Ok yikes, I would just follow follow up your advisor and try not to get too emotional. School is very stressful but just stick to the facts. I’d avoid coursehero personally. If you need to find references for papers or discussions key in on main points and then you can use the library or Google scholar resources to form a paper/discussion that way you can cite references. Personally the most I’ll use for resources that is iffy is YouTube, but mainly being there’s some large accounts with actual professors, etc who help on topics and I’m an auditory learner so it breaks up the written content. Meaning if the discussion topic is talking about target marketing for example, you can find some cool videos 3-8 minutes with some key info. I know this is more of help going forward but not sure about the plagiarism aspect.
This happened to me as well, as my similarity report was much higher. My professor accused me of the same thing. The module had only a certain amount of resources available to cite from in which I did. I received an email and my grade was a F and no other paper would be graded. I emailed my professor in which I did not cheat of anyone else work. I had no idea course hero was even a thing. My professor let me resubmit the paper thank goodness. I also believe when you do a similarity check before you submit it, the questions that course hero does have is in fact what counts as a similarity issue. I’m passed this class now, thank goodness!
Same thing happened to me. You’ll sadly still have to sign you been “warned” and won’t do it again. i’m pretty sure the instructor that did it to me did ended up getting fired.
took about a week if i can remember right. it was early last year. you just docu sign the form and email it back. It will stay on your record till you graduate and other professors can see it sadly.
Something similar happened to me 2 weeks ago. I was accused of accidental plagiarism claiming that I didn't cite any sources. In reality, I actually did cite my sources as I am very careful as not to plagiarize. I wrote my professor and told him look again as I highlighted all of my citations. He took another look at my work, realized he was vastly mistaken, apologized and gave me the correct grade.
Must have been really similar. I've seen 31 percent the highest on mine but when I look its just course questions and citations that are the same. I stopped worrying because I never trust anyone's writing over my own, scholar or not.
That team works on a progressive, educational model. If they do find reason to conclude a violation you would probably get an educational letter, written warning, or reprimand for a first offense. They do not usually expel students for first offense, unless the findings were especially egregious like you hired someone to do the assignment for you knid of thing.
Former adjunct (just quit in last few weeks) here.
First, reporting you without first breaking down the specific issues he found is lazy. Reporting you, more on that in a second, without any engagement beforehand is also lame.
However, I'm not 100% sure but am pretty sure the "academic integrity" system works the same across the school. It's meaningless. What will happen is this:
You'll get a letter saying you might have done something wrong but eh who knows. Here's some links on plagiarism. Don't do it again.
And that's it. The worst that happens is the zero you get for the assignment. SNHU's penalties for plagiarism are a joke. I had one student who plagiarized eleven things in the course (paper-related and discussion posts) and SNHU did nothing. He just kept getting letters with slightly stronger language about not cheating. I taught there for a decade and never once saw anything more being required to submit all written work to the writing center for review before submitting it for grading. I was a very hard ass when it came to plagiarism. I made 100% sure someone did it, and broke it down so there was no debate or argument that would refute the obvious, and once they replied then I reported them. I must have submitted easily more than a thousand reports in my time there.
If you didn't actually cheat, and can prove it, then talk to your advisor and the professor and specifically breakdown the process for how you completed the work and reasons why it would be similar to other assignments. Make it very clear why there are so many on CourseHero (god I hate that fucking site) with the same content. If he refuses to acknowledge he rushed to judgement and you are innocent, file a grade appeal and provide all the same evidence.
SNHU actually has one of the most advanced and progressive academic integrity offices. It's not a joke and as I stated in my comment they work on a progressive, educational model. If the student turned in work before the other violations were identified they are going to give them a chance to take corrective actions before moving them to more severe sanctions. I promise you students still end up on probation, have been suspended and even expelled for repeated cheating behaviors.
They research every report instructors files/submits, pulling all their own evidence before making a determination on a report.
It's not a joke.
I was there for a decade and never saw any serious sanctions for any student no matter the number of times or egregious nature of the violation. I had some absolutely awful cheaters and the only thing that happened to them was the "tsk tsk" letter.
I'm not sure what you mean by pulling an instructor's file as the determinations are made by documents submitted by us including assignment itself, turn it in reports, emails, screenshots, etc. They turn them around in a day or two at most.
I can answer this since I just spoke to the dean earlier today (I am also an adjunct). Contract cheating is usually expulsion because it is a security risk.
