Academic Misconduct

How can you avoid unintentional plagiarism?

• Paraphrