Technical SupportFor any technical problems during your online assessment periods, contact DTS Tech Support on Tech.Support@lse.ac.uk or phone: (+44) 020 7107 5000 January 2022 Online Assessment Period (4-17 January) Unable to submit on MoodleIf you experience any problems during submission, please follow your department’s advice to email your file(s) as soon as possible to the relevant Departmental staff or submit your final assessment file through the alternative submission link (https://lseportal.force.com/studentservices/s/assessment-submission-form) as soon as possible and notify your department by email once you have submitted using the alternative link. Please note that you are subject to incurring late penalties if you submit your assessment late. LSE is taking additional steps to ensure that academic integrity is maintained throughout online assessment periods and that any instances of academic misconduct are either prevented or detected. |
School’s plagiarism and assessment misconduct regulations
School’s on-line assessment Procedures for Candidates
When you submit an assessment, you will be asked to indicate your agreement with LSE’s academic integrity statement, the text of which is as follows:
“As an LSE student, I reiterate my commitment to abide by and uphold the School’s Code of Good Practice [https://bit.ly/gdprctce] and Intergrity. I confirm that I have read, understood and will abide by the School’s plagiarism and assessment misconduct regulations, [https://bit.ly/3bdIzrJ] the School’s on-line assessment Procedures for Candidates [https://bit.ly/3raCG3Y] and any department guidelines. I also confirm that:
*It is acceptable to consult with LSE LIFE for general study skills questions but not questions specific to the content of a particular assessment.” |
LSELIFE offers good advice and one to one sessions prior to your assessment to prepare yourself for the online assessment period, you can find out more on the LSELIFE Moodle page.
Student Wellbeing Services also offer online one to one sessions and have collated helpful advice to stay well and healthy while working and studying remotely.
The Digital Skills Lab offers online self-study in Microsoft Office, web design, coding and more.
If you experience any problems during submission, please follow the advice provided on the Moodle page to email your file(s) as soon as possible to the relevant Departmental staff. Please note that you are subject to incurring late penalties if you submit your assessment late. |
Be aware that instructions may differ between courses, even within the same academic department. Instructions may also differ from previous years’ question papers, mock assessments or formative work. You should receive the assessment instructions in advance or posted on the course Moodle page. Pay particular attention to the assessment release and submission date/time, assessment instructions including word limits and recommended time/effort to be spent on the assessment, permitted materials, whether you are allowed to draw on formative work in your answer(s), and referencing requirements.
If you are unclear about any aspect(s) of the assessment instructions, contact the course convenor, or the designated member of professional services staff in the department teaching the course.
Only gather the materials you are allowed to use, which may include lecture slides and recordings, your own class notes, marked homework and their solutions, academic literature, or other specified materials. Unless otherwise stated, you are not allowed to use any other student’s course notes or work. Put any materials that are not included on the permitted materials list for the assessment out of reach to prevent confusion during the assessment.
If you are required to provide references in your answer(s) you should make sure you are familiar with your department’s preferred referencing method and can access guidance on it (if needed) during the assessment. You can also find information about citing and referencing on the LSELIFE Moodle page.
Unless group work or collaboration is expressly permitted, you should take your assessment completely alone. If you are in a hall of residence, cohabiting or live with family, you should find a quiet space where you will not be disturbed, such as your bedroom. To reduce interruptions, let your friends and family know when you will be unavailable.
Assessment instructions may differ between courses (even within the same department) so this will help ensure that you don’t inadvertently commit academic misconduct.
Some assessments may require you to submit additional components (which do not contribute to the grade) to help demonstrate authorship. Any components will be clearly listed in every set of assessment instructions, but may include rough work, notes, plans, calculations, or a justification of sources. Ensure that you are aware of any such requirements so that you can plan your work, and format your submission document, accordingly.
Unless group work or collaboration is expressly permitted, you should not consult any other person about the content of your assessment. Consider putting your phone on airplane mode while you are working (so that you cannot send or receive messages or phone calls) and sign out of social media accounts or disable notifications.
Do not ask any other person to edit or proofread your work; or submit any ideas or phrasing from another source unless they are appropriately cited. For quantitative assessments, make sure any resources you use (e.g. calculators, specialist software) are allowed for that particular assessment.
For essay-based assessments, you cannot include any parts of your previous work if it has already been submitted for a different summative assessment. You can only reuse formative work (topics/cases/argument/phrases) if expressly permitted in the assessment instructions.
Unless otherwise specified, all essay-based assessments will require you to reference any ideas that you have included from other sources. Add your references in line with the department’s preferred referencing method as you include them in your answer and ring-fence time to double-check them at the end. This will help ensure you do not run out of time to add your references afterwards and get accused of plagiarism if they are missing.
You will be asked to accept/tick the academic integrity statement when submitting your assessment. This is to confirm that you have not received any outside help with your assessment and that the work you are submitting is entirely your own.
Once you have finished your assessment, make sure to submit all of the required components. This may include rough work, notes, plans, calculations, or a justification of sources. All assessment components will be outlined in your assessment instructions.
Some courses may conduct selective or randomised interviews to check that you were the author of your submitted assessment. Monitor your LSE email account at least once a day so that you are prepared to take any further action that may be requested from you. It may also be useful for you to keep any notes or plans you created during the assessment until you have received your results.
Please always save your work to cloud based storages (e.g. OneDrive) as a backup. |