Crowd-sourcing answers from the internet for marked assessments is considered to be cheating. A student can borrow a single sentence from a publication for their assignment without citing the original document. It is acceptable to use your friend's experimental data to complete a lab report if you have difficulties getting your own results. Messaging (text, audio, or video) your classmates during an exam is a violation of the Code of Student Behaviour. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University. Misrepresentation of facts to gain a deferred examination is a serious breach of the Code of Student Behaviour. Posting course materials to websites or distributing them to other individuals is a violation of the Code of Student Behaviour. If a marked assessment is open-book, students are free to use any resources available. If you are not sure whether a particular course of action might result in academic misconduct, is likely that you will not be held accountable as you did not know what to do in that situation. Instructors are obligated to investigate all instances of potential academic misconduct. Check