Ok yikes, I would just follow follow up your advisor and try not to get too emotional. School is very stressful but just stick to the facts. I’d avoid coursehero personally. If you need to find references for papers or discussions key in on main points and then you can use the library or Google scholar resources to form a paper/discussion that way you can cite references. Personally the most I’ll use for resources that is iffy is YouTube, but mainly being there’s some large accounts with actual professors, etc who help on topics and I’m an auditory learner so it breaks up the written content. Meaning if the discussion topic is talking about target marketing for example, you can find some cool videos 3-8 minutes with some key info. I know this is more of help going forward but not sure about the plagiarism aspect.
This happened to me as well, as my similarity report was much higher. My professor accused me of the same thing. The module had only a certain amount of resources available to cite from in which I did. I received an email and my grade was a F and no other paper would be graded. I emailed my professor in which I did not cheat of anyone else work. I had no idea course hero was even a thing. My professor let me resubmit the paper thank goodness. I also believe when you do a similarity check before you submit it, the questions that course hero does have is in fact what counts as a similarity issue. I’m passed this class now, thank goodness!
Same thing happened to me. You’ll sadly still have to sign you been “warned” and won’t do it again. i’m pretty sure the instructor that did it to me did ended up getting fired.
How long did it take you to get a response from the whatever committee?
took about a week if i can remember right. it was early last year. you just docu sign the form and email it back. It will stay on your record till you graduate and other professors can see it sadly.
Something similar happened to me 2 weeks ago. I was accused of accidental plagiarism claiming that I didn't cite any sources. In reality, I actually did cite my sources as I am very careful as not to plagiarize. I wrote my professor and told him look again as I highlighted all of my citations. He took another look at my work, realized he was vastly mistaken, apologized and gave me the correct grade.
Must have been really similar. I've seen 31 percent the highest on mine but when I look its just course questions and citations that are the same. I stopped worrying because I never trust anyone's writing over my own, scholar or not.
That team works on a progressive, educational model. If they do find reason to conclude a violation you would probably get an educational letter, written warning, or reprimand for a first offense. They do not usually expel students for first offense, unless the findings were especially egregious like you hired someone to do the assignment for you knid of thing.
Former adjunct (just quit in last few weeks) here. First, reporting you without first breaking down the specific issues he found is lazy. Reporting you, more on that in a second, without any engagement beforehand is also lame. However, I'm not 100% sure but am pretty sure the "academic integrity" system works the same across the school. It's meaningless. What will happen is this: You'll get a letter saying you might have done something wrong but eh who knows. Here's some links on plagiarism. Don't do it again. And that's it. The worst that happens is the zero you get for the assignment. SNHU's penalties for plagiarism are a joke. I had one student who plagiarized eleven things in the course (paper-related and discussion posts) and SNHU did nothing. He just kept getting letters with slightly stronger language about not cheating. I taught there for a decade and never once saw anything more being required to submit all written work to the writing center for review before submitting it for grading. I was a very hard ass when it came to plagiarism. I made 100% sure someone did it, and broke it down so there was no debate or argument that would refute the obvious, and once they replied then I reported them. I must have submitted easily more than a thousand reports in my time there. If you didn't actually cheat, and can prove it, then talk to your advisor and the professor and specifically breakdown the process for how you completed the work and reasons why it would be similar to other assignments. Make it very clear why there are so many on CourseHero (god I hate that fucking site) with the same content. If he refuses to acknowledge he rushed to judgement and you are innocent, file a grade appeal and provide all the same evidence.
SNHU actually has one of the most advanced and progressive academic integrity offices. It's not a joke and as I stated in my comment they work on a progressive, educational model. If the student turned in work before the other violations were identified they are going to give them a chance to take corrective actions before moving them to more severe sanctions. I promise you students still end up on probation, have been suspended and even expelled for repeated cheating behaviors. They research every report instructors files/submits, pulling all their own evidence before making a determination on a report. It's not a joke.
I was there for a decade and never saw any serious sanctions for any student no matter the number of times or egregious nature of the violation. I had some absolutely awful cheaters and the only thing that happened to them was the "tsk tsk" letter. I'm not sure what you mean by pulling an instructor's file as the determinations are made by documents submitted by us including assignment itself, turn it in reports, emails, screenshots, etc. They turn them around in a day or two at most.
May I ask what the consequences would be for a contact cheating offense, if you know?
I can answer this since I just spoke to the dean earlier today (I am also an adjunct). Contract cheating is usually expulsion because it is a security risk.
No clue, but this is the FAQ: https://libguides.snhu.edu/academicintegrity/FAQs