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Plagiarism - Don ’ t Do It

Plagiarism - Don ’ t Do It. Kirstie Hawkey originally written in 2003 when I was a PhD Student, Teaching Assistant, & Lecturer. Academic Integrity Quiz. Individually Small Group. Don ’ t Do It. In order not to “ do it ” , you need to know what it is.

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Plagiarism - Don ’ t Do It

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  1. Plagiarism - Don’t Do It Kirstie Hawkey originally written in 2003 when I was a PhD Student, Teaching Assistant, & Lecturer

  2. Academic Integrity Quiz • Individually • Small Group

  3. Don’t Do It • In order not to “do it”, you need to know what it is. • Go to Dalhousie’s Academic Integrity website (http://www.dal.ca/dept/university_secretariat/academic-integrity.html) • Talk to our CS Librarian Gwendolyn McNairn if you have questions • For each class, find out what level of collaboration is allowed

  4. In-class exercise • You Quote It, You Note It tutorial • http://libcasts.library.dal.ca/Tutorials/QuoteNoteA/

  5. Do you REALLY understand? • Don’t sign anything that says that you understand what plagiarism or academic integrity is unless you really do understand it • Make it your first priority to really understand it • http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/online_tutorials.html

  6. Another Good Tutorial • https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/sitemap.html

  7. Don’t Do It • We can catch you… we have the technology • Google – a great way to find information, a great way to find where plagiarizers found information • Your TA’s and professors are computer scientists with brains used to seeing patterns. Changing a few words or rearranging something rarely fools us.

  8. Don’t Do It • Dalhousie has subscribed to SafeAssign • Compares submissions with online databases

  9. It’s not just writing • We can analyze your code and detect similarities • Compiled code can be compared to the submissions of previous years. • Rearranging functions and renaming variables and changing indentation doesn’t change the underlying structure – and that is what is compared.

  10. Learn how to express yourself • Demonstrate to your professor that you know the material • Your ability to cut and paste is not what you will be marked on. • A paper full of quotations says that you don’t understand it well enough to use your own words

  11. Protect yourself • Don’t let others see your written words. • Keep collaboration with others at the concept level. • Lock your computer when you leave it, even if just for a minute. • Make sure you are aware what is being submitted on your behalf for group work.

  12. Don’t Do It • The faculty is making a strong effort to curb plagiarism. • Don’t become the next person with an F in a course and a notation on their transcript of academic dishonesty for the sake of a better mark on a 4% assignment • What seems like the easy way out at the time carries some heavy consequences

  13. Faculty AIOs • Computer Science • Dr. Denis Riordan, Associate Dean • Email: denis.riordan@dal.ca • Dr. Christian Blouin • Email: christian.blouin@dal.ca • Graduate Studies • Dr. Eileen Denovan-Wright, Associate Dean • Email: eileen.denovan-wright@dal.ca

  14. Don’t Do It • Just don’t 

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