Plagiarism

By: Greg Donde

Outline

• What is plagiarism

• Types of plagiarism

• APA referencing for papers

• Plagiarism in the 21st century

• Consequences of plagiarism

Plagiarism

“Plagiarism is cheating and an appropriate penalty will be applied and a report will be placed in the student's file in conformance with College Policy 2-G-04 on cheating. Plagiarism (the intellectual dishonesty resulting from a student's failure to acknowledge indebtedness to sources used) is a serious academic offence that shall result in appropriate penalties, to be determined at the discretion of the course professor in consultation with the Divisional Chair. Penalties shall range from failure of an assignment to possible failure of the course” (Williams, 2014)

This statement is included in the course information sheet for every class at Fanshawe College:

What is Plagiarism

• Oxford dictionary describes plagiarism as:“The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas

and passing them off as one’s own” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2014).

Common Craft: Plagiarism Video

Video

Link: https://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism

Figure 1. The Plagiarism Spectrum [Image] Adapted from Turnitin (2014). Retrieved from

http://www.turnitin.com/assets/en_us/media/plagiarism_spectrum.php.

What does this mean?

• Ensure work submitted for assignments and essays is your own

• Give credit to the work of others by appropriately referencing and citing their material

• Health Sciences Division uses APA style referencing

In Text Citation

• If you are referring to an idea from another persons work but NOT directly quoting the material, you have to reference the author as it is their idea.

• For in text citation include the author and year of the publication in your in-text reference (Donde, 2014).

Direct Quotes in Text

• If you are quoting some else's work, “you need to include their work in quotation marks and then include the authors information” (Donde, 2014).

Reference List

• A reference list is found at the end of your paper and provides detailed information about the sources used.

• Example: • Journal

• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number (issue number), pages.

• Books• Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location:

Publisher.

• Electronic • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of online

periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved month day, year, from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Plagiarism in the 21ST Century also Includes:

Class presentationsOnline discussions

VideosMusic

Personal WebsitesPodcasts

Blogs

Plagiarism in the Online Context

• Copying of ideas and information from websites

• Copying media images

• Copying and using music

• Copying and using videos

• Copying and using television broadcasts

• Performing a persons copyrighted music

• Using information communication to you by Emails

What are the expectations

• That you produce original work

• That you cite, reference and give credit to the work of other individuals

How to Reference Images

Adapted from: You used an image

from a source and you edited it. This

includes resizing or cropping the image

changing the content.

Retrieved from: You used an image

from a source and have not changed it

in any way.

Figure 3. Picture of the lungs

[Image], Adapted from WebMD.

(2014). Retrieved from

http://www.webmd.com/lung/picture-

of-the-lungs.

LUNG

How to Reference a YouTube Video

• Creator, A. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.websiteaddress.com

Wall, D. (2014, January 14). Intubation demo [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfTP99Cu8Xg.

Legalities and Consequences

I wish I would have referenced

properly

Figure 5. Jail [Image] Adapted from Imgarcade. (2014). Retrieved

from http://imgarcade.com/1/jail-cartoon-clip-art/.

Consequences of Plagiarism

• Destroyed Student Reputation

• Destroyed Professional Reputation

• Destroyed Academic Reputation

• Legal Repercussions

• Monetary Repercussions

• Plagiarized Research

Plagiarism Quiz

Question 1

• What is Plagiarism? (Check all that apply) Changing a few words of a paragraph of someone else's work

Using material without crediting the source

Citing a source incorrectly

Stealing someone's pen

Translating someone's work into another language without referencing

Question 2

• Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it Yes that shows it is not your text

No that is an incomplete citation

Question 3

• Paraphrasing properly is to: Change a few words to make it your own and cite it

Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

Put quotation marks around it and then cite it

Question 4

• You use something from Facebook or Pinterest in a presentation, so you: Copy and paste the post

Give credit to the person you took it from

Question 5

• What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply) Legal repercussion

Suspension

Tarnished reputation

Monetary gain

Assignment

• Create a 500 word post on the management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) using a variety of online resources such as online discussions, videos, personal websites, podcasts and blogs as your resources.

• Ensure you cite your work, label any images and include a reference list

• Due: next Monday

Additional Resources

• https://www.citethisforme.com/

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

• http://www.tru.ca/library/pdf/apacitationstyle.pdf

References

• Donde, G. (2014). Screen Shot. Retrieved 1 November 2014, from http://students.olblogs.tru.ca/gdonde/

• Imgarcade. (2014). Retrieved 1 November 2014, from http://imgarcade.com/1/jail-cartoon-clip-art/

• Oxford Dictionaries. (2014). plagiarism: definition of plagiarism in Oxford dictionary (British & World English). Retrieved 2 November 2014, from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plagiarism

• Paul, J. (2014). http://info.socious.com/bid/31533/4-Ways-to-Keep-Discussion-Forums-Active-Online-Community-Tips.

• Turnitin. (2014). The Plagiarism Spectrum: Tagging 10 Types of Unoriginal Work. Retrieved 2 November 2014, from http://www.turnitin.com/assets/en_us/media/plagiarism_spectrum.php

• Wall, D. (2014, January 14). Intubation demo [Video file]. Retrieved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfTP99Cu8Xg

• WebMD. (2014). Picture of lungs [Image[ Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/lung/picture-of-the-lungs.

• Williams, P. (2014). RESP 5017 –Course information sheet [Class handout]. Health Sciences. Fanshawe College. London. Canada.