The university’s initiative is one of a patchwork of such programs across the country.
One program, Knowledge Makers, was recently recognized with the Alan Blizzard Award for excellence in teaching collaboration.
The guidelines require students to have a letter signed by their instructor indicating what kind of editing help is permitted.
Helping one another was a central theme of fourth national forum held at the University of Victoria.
At least one university has explicitly restricted students’ use of editors for their assignments.
