 Academic staff inherently know the importance of setting high academic integrity standards and the impact such standards have on the reputation of the module, program, faculty, and indeed institution. It cannot be assumed that students inherently know and believe this too. You should strive to be explicit with students. In a prominent location on your virtual learning environment, explain the standards you expect your students to meet in their work. Let's look at how you might do this by taking DCU's virtual learning environment loop as an example. In your loop course, turn editing on. Locate a blank topic or section on your page and choose edit top. Enter a title for this topic. Perhaps something like supporting your academic integrity. In the summary area for this topic, insert a message in which you clearly state your position on academic integrity. Consider agreeing a consistent message across all modules on a program or throughout a faculty. Here is an example. DCU expect your work to be of the highest academic integrity. We want you to be proud of your learning, your achievements, and your university. Your reputation as a student and graduate and the reputation of DCU depends on upholding high academic integrity standards. Click save changes when done. It is also a good idea to draw students' attention to the institution's policy on academic integrity. This policy may be something they are not familiar with or they may not even know of its existence at all. Placing a link to the policy on your loop course page makes it easy for students to make themselves aware of academic integrity. On your loop course page, click add an activity or resource and select the URL option. Enter a name for your URL. The title of the policy itself would be the simplest name to use. Also enter the URL of where the policy sits on the institution's website. Click save and return to course. Now your standards and expectations are clearly defined on your loop course page and are clear for all your students to see.