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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519-888-4567 x 38562
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Group work is a beneficial practice, both for your ability to learn within a course and as a practical skill later in your career. However, it is important to remember that any group work or collaboration needs to be consistent with your instructor’s guidelines, and these guidelines may be different in each assignment or course.
For example, you may have assignments in which the instructor permits collaboration during all stages of an assignment, or during certain stages of an assignment. You may also have assignments in which no collaboration is permitted. If you are not sure if collaboration is permitted, it is best to work alone and check with your instructor.
Students can review guidelines and resources for collaboration in the Assessment of Unauthorized Collaboration Involving Undergraduate Students (PDF).
If you are considering having your work edited, review the Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Undergraduate Student Texts or Graduate Student Texts on the Editors Canada website.
Before beginning the project:
While working on the project:
Scenario 1: The instructor assigns a group project, permitting collaboration at all stages of the project.
Acceptable:
Unauthorized collaboration:
Scenario 2: The instructor assigns an essay and does not permit collaboration.
Acceptable:
Unauthorized collaboration:
Needles Hall, Room 3006D
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519-888-4567 x 38562
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office.