Teaching Labs Policies FAQ

The student should join your group of students. It is your responsibility to grade all the in-class work and the pre-lab work that this student produces and get the graded work to the TA in the student's usual section. If a lab report is due that week, the student must make arrangements with her/his own TA as to how/when deliver the lab report.

Remember that students can only make up the lab from the current week.

Sometimes students will register for a section and then change their section or their schedule without dropping their original courses. The best way to find out is to email the student and ask her/him directly.

According to the Student Code, the student should receive a zero for that particular assignment and then re-do the assignment for no grade or credit, showing original work. If the infraction is on something major, like a lab final, you can consider giving a zero grade for the entire course. You should also send a letter to the CLAS Dean's Office, the student, and the course instructor.

Unfortunately, plagiarism is a complex thing, and students will cheat and/or copy work for a variety of reasons. This makes it difficult for us to establish a hard-down policy because the circumstances are different for every case. 

Some resources around academic misconduct:

• Community Standards
• Student Code
• Policy Statement on Harrassment
• Graduate Catalog
• Undergraduate Catalog

It is your responsibility to find a substitute. Talk to your fellow TAs- generally they'll help you out. Generally they'll take a section of yours this week if you take one of their sections next week- or something along those lines. If you're having problems finding someone, please contact the Lab Office as soon as possible.