Plagiarism vs. Cheating North Seattle Community College International Programs

1. Plagiarism vs. CheatingNorth Seattle Community CollegeInternational Programs

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4. Plagiarism vs. Cheating What is the difference?

5. Cheating is receiving unauthorized help on an assignment, quiz or exam

6. Plagiarismis the act of presenting another’s work or ideas as your own.

7. Plagiarism can be unintentional or intentional. Do you know the difference?

8. Examples of Plagiarism • Patch-writing: Using sections of writing copied from a variety of sources, linked together with additional sentences. This is considered plagiarism unless all directly quoted text is indicated • Failing to cite a source (bibliography or works cited page) • Failing to use quotation marks

9. “ Don’t forgetquotation marks! “ - John Belmont, 2011

11. An example of intentional plagiarism is: Buying or Copying papers

12. There are many websites or term paper mills that offer easy access to prewritten essays on almost every academic subject.

13. The least you should know: The faculty at NSCC are aware of these sites and frequently take measures to check essays against this kind of plagiarism.

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18. Jon Bon Jovi Being Sued For $400 Billion for Plagiarismof a song’s lyrics

19. Why do people plagiarize?

20. Laziness: it’s easier and faster

21. “Why reinvent the wheel?”

22. Lack of good planning skills

23. Unclear criteria and expectations for assignments

24. English usage difficulties

25. Pressure to get good grades

26. “Everyone else is doing it”

27. “I can get away with it”

30. What can you do?

31. Be well-informed about all major research projects • Check your agenda on a daily basis • Set realistic goals for finishing assignments • Immediately record all Internet sources used (including photos and audio files) and record the access date

32. A brief list of what needs to be credited or documented • Words or ideas presented in a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium • Information you gain through interviewing or conversing with another person, face to face, over the phone, or in writing • When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase • When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures, or other visual materials • When you reuse or repost any electronically-available media, including images, audio, video, or other media The above information came from OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/ and accessed on 12/20/2010.

33. What doesn’t need to be documented or credited • Writing your own lived experiences, your own observations and insights, your own thoughts, and your own conclusions about a subject • When you are writing up your own results obtained through lab or field experiments • When you use your own artwork, digital photographs, video, audio, etc. • When you are using "common knowledge," things like folklore, common sense observations, myths, urban legends, and historical events (but not historical documents) • When you are using generally-accepted facts, e.g., pollution is bad for the environment, including facts that are accepted within particular discourse communities, e.g., in the field of composition studies, "writing is a process" is a generally-accepted fact. The above information came from OWL - Purdue Online Writing Labhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/ and accessed on 12/20/2010.

34. The least you should know… If you are ever worried that you may be plagiarizing… Ask your teacher or Go to the Loft Writing Center We want you to succeed!!

35. If you would like a copy of this presentation please send an email to John Belmont at jbelmont@sccd.ctc.edu

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