Custom Laravel application for academic honesty

This session will consist of a walkthrough and live demonstration of the academic honesty application we have developed to replace a cumbersome, paper-based process. The custom workflow application streamlines the reporting, review and resolution of academic misconduct cases while improving efficiency and data security.

The first workflow allows instructors to submit reports of suspected academic misconduct and recommend proposed penalties. Submitted reports move through a structured review process where designated reviewers can approve the report, deny it or return it for revision. Once approved, the report is sent to the student, who can either acknowledge or deny responsibility.

The second workflow addresses more serious offenses or cases involving students who already have prior reports. While it includes the same initial reporting and review steps, these cases bypass the student acknowledgment stage and are instead routed to an administrator to initiate an in-person academic review board process. The system provides an email template used to notify students, instructors and board reviewers of the scheduled review.

During the session, I will explain the decision matrix that determines how reports move through each workflow and how cases are escalated based on severity or student history. I will also discuss the technical and design considerations behind the system, including our approach to encrypting sensitive data to ensure the confidentiality of student information and misconduct reports.

The session will combine a guided walkthrough of the workflows, a live demonstration of the application and discussion of the implementation decisions that helped us modernize and secure this process.