Academic integrity

Notice of Recording 

To ensure test security and to uphold fairness, the testing center is equipped with surveillance cameras overseen by UTC staff. The surveillance cameras continuously record video and may capture personally identifying information about you during your visit to the testing center. The surveillance cameras do not collect audio. 

The camera recordings are primarily used for academic integrity purposes but may also be used and shared as permitted by UC Davis policy or law. The camera recordings may be shared with your instructor, the Office of Student Conduct and Integrity, other university departments, or as permitted by university policy or law.

Recordings are retained for 30 days except in documented instances of possible academic integrity violation, or as required by university policy or applicable law for longer retention. 

If you have questions about this notice, please email the center at [email protected].


University Testing Center Academic Misconduct Protocols

If an incident of suspected academic misconduct occurs during an exam, testing center staff will:

  1. Review the incident details, including proctor notes and any supporting evidence, including testing center video recordings that are relevant to the incident.
  2. Reach out to the instructor of record to share the report, who then determines whether to pursue a formal case through the Office of Student Conduct and Integrity.
  3. Provide the instructor with all relevant information and assist in clarifying next steps, if needed. 
  4. If video evidence is shared with the instructor, the testing center retains the video until it’s no longer needed as part of any reporting process. 


UC Davis policy on academic misconduct

The testing center follows the UC Davis Code of Student Conduct, which defines academic misconduct under Section 102.01:

102.01.1 UC Davis Code of Academic Conduct

“This Code of Academic Conduct exists to uphold high standards of behavior and to ensure fair evaluation of student learning. Students who violate the Code may be subject to disciplinary sanctions, including Warning, Probation, Deferred Suspension, Suspension or Dismissal from the UC. Unless specifically authorized in writing by the instructor, misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  1. Cheating on Exams or Other Coursework
    1. Copying or attempting to copy from another student, allowing another student to copy, or collaborating on an exam
    2. Displaying or using unauthorized material such as notes, cheat-sheets, or electronic devices, or content generated by artificial intelligence
    3. Looking at another student’s exam
    4. Failing to follow an instructor’s directions including but not limited to continuing to work on the exam after the exam period has ended
    5. Talking, texting or communicating during an exam
    6. Altering assignments or exams for re-grading purposes
    7. Bringing pre-written answers to an exam
    8. Having another person take an exam on the student’s behalf, or taking an exam for someone else
    9. Theft of academic work
    10. Leaving and re-entering an exam period and/or location without permission
       
  2. Plagiarism
    1. Taking credit for work not created by the student including but not limited to, books, articles, experimental methodology or results, compositions, images, lectures, computer programs, internet postings, and content generated or edited by software or artificial intelligence
    2. Copying work not created by the student without properly citing and acknowledging the source of the work
    3. Using someone else’s ideas without putting them into the student’s own words or form and/or without proper citation
    4. Using false citations that do not correspond to the submitted work or misrepresenting the context or content of a cited work
    5. Representing previous work as new or original work
    6. Submitting the same or similar work in more than one course without instructor advanced approval
       
  3. Unauthorized Collaboration on Evaluated Coursework
    1. Working with others on evaluated coursework without the instructor’s permission
    2. Working with another student beyond the limits set by the instructor
    3. Providing or receiving unauthorized assistance on evaluated coursework
       
  4. Misuse of an Instructor’s Course Materials or the Materials of Others
    1. Copying, posting, purchasing, obtaining, sharing, distributing or copying materials provided by an instructor without the Instructor’s explicit written permission for any non-commercial purpose
      See PPM Sections 310-25, 310-26, and 310-27.
    2. Unauthorized use of another student’s work
       
  5. Lying or Fraud
    1. Providing false excuses to obtain deadline exceptions, exam or assignment postponement, or for other reasons
    2. Forging signatures or submitting documents with false information
    3. Making false statements regarding class attendance, late drop requests, incomplete grades, or other reasons
       
  6. Misuse of University Property or Resources
    1. Purchasing or selling, or attempting to purchase or sell, one’s registration in a class