Academic integrity Plagiarism in written assignments is: Copying anything from anybody into your work But brief quotes are OK, as long as you give credit to the author Plagiarism in programming assignments is: Copying code from other students or teams Downloading code from the web and claiming that you wrote it But the instructor may provide some code that everyone can use 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

Why it’s important to write your own stuff Learning! Looks good, less work, but no learning 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

Academic integrity - 2 Plagiarism is a problem: Some solutions: Several academic dishonesty charges have occurred during the last few terms Students have been dismissed Some solutions: www.turnitin.com Turnitin setup information (650) Turnitin setup information (655) MOSS Any source files on einstein must be readable only by you 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

How turnitin.com works I create a class and assignments I provide signup information You create an account (if necessary) You join the class You submit a written assignment Turnitin creates an originality report (if necessary) you revise your assignment and re-submit it to the revision assignment; turnitin creates an originality report for the revision I review your originality report and decide if the matching in it is OK I download your assignment from turnitin and grade it 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

Examples: plagiarism and quoting 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

This is OK BOINC is optimized for academic projects that need a lot of computing power but don’t have a lot of money. According to the web site, “Scientists with computationally-intensive tasks may be able to use BOINC. A BOINC project requires just a single Linux server, and can provide computing power equivalent to a cluster with tens of thousands of CPUs.” [4] Some of the projects that have used BOINC … BOINC’s text Quotes Reference 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

This is also OK BOINC is optimized for academic projects that need a lot of computing power but don’t have a lot of money. Scientific projects are often in this category. To use BOINC, a project only has to buy one Linux server, which can coordinate tens of thousands of volunteer computers. [4] Some of the projects that have used BOINC … BOINC’s idea, expressed in your own words Reference 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

This is PLAGIARISM BOINC is optimized for academic projects that need a lot of computing power but don’t have a lot of money. Scientists with computationally-intensive tasks may be able to use BOINC. A BOINC project requires just a single Linux server, and can provide computing power equivalent to a cluster with tens of thousands of CPUs. Some of the projects that have used BOINC … BOINC’s text, looking like you wrote it 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

This is PLAGIARISM also BOINC is optimized for academic projects that need a lot of computing power but don’t have a lot of money. Scientists with computationally-intensive tasks may be able to use BOINC. A BOINC project requires just a single Linux server, and can provide computing power equivalent to a cluster with tens of thousands of CPUs. [4] Some of the projects that have used BOINC … Reference, but nothing that shows it’s a quote 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

Yet more PLAGIARISM BOINC is optimized for academic projects that need a lot of computing power but don’t have a lot of money. Scientists with computationally-intensive tasks can use BOINC. A BOINC project requires only a single Linux server. The basic principle is that many hands make light work —and at lower cost. Some of the projects that have used BOINC … BOINC’s text with a couple of words changed Copied from a different web site 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

Some rules You can quote, but the quotes MUST BE Introduced as quotes Set off with quotation marks Referenced Brief Reference text will often match other documents Rubric text will often match other papers Scattered, isolated accidental matches may occur ANY OTHER COPYING IS FORBIDDEN 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655

More rules You should supply references if you Borrowed an idea and expressed it in your own words Want to use the reference to support your point Bottom line guideline: if your paper has more than 25% matching, there’s a good chance that I will ask you to revise it. Common revisions: Remove excess quotes Shorten quotes Remove rubric text Re-write sections with high matching 12/30/2018 Comp 650 and 655