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- 2. What is plagiarism?Plagiarism means submitting the work of others as your own (or allowing someone else to copy and submit your work as their own)
- 3. What is plagiarism?Plagiarism means submitting the work of others as your own (or allowing someone else to copy and submit your work as their own) Plagiarism can be defined asUsing another's production without crediting the source Committing literary theft Presenting as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- 4. What is plagiarism?Plagiarism occurs if you copy any of the following without giving proper credit: TextImagesArtworkMusic
- 5. What is plagiarism?Plagiarism occurs if you copy any of the following without giving proper credit: TextImagesArtworkMusic From sources such as: Books Journal articles Internet CDs or DVDs Magazines or newspapers
- 6. What is plagiarism?Plagiarism occurs if you copy any of the following without giving proper credit: TextImagesArtworkMusic From sources such as: Books Journal articles Internet CDs or DVDs Magazines or newspapersIt also includes copying from your classmates or seniors assignments!
- 7. It is plagiarism if youTurn in someone elses work as your own.
- 8. It is plagiarism if youTurn in someone elses work as your own.ExampleFor her assignment in Business Finance, Farah uses her seniors assignment and submits it with a few minor changes.
- 9. It is plagiarism if youTurn in someone elses work as your own.ExampleFor her assignment in Business Finance, Farah uses her seniors assignment and submits it with a few minor changes.ExampleFor his assignment on Ethical Issues in Cloning, Eric buys an essay from a website and submits it.
- 10. It is plagiarism if youTurn in someone elses work as your own.ExampleFor her assignment in Business Finance, Farah uses her seniors assignment and submits it with a few minor changes.Example:Alan copies the answers to the questions from his lab partners worksheet and hands it in. ExampleFor his assignment on Ethical Issues in Cloning, Eric buys an essay from a website and submits it.
- 11. It is plagiarism if youCopy words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- 12. It is plagiarism if youCopy words or ideas from someone else without giving creditExampleFor his presentation on the use of solar power, Richard copies the diagrams and pictures from a website. He does not include the website source in his presentation slides.
- 13. It is plagiarism if youCopy words or ideas from someone else without giving creditExampleFor his presentation on the use of solar power, Richard copies the diagrams and pictures from a website. He does not include the website source in his presentation slides.ExampleRani finds an article on the Dangers of Smoking. She summarises the ideas in this article and submits it for her physiology assignment. Although she has used her own words, she does not list the article as a reference.
- 14. Why is plagiarism wrong?
- 15. Why is plagiarism wrong? It is wrong to plagiarise as it badly affects your learning
- 16. Why is plagiarism wrong? It is wrong to plagiarise as it badly affects your learning Plagiarism involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterwards
- 17. Why is plagiarism wrong? It is wrong to plagiarise as it badly affects your learning Plagiarism involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterwardsPlagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty, as bad as cheating in an examination.
- 18. How would lecturers know that I have plagiarised?
- 19. How would lecturers know that I have plagiarised?Ngee Ann Polytechnic uses a software called SafeAssign, which can detect copying in students submissions.
- 20. How would lecturers know that I have plagiarised?Ngee Ann Polytechnic uses a software called SafeAssign, which can detect copying in students submissions. SafeAssign detects copying. This could be:Dishonestly copied materials from another source (plagiarism)
- 21. Properly referenced quotes from another source (no problem) How would lecturers know that I have plagiarised?SafeAssign indicates the proportion of an assignment copied from other sources.
- 22. How would lecturers know that I have plagiarised?SafeAssign indicates the proportion of an assignment copied from other sources. Your lecturers will determine if plagiarism has actually occurred by determining if the copied passages were properly referenced in 2 places:The body of the assignment; and In the reference list.