ALL ABOUT PLAGIARISM

ALL ABOUT PLAGIARISM
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What is plagiarism?
To plagiarize is "to use another person's idea or a part of their work and pretend that it is your own"
(Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2009). This includes:
Copying or paraphrasing material from any source without due acknowledgment
Using another's ideas without due acknowledgment.
Plagiarism can be unintentional. Unintentional plagiarism is generally manifested where students do not have an intention to deceive the teacher (Sutherland-Smith, 2008)
Plagiarism detection software
There are a number of methods for determining if plagiarism has occurred. One method is to use plagiarism detection software, such as Turnitin.
Turnitin
Submitting a paper in Turnitin
To submit a paper in Turnitin, follow the steps:
Click on the submit icon
Select "file upload"
Enter the title of the paper
Click the Browse button to find the file on your computer
Click Submit
Reports in Turnitin
Turnitin utilizes colour conventions to indicate the overall similarity of text between the student paper and Turnitin sources. Possible similarity indices are:
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References
Cambridge Dictionaries Online. (2009). Retrieved February 2, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=60393&dict=CALD
Sutherland-Smith, W. (2008). Plagiarism, the internet and student learning: improving academic integrity. New York: Routledge.
Last edited: 17-Apr-20