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PLAGIARISM PRIMER for T.A.s
Chris HackettOffice of Student Judicial AffairsTruth In Education program
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PLAGIARISM
Code of Student Behaviour 30.3.2(1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person’s as the Student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
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PLAGIARISM
Code of Student Behaviour 30.3.2(1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person’s as the Student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
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PLAGIARISM
Code of Student Behaviour 30.3.2(1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person’s as the Student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
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PLAGIARISM
Code of Student Behaviour 30.3.2(1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person’s as the Student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
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PLAGIARISM
Code of Student Behaviour 30.3.2(1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person’s as the Student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
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ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM?It: Rejected – Too many hits to countIt seems: 11,160,000 matchesIt seems to: 3,050,000 matchesIt seems to me: 1,580,000 matchesIt seems to me that: 844,000 matchesIt seems to me that this: 29,700 matchesIt seems to me that this should: 237 matchesIt seems to me that this should not: 20 matchesIt seems to me that this should not be: 9 matchesIt seems to me that this should not be unusual: 0 matches
Taken from Collins, Paul. “Dead Plagiarist’s Society.” on Slate.com. Retrieved from http://slate.com/id.2153313/ on November 27, 2006.
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DETECTION
Compare style, diction, look for inconsistenciesOut of context information or irrelevant facts/names/datesGoogleText-matching software
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REPORTING
Professor responsible to deal with plagiarismTIME!Obligation?
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PROCESS
TA notifies instructor
Instructormeets w/student
Submits reportto Dean
University AppealBoard (UAB)
Discipline Officer investigates
Dean investigates
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POSSIBLE SANCTIONS
Zero on test, assignment or paperReprimandGrade reduction in courseF in courseNotation on transcriptConduct ProbationSuspensionExpulsion
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DISCUSSION = PREVENTIONPromotes awareness about what plagiarism isLets students know you take it seriouslyThey generate ideas on why it’s importantUnderstand consequences more clearly
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WHY DO WE CARE?
Generate ideas on why proper use of sources is important.
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PROGRAM
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RESOURCES
Academic Integrity website: www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/tieUniversity of Alberta Libraries website: www.library.ualberta.ca/guidesStudent Services www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/studentservices
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