Academic Integrity Assignment

After viewing the Academic Integrity Policy and the Common Craft: Plagiarism
Video, please respond to the following questions:

Video: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism

1. Plagiarism is commonly referred to aspassing off another persons work

as ones own.

2. How will student work be checked for plagiarism? (List at least two ways)
All students work may be subject to a plagiarism check using various
methods including the use of plagiarism identification software Turnitin.
Turnitin checks student work against a vast database of writings to
determine if all parts or part of a paper come from another source. Student
work will also be routinely compared to the work other students in the
course to ensure academic integrity is maintained.

3. Sanctions for plagiarism include (list at least two possible consequences):

Students who fail to maintain academic integrity and are found to have
violated this policy will be subject to sanctions including receiving a zero on
the assignment, a note on the student record, or expulsion from the course
in which the violation occurred.

4. What is the difference between accidental plagiarism and deliberate

plagiarism?
Accidental plagiarism is usually a result of poor citation or referencing or
poor preparation or a misunderstanding of plagiarism. Deliberate plagiarism
is an attempt to claim another persons work as ones own.

5. How can you avoid plagiarism, while still integrating support (ideas and
quotes) in your own work?
 It is expected that all students ideas are original and appropriately sourced,
which means that students will identify when work is not their original idea
and will appropriately cite the original source.

6. Other than the written work, what other items can be plagiarized? Can you
still use these items? How?
Other than written work, journalistic plagiarism can occur when a reporter
fails to honestly acknowledge ones sources and undercuts the credibility of
the newspaper or television news shows. There is also artistic plagiarism
which includes imitation, replication and forgery. I suppose that you could
still use these items, however the integrity of the person or organization
publishing such work would be put into question. If you are to use
journalistic or artistic works, it is important to cite works as you would with
written works.

7. Do some internet research and find at least one website (not listed in the
Academic Integrity Policy or on the Common Craft Video) that helped you
understand how to avoid plagiarism.

http://en.writecheck.com/ways-to-avoid-plagiarism/

Please sign (type name) after you have reviewed the statement below

I have reviewed both the Academic Integrity Policy and viewed the Common
Craft: Plagiarism video. I have a good understanding of Plagiarism and how
avoid this practice. If I have any questions (before the course begins or when
completing an assignment), I will send my questions to the teacher before I
submit my work.

Jacob Budai

(Type Name=Signature of Understanding)

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