4. Plagiarism: what is it?

a) copying part or all of another student's assignment

Never ask another person to write your assignment. Never lend another student your assignment. If you work together in groups on an assignment, make sure you document your own contribution, or, if required, hand in your own version.

b) allowing another person to write some or all of an assignment

Make sure your assignment is all your own work.

c) copying paragraphs, sentences or parts of sentences directly from texts or the internet without enclosing them in quotation marks or otherwise showing them to be copied. Even if the source is acknowledged, this is still plagiarism

Do not cut and paste. A text matching tool like TurnItIn.com can identify a section of text matching online sources and can calculate the percentages of matching text. Click here to see a sample report of TurnItIn.com software. You can see how the software highlights the segments of text that have been copied and from which online sources.

The correct format for quotations is to put quotation marks around the quoted words and (Author/s, date, page number/s). For example:

d) Using concepts or developed ideas, even if paraphrased or summarised, from another person, from texts or the internet, without acknowledging the source

When you use ideas and concepts from texts or online sources, make sure you have acknowledged the sources, including author/s date and page number/s.

For example:

e) copying graphics, architectural plans, multimedia works or other forms of intellectual property without appropriate acknowledgment

In other words, if you use other people’s WORDS or IDEAS or GRAPHICS, you must acknowledge them. That is, you must CITE the sources you have used, including author/s, date and page number/s (where available).

For example:

Table 1: Criteria for Coursebook Assessment

OR

Figure 1: Condessa de Chinchon by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

(Source: Condessa de Chinchon 1880)

In your Harvard stye reference list, this online source would be:

Condessa de Chinchon 1880, Francisco Goya, viewed 4 March 2008, http://www.imageone.com/goya/chinchon.html.

Quiz Section

	I only plagiarise if I pass off the words of someone else as my own; I can use pictures or tables without referencing.

	Academic dishonesty does NOT include:  using a graph without acknowledging the source  copying parts of sentences directly from the source without enclosing          them in quotation marks  copying part of another student’s assignment  paraphrasing an idea and citing the source

	Each of the following sentences has used wording from an academic source. Which is presented correctly?  The second stage of the marketing plan is the ‘blueprint’ (McCarthy, 1997).  The second stage of the marketing plan is the blueprint (McCarthy).  The second stage of the marketing plan is the ‘blueprint’          (McCarthy, 1997, p. 595).  None of the above

	If I include a table or diagram taken from a source in my assignment, I must:  mention the source as well as the date and page number  mention the source only if I have copied it exactly enclosing them in          quotation marks  mention the source  none of the above