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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEM 101: Seminar & quiz on academic integrity

Commonly referred to as CHEM 101, most courses in the department require their students to attend a seminar and take a Moodle quiz about plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty.

Overview

This one-hour seminar clarifies the academic conduct code for submitting graded work in Chemistry and Biochemistry courses. 

Most courses given by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will require their students to:

  1. Attend a one-hour seminar on the academic conduct code and the appropriate use of information sources in Chemistry and Biochemistry courses.
  2. Pass the quiz on Moodle based on the seminar with a 100% result. 

Who has to take the CHEM 101 seminar & quiz?

  • All students taking a CHEM course must take the seminar and pass the quiz at least once every five years. 
  • If you do not complete this course requirement at the discretion of your professor, your final grade for the course may be lowered by as much as one full letter grade with an incomplete notation.

How to attend the seminar

  • You'll receive an email from the department to sign up for a seminar date and time slot.
  • The seminars are given around the second or third week of each term. 
  • The seminar will last less than one hour. Late-comers will not be admitted. 

How to access the quiz

  • After you've attended the seminar, you'll need to locate the quiz in the Moodle site created by the Department (CHEM 101 22xx). 
  • Read the instructions carefully, since you need to score a 100% to pass and receive credit. 
  • You'll be able to retake the quiz as many times as needed to score 100%.

Note: The CHEM 101 quiz is separate from the University's quiz on the Student Hub and the Academic Integrity quiz for all students on Moodle. 

Check to see that you're in compliance

  1. Check the compliance list. 
  2. Verify that your student ID number on the compliance list that is updated towards the end of each term.

Make sure you are using the correct posted compliance list

  • The file’s time period must end with the term before the current term.
  • For example, if you need CHEM 101 compliance for a course in Fall 2025, the file should read “F2020 - S2025.”
  • If the file shows an older term period, you may be checking too early, or you may need to clear your browser data and try again.

Check the list for your student ID number

  • If your ID number appears with a blank entry under the quiz section, you completed the seminar but have not yet attempted the quiz.
  • If your quiz entry is not blank, you attempted the quiz but did not pass it. You must retake the quiz until you achieve 100%.
  • If your ID number does not appear on the list, you must repeat the seminar and/or quiz.
  • You must also retake the seminar if your CHEM 101 completion dates back more than one term. If you completed it more than five years ago, you must complete both the seminar and quiz again.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

You may have missed the warnings about questions with two acceptable answers. For those questions, it's possible to check more than one box, so you must select both correct answers to get full credit. 

Go back to the quiz and you can view the record of your score and even your answers, with the feedback, at each attempt.

Possibly, but you would also have received an incomplete (INC) notation if that was the issue. There may be many other reasons, so please check with your course instructor.

  1. You will have a chance to attend one of a number of seminars in the coming term. Let your professor know when you have done so.
  2. For your professor to implement the grade change, you will need to apply for a late completion grade at Registrar for a fee of $30 per course. Missed the deadline?

  1. You must get registered to do the quiz: contact heidi.muchall@concordia.ca but first, read the information in question 7.
  2. Then, do the quiz as soon as possible, and inform your Professor when you have achieved 100% (11/11).
  3. You will also have to apply for a late completion grade at Registrar's Services for a fee of $50 per course. Missed the deadline?

  1. You will have to get permission from the Faculty of Arts and Science before Registrar's Services will allow you to apply late for a "late completion grade".  
  2. Contact heidi.muchall@concordia.ca to request the details to prepare an Arts and Science Student Request. You cannot submit a student request yourself. 

The quiz always closes at the quiz deadline. If you attended the seminar earlier than the previous term, you first must repeat the seminar before you receive quiz access. 

  • Please contact heidi.muchall@concordia.ca who can confirm that you attended the seminar in the previous term and then register you for the quiz.
  • Be sure to include your student ID number in your e-mail.

Code of conduct regulations

The academic code of conduct can be found in of the University Calendar.

Any form of unauthorized collaboration, cheating, copying or plagiarism which are suspected will be reported, and the appropriate sanctions applied.

The seminar the Department offers is a clear and fair opportunity to learn what our faculty regards as academic misconduct.

Failure to take part in this learning opportunity and thus ignorance of these regulations is no excuse and will not result in a reduced sanction in any case where academic misconduct is observed.

 
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