Academic Integrity and Citing Sources
Introduced| English | Meaning |
|---|---|
| integrity/ɪnˈteɡrɪti/ | Honesty and consistency with ethical principles, including giving proper credit and representing work truthfully. |
| cite/saɪt/ | To name the source of an image or an idea. |
| published or photographic sources/ˈpʌblɪʃt ɔː ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk ˈsɔːsɪz/ | Pictures or texts made by someone else that an artist consults. |
Your own work
- Portfolios must be your own work.
- Using others' work without permission or citation is a serious violation.
- The College Board can withhold scores for integrity violations.
Citing sources
- Work based on published or photographic sources 参考来源 you did not create must move far beyond duplication.
- You must also cite 注明出处 the source.
- Never present another artist's work — or an AI-generated image — as your own.
Integrity or a violation?
Sort each action as showing integrity or being a violation.
Using a photographic source you did not take requires that you...
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You must move far beyond duplication and cite the source.
Presenting an AI-generated image as your own work is an integrity violation.
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The portfolio must be your own work.
Select all actions that respect academic integrity.
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Citing, transforming, and using your own work respect integrity; passing off does not.
Match each action to integrity or violation.
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Cite + transform = integrity; copy-and-claim = violation.
Integrity is strength
- Citing influences shows integrity 诚信, not weakness.
- It is normal and expected to be influenced by others.
- When in doubt, work from your own photos, observation, and imagination.
Acknowledging your influences and sources shows ____.
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Citing sources shows integrity, not weakness.
Copying a photo you did not take — or using an AI image — and presenting it as your own can get your scores withheld. If you use a source, you must transform it far beyond copying and cite it. The safest path is to work from your own photos, observation, and imagination.
A student loves a famous photograph. Instead of copying it, she uses it only as a starting point, radically changes the composition, medium, and idea, and cites the source. That is fine — transformed far beyond duplication, with integrity. Tracing it and calling it hers would be a violation.
Portfolios must be your own work. Work based on published or photographic sources must move far beyond duplication and be cited. Never present another's work — or an AI image — as your own. Citing shows integrity; when in doubt, use your own photos and imagination.
Write from the student's own photograph
- One piece traces a published photo and presents it as drawing from life.
- Another uses a photo the student took and changes the composition.
One piece traces a published photo and is presented as drawing from life. Another starts from a photo the student took and changes the composition. Which one is the student's own work for this portfolio?
A reference can be the student's own. The final image still has to be their decision.
Which submission is honest student work?
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The student changed their own photo. The traced published image was presented as something it was not.