Plagiarism

Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

How can we avoid plagiarism?

Poll

I understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid plagiarizing on assignments.

• STRONGLY DISAGREE

• DISAGREE

• NEITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE

• AGREE

• STRONGLY AGREE

Plagiarism is when you use someone else's work and/or ideas as your own, without giving them credit

• Using information word for word

• Not listing any resources used

• Copying information from multiple sources and pasting together

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: If you change a few words from information you copy it is not plagiarism.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: If something is considered common knowledge you don't have to cite a source.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Common knowledge is things most people know.

• Carrots are a vegetable

• Joe Biden is President of the United States

• Lebron James plays basketball

• Grass is green

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: If you want to use a quote from an article you need to use quotation marks AND say the name of the author or text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Poll

I think it's easy for teachers to see if students have plagiarized on an assignment.

• STRONGLY DISAGREE

• DISAGREE

• NEITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE

• AGREE

• STRONGLY AGREE

Teachers can tell when you're plagiarizing!

• Not changing the font when you've copied something

• Websites to check thousands of resources

• Copying and pasting your work into Google

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is not a common consequence for plagiarism?

• Being kicked out of your college

• Your hand being cut off

• Getting a 0 on the assignment

• Having to redo an assignment

Multiple Choice

IS THIS PLAGIARISM? -->

Ms. Yang changed a few words in a paragraph she copied from a website, but didn't list the website or author.

• YES, it is plagiarism

• NO, it is not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

IS THIS PLAGIARISM? -->

Coach Espinoza listed "Google" as the only resource they used on an assignment.

• YES, it is plagiarism

• NO, it is not plagiarism

Multiple Choice

IS THIS PLAGIARISM? -->

Mr. Clark put quotation marks around a quote from a news story and listed who said it.

• YES, it is plagiarism

• NO, it is not plagiarism