Copyright Common Sense Media Quick Check

Plagiarism is 

• using some or all of someones work and saying its yours
• collaborating online
• giving credit to the author 
• researching a topic

What is copyright

• To copy information on a paper correctly.

• To copy and use other work

• To copy a story.

• To use and write a story

It is okay to use a friend's work and call it my own if he/she will never see it? 

• True
• False

If you are going to use a portion of work on your assignment. What do you have to do?

• Copy Authors last name

• Copy Book Title

• Cite Resource

What is a citation?

• an apology to your friend for using their work
• a formal note that gives credit to an author

When you cite a resource, what do you have to include?

• Book Title

• Author's name

• Year of publication

• All of the above.

If you have a question on how to cite resources, who can ask?

• the librarian (ME)

• your teacher

• BOTH

Ginny finds a paragraph about Martin Luther King Jr. online. She copies and pastes the paragraph into her book report.

She doesn’t give credit to the author. If her teacher finds out, Ginny will most likely:

• Be told good job for being resourceful

• Get in trouble for copying and using someone else's work without giving them credit

• Not get into trouble