Plagiarism awareness

The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.

• Citation

• Bibliography

• Plagiarism

• Newton's Law

Plagiarism and cheating are the same thing.

• Not really
• Sometimes
• I don't know
• Always!

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do you need to do to properly cite your sources?

• Give the Website URL

• Put the author's/editor's/organisation's name and the date of the sources

• Put a star next to the information

• You don't have to list sources.

Plagiarism is wrong because it deprives someone else of due credit for their work.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Running out of time and forgetting to put all of your citations in the References is an acceptable excuse for plagiarism.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Failing to familiarize yourself with the University's policies regarding plagiarism is not an adequate defense for violation of those policies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The primary reason to cite your sources is to avoid what?

• A lawsuit
• Plagiarism
• A failing grade
• Confusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is common knowledge? 

• Knowledge that the average person would know without having to look it up.
• Knowledge that you would only know if you are in college.
• Information that most people DO NOT know.

Does the following sentence need to be cited?
"A baby dog is called a puppy."

• No, because it is common knowledge.
• Yes, you have to cite all information.
• Yes, because it is from a website.
• I don't know.

What kind of software is EndNote an example of?

• Reference management software.

• Productivity software.

• Time management software.

• Mathematical software.