Academic Integrity Charter

As part of its declared policies, the “Noor Al-Azizia Health Training Center” e-learning platform emphasizes respect for intellectual property rights when designing and uploading all educational and digital content—whether texts, images, software, designs, or otherwise—on its website or through e-learning tools and systems.

Academic integrity is a foundational ethical principle of our institution. It is mandatory and expected of all stakeholders in the learning process—platform operators, trainers, and trainees alike.

We expect everyone to uphold this ethical responsibility.
To reinforce this value, we have issued this document as one of our published and binding policies, outlining the academic integrity code of conduct and practices, as follows:

Upon registration, content creators acknowledge and agree to the following by accepting the platform’s usage policies:
• They are the rightful owner of any content published through the service and confirm that it does not violate privacy, publicity, copyright, contractual, or any other rights of individuals or entities.
• We reserve the right to terminate the account of anyone proven to have violated the aforementioned rights.
• Unauthorized assistance during exams, assessments, or any academic tasks is strictly prohibited.

The “Noor Al-Azizia Health Training Center” maintains high academic standards in the design and delivery of its courses. It expects trainees to act fairly, honestly, and consistently with academic integrity principles, especially during evaluations, discussions, assignments, and research activities.

The platform provides guidelines and ongoing technical support to ensure trainees understand academic integrity requirements.

It also offers tools and reporting systems to ensure fair handling of academic integrity violations.

Examples of misconduct include:
• Identity fraud: A trainee impersonates someone else to access the platform, earn certificates, or collect credit hours on their behalf.
• The platform logs full attendance and session participation records.

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Principles of Academic Integrity for Trainees

The platform expects trainees to behave with fairness and honesty, particularly during:
• Evaluations (discussions, assignments, exams).
• Research activities.

All submitted work must be personal, independent, and demonstrate acquired skills and learning outcomes.

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Forms of Academic Misconduct

Violations of academic integrity may include:
• Cheating: Using unauthorized materials or copying others’ work during exams or assignments.
• Plagiarism: Using others’ words, ideas, or creations without proper citation.
• Misuse of academic assistance: Copying from a classmate’s work intended as help.
• Exploitation in group work: Relying on another student in group or even individual assignments.
• Fabrication: Falsifying information or using forged documents like fake medical certificates.
• Impersonation: A student pretending to be someone else during academic activities.

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Mechanisms for Detecting Violations

The e-learning system used by the “Noor Al-Azizia Health Training Center” includes tools to detect potential plagiarism in submitted work.

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Disciplinary Actions

Violations may result in:
• A verbal warning and written pledge.
• Temporary suspension from platform activities.
• Cancellation of exams or assignments in confirmed cases of cheating or attempted cheating.