Scenario 10 Students in a social work class have a two part assignment to complete, each student is expected to individually assess a scenario from the perspective of a social worker and from the perspective of a client. The Course Instructor is expecting each student to submit an individually completed assignment. Two of the students in the class are roommates and they decide to split up the assignment so that one of them writes the perspective of the social worker while the other writes the perspective of the client. The students share their written perspectives with each other so that they both have both of the perspectives that they need to complete their assignments. While marking the assignments, the Course Instructor notices that both students have submitted identical assignments. Has an Academic Offence occurred? Yes No

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Scenario 10 Students in a social work class have a two part assignment to complete, each student is expected to individually assess a scenario from the perspective of a social worker and from the perspective of a client. The Course Instructor is expecting each student to submit an individually completed assignment. Two of the students in the class are roommates and they decide to split up the assignment so that one of them writes the perspective of the social worker while the other writes the perspective of the client. The students share their written perspectives with each other so that they both have both of the perspectives that they need to complete their assignments. While marking the assignments, the Course Instructor notices that both students have submitted identical assignments. Has an Academic Offence occurred? Yes No

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Yes. This is a case of unauthorized collaboration/collusion, a form of academic dishonesty. While they didn't directly copy each other's entire work, they divided the assignment and shared their portions, effectively completing the assignment together and submitting it as individual work. This violates the instructor's expectation of independent completion.

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