WHAT IS PLAGIARISM

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WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
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The act of taking, using and passing off the
thoughts, writings, inventions etc. of another
person as ones own. Canadian Oxford Dictionary

• Dishonest
• Unfair to honest students
• Prevents own skill development
• Devalues the diploma or degree
• Its stealing intellectual property
• Destroys trust

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HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

• Unintentionally
• Intentionally

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INTENTIONALLY!

• Borrowing from someone else
• Downloading (all or part) from the Internet
  copy paste
• Copying from a book or other source
• Buying!

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• Letting your mother/father/sibling/
• friend/boyfriend/girlfriend/
• grandparent/cat
• do your work for you
• or help you too much

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REPERCUSSIONS

• Teachers lose faith in their students, become
  wary and suspicious so
• They limit choices for topics to avoid
  opportunities for plagiarism and
• They go over every essay/report much more
  thoroughly which
• Takes much more marking time which
• Leaves less time to spend planning good lessons
  and helping students.
• EVERYBODY LOSES

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RESULTS OF PLAGIARISM AT JOHN F. ROSS C.V.I.

• If plagiarism is found, a 3 step graduated system
  of consequences will be applied.
• Penalties will increase in severity and
  eventually can result in a mark of zero,
  suspension and/or loss of credit.
• How to avoid plagiarism is taught in classes
  therefore, students cannot claim that their
  plagiarism was unintentional.

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PENALTIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

• Requirement to submit a new piece of work or
  partial or total loss of marks for an assignment
  or a course
• An official warning that the next offence will be
  punished by suspension or expulsion from the
  university
• Rescinding of university-funded scholarships or
  bursaries

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• Suspension from the university for one or two
  years
• A recommendation for expulsion from the
  university
• A recommendation to revoke or rescind a degree

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HOW CAN I USE MY RESEARCH????

• Take point form notes
• Copy intended quotes exactly and use
• Summarize
• Use your own words
• Highlight important facts and ideas
• Add your own thoughts even while note-taking
• Use graphic organizers

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WHEN WRITING THE FINAL PRODUCT

• Use your own words
• Summarize
• Paraphrase and cite (Smith 479)
• Quote from the source and cite ie. (Jones 32)
• Give credit to your sources for all ideas,
  wordings, quotes

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WHAT IF I CHANGE A FEW WORDS?

• NEW
• The increase of industry, the growth of
  cities, and the explosion of the population were
  three large factors of late nineteenth century
  America. As steam-driven companies became more
  visible in the eastern part, they changed farm
  hands into factory workers

• ORIGINAL
• The rise of industry, the growth of cities,
  and the expansion of the population were the
  three great developments of late nineteenth
  century American history. As new, larger,
  steam-powered factories became a feature of the
  American landscape in the east, they transformed
  farm hands into industrial laborers

The rise of industry, the growth of cities, and
the expansion of the population were the three
great developments of late nineteenth century
American history. As new, larger, steam-powered
factories became a feature of the American
landscape in the east, they transformed farm
hands into industrial laborers
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THATS PLAGIARISM!Why?

• Because I have just changed the odd word
• Because there are no quotation marks for the
  parts that are word- for-word
• Because there is no credit for the original
  writer, or page reference (a citation)

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IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?

• ORIGINAL
• The rise of industry, the growth of cities,
  and the expansion of the population were the
  three great developments of late nineteenth
  century American history. As new, larger,
  steam-powered factories became a feature of the
  American landscape in the east, they transformed
  farm hands into industrial laborers

• NEW
• Steam-powered production shifted labour from
  agriculture to manufacturing in nineteenth
  century American cities. (Williams 1)
• YES !!!

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HOW DO I CITE A WEBSITE?

• Problem
• There might not be an author given
• Theres no page number
• Solution
• Use the first 2 or 3 words of the title of the
  page or the file name (the end of the URL) These
  will direct your teacher to the citation on your
  bibliography.
• Example (Welcome to Canadas) or
• (Climate.html)

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and finally

• List ALL the sources you
• consulted on your
• References page (APA style) or
• Works Consulted (MLA style)