Plagiarism Bootcamp

1. Plagiarism Bootcamp The 80-Minute Mental Workout

2. Today is for: Asking questions, Admitting mistakes, Strengthening citation skills, Ensuring this doesn’t happen again. Goals

3. Why do we cite? Purpose.

4. When you are using someone else’s language. • When you are using someone else’s idea(s). When to cite

5. Why do we plagiarize? Come Clean.

6. Academic Honesty Detecting plagiarism in English 150 and 250 is often fairly easy for an instructor who is familiar with your work. Once detected, it is mandatory that the Director of Foundation Courses be notified and consulted about consequences. Read thoroughly all of the material provided in your ISUCommStudent Guide 2011 - 2012, (page 33). Also read pages 191 – 192 in The Everyday Writer (Lunsford) and pages 415 – 418 in The Call to Write (Trimbur). Plagiarism is a serious legal and ethical breach, and it is treated as such by the university. If you have questions about using work other than your own in your paper, see your instructor before you turn in an assignment. ISUComm Policy

7. ISUCommStudent Guide 2011 – 2012 p. 33 The Everyday Writer p. 191 – 192 The Call to Write p. 415 – 418 Other Resources: Purdue Owl Week 2 on Moodle The Writing and Media Help Center Resources

8. Lifting whole sentences or paragraphs. • No quotes used. • No in-text citations. • Block quoting. • No works cited page. Commonly Documented Cases of Plagiarism

9. From Student: Once completed, the Mirage will be a training environment consisting of graphic displays, human and weapon tracking systems, and real-world sets and props that can be quickly moved and reconfigured to create different training scenarios. From Website: …same sentence, word-for-word. “Lifting”

10. Once completed, the Mirage will be a training environment consisting of graphic displays, human and weapon tracking systems, and real-world sets and props that can be quickly moved and reconfigured to create different training scenarios. Quote or Paraphrase When VRAC engineers finish building this facility, it will be used by the military to generate “training scenarios,” featuring realistic scenes of combat and tracking technology (Major Facilities). “Lifting”Corrected

11. From student: Part of the Garden’s goal is to show gardeners how to have beautiful and practical gardens and cut the use of chemicals, incorporate more native and hardy plants and use less labor. From website: “It's Reiman Gardens' goal to show gardeners how to have beautiful and practical gardens and cut the use of chemicals, incorporate more native and hardy plants, and use less labor.” No Quotes

12. Part of the Garden’s goal is, “to show gardeners how to have beautiful and practical gardens and cut the use of chemicals, incorporate more native and hardy plants and use less labor” (About the Gardens). No Quotes:Corrected

13. Founded by President Geoffrey in 2008, the mission of Live Green! is to find conventional ways to help not only preserve our campus, but to expand their research and find ways to help worldwide. This coincides with Iowa State’s mission statement almost verbatim. President Geoffrey presented a challenge when he started this initiative. Which line needs a citation? No Credit GivenIn-Text Citations

14. It’s mission statement says: “The mission of the Iowa State University Library Special Collections Department is to identify, select, preserve, create access to, provide reference assistance for, and promote the use of rare and unique research materials that support major research areas of Iowa State University as outlined in section II of this Collection Development Policy. The Department maintains these research materials because they are best managed separately from the ISU Library's General Collection due to their subject area, rare/unique qualities, source, physical condition, or form” (Mission and Collection Policy). This statement follows true to the purpose… Block Quoting

15. It’s mission statement says: The mission of the Iowa State University Library Special Collections Department is to identify, select, preserve, create access to, provide reference assistance for, and promote the use of rare and unique research materials that support major research areas of Iowa State University as outlined in section II of this Collection Development Policy. The Department maintains these research materials because they are best managed separately from the ISU Library's General Collection due to their subject area, rare/unique qualities, source, physical condition, or form. (Mission and Collection Policy) This statement follows true to the purpose… Block Quoting:Corrected

16. Works Cited Page

17. Typed 12-point Serif Font Header Margins Title Double-spaced. 1 space after punctuation. Follow it!MLA Formatting.

21. Famous Cases of Plagiarism: • According to a Boston University investigation into academic misconduct, Martin Luther King plagiarized approximately one third of his doctoral thesis. He also appropriated others’ text, without credit, for his famous speeches, including "I Have A Dream". • Senator Joseph Biden was forced to withdraw from the 1988 Democratic Presidential nominations when it was revealed that he had failed a course in law school due to plagiarism. It was also shown that he had copied several campaign speeches, notably those of British Labour leader Neil Kinnock and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In both cases he was essentially exonerated.  • Helen Keller was accused of plagiarism as a young girl for a school composition. Mortified, she determined to have all future compositions screened by her friends before submission. You aren’t alone…

22. That’s our goal at ISUComm! We want to prepare you for the real world, which will require you to… COMPOSE. What’s the value in all this?