1. What is it?  Stealing!  Claiming someone else’s work as your own PLAGIARISM

2. Why does it happen?  Unintentionally…not deliberately  Not understanding the text - unable to express the ideas in your own words  Not making a note of the reference when you first come across it

3. Academic plagiarism Other people’s ideas… We read them in texts We hear about them in lectures We discuss them in class We use them in our writing

4. Give credit where credit is due… Cite your source even if you have paraphrased Cite your source if your have mentioned another person’s idea Cite your source if you have used statistics

5. What is paraphrasing… Using your own words to explain someone else’s ideas. Keeping the meaning the same.

6. Why paraphrase? It demonstrates you understand what you have read; It demonstrates you understand the ideas. It shows effective summarising skills.

7. Paraphrasing… Read what you want to paraphrase Make sure you understand the text Close the book Write out the idea in your own words Use a thesuarus Be sure you are not just rearranging the words Check your words are different to the original text Don’t forget to cite the author at the end of your sentence (eg, Donatelle, 2007) AND include in the reference list.

8. Paraphrasing checklist Include a reference Is written in your own words Has quotation marks around any exact phrases from the original text Accurately reflects the author’s meaning

9. Getting a good grade! Supporting your views with expert opinions demonstrates that you have read widely Using information from a variety of sources shows you understand the topic “They say…I say…” Develop your own writing style

10. Don’t forget! Use quotation marks for direct quotes Use in-text referencing Provide a reference list Use APA referencing Don’t’ plagiarise!

11. Scenario 1: Student A has copied Student B’s work without asking permission of Student B. Is this acceptable or unacceptable? Why?

12. Scenario 2: Student A is shown a copy of Student B’s essay to give some help to Student A. Student A then copies sections of the essay. Is this acceptable or unacceptable? Why?

13. Scenario 3: Students A and B and C discuss in class some ideas for their essay. Student B then uses all of these ideas in their essay. Is this acceptable or unacceptable? Why?

14. Scenario 4 Student C hands in an essay which includes some statistics scanned from a text book. The text book is not in the reference list. Is this acceptable or not? Why?

15. Scenario 5 Student D hands in an essay with some words and phrases taken from Donatelle. Some of the text is copied directly; some of the text is not copied directly but the word order in the sentences has been changed. The essay is presented as the student’s own work. Is this acceptable or unacceptable? Why?

16. Scenario 6 Student A has used some information from the internet in their essay. The internet address is not included in the references. Is this acceptable or not? Why?

17. What do you think the lecturer of Foundation Studies should do if an incidence of plagiarism is discovered? What do you think the lecturer of a BN course should do if an incidence of plagiarism is discovered? Why do you think lecturers use Turnitin? Do you think Turnitin is a good idea? References: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=paraphrasing