly review the academic integrity policy to ensure it is up to date on the use of new technologies, such as generative AI.
Tertiary providers can use the recommended resources below to inform their policy and approach to academic integrity, including generative AI.
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Academic Integrity Guidelines
The Academic Integrity Guidelines set out NZQA’s expectations of tertiary education organisations on academic integrity, including academic misconduct or cheating.
Go to the GuidelinesRecommended resources
Ministry of Education
What to think about before using generative AI at a school or kura (external link)
NZQA
Distance online delivery - guidance for providers [PDF, 394 KB]
Online assessment - guidance for providers [PDF, 250 KB]
Assessment in the Age of AI symposium
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Australia
Academic integrity toolkit (external link)
Assessments and academic integrity (external link)
Artificial intelligence resources (external link)
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Academic integrity national principles and lexicon of common terms.pdf (external link)
Generative Artificial Intelligence guidelines for educators (external link)
Academic integrity guidelines.pdf (external link)
Other
Protecting Mātauranga on websites from ChatGPT and search engines (external link)
The educational integrity enforcement pyramid (external link)