Plagiarism and Academic Integrity There will be a quiz! By: Mr. Fisher
What is academic integrity? Honesty Making sure the work you turn in is your own, giving credit (citing) when referencing other’s work. 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
What is academic dishonesty? Plagiarism Fabrication of information or citations Submitting work of another person 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
What is academic dishonesty? Submitting work previously used without informing the instructor and securing written permission. 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com What is Plagiarism? Plagiarize – to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own: use (another’s production) without crediting the source. To commit theft. 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
Other terms for plagiarism Bootlegging Cheating Stealing Copying Lifting Cut and paste 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism will not be tolerated! 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
How to avoid plagiarism? Give credit whenever you use a form of someone else’s words or ideas Give credit when quoting from someone 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
How to avoid plagiarism? Always give credit whenever you use a graphic Give credit whenever you paraphrase 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com If you need help with citations, try this site: http://citationmachine.net 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Teachers have many ways to detect academic dishonesty 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
How can teachers detect plagiarism? Teachers use turnitin.com, which compares your paper to all Internet sites, papers online, articles, etc. 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Learn from this story! There was a senior in college taking his last class and about to graduate. For his final paper, he decided to plagiarize. (continued on next slide) 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Learn from this story! The professor ran his paper through turnitin.com and the results showed 98% of the paper was plagiarized. He did not graduate because this was his 3rd time. 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com
copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com Learn from this story! How do I know this story was true? I was the professor in that true story Don’t be guilty of plagiarism. 5/23/2019 copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com