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Plagiarism and Academic Integrity

Teachers are interested in your ideas and insights. As your research and academic skills develop you are required to acknowledge the people and sources that brought you to your conclusions. Whenever you use another person's ideas or words--direct quotation, paraphrase or summary--you are required to cite the source. Photographs, graphs, pictures, cartoons, maps, lyrics, etc. must also be cited. There is a formal protocol to do this and we use MLA, APA and Chicago styles. Which style you use is dependent on the course and your teacher's preference. Our subscription to EasyBib will make citing sources easy!

 

Look at the Online Tutorials

The Plagiarism Game

(Lycoming College)

"You Quote It, You Note It!" 

Acadian University)

Copyright Matters!

Everyone wants to have their work protected. It's your choice if you let someone use/borrow your work.

 

It is YOUR responsibility to give credit when you use someone's work.

Each of your courses will challenge you. Your teacher can only assess your work. If you copy another person's work without citing it, it appears that you are trying to pass this work off as your own. This is plagiarism. Whether you do this intentionally or unintentionally your teacher will probably ask you to resubmit the work; work that demonstrates your learning and work that is done in accordance to the style of the subject.

 

For many of us the process of transferring our learning is something we become better at over time. When you have questions about your work ask your teacher for clarification.

 

Academic Integrity is all about doing the best you can do. Breaches to this include, but are not limited to, plagiarism and such things as:

 

  • copying another person's essay/report and submitting it as your own,

  • submitting an essay/report in one class when it has already been assessed in another class,

  • purchasing an essay or report and submitting it as your own

  • cheating on a test or exam

 

Consequences

Consequences can include but are not limited to:

 

  • contact with parents, administrators and other teachers

  • completion of a different assignment 

  • receiving a mark of 0

 

How do you avoid plagiarism?

Start your work early and don't leave it until the night before it's due and again, ask your teacher or teacher-librarian for help. You can also look at the Table of Contents Page of Quick Tips for the Panic-Stricken from the IPL (Internet Public Library) site.

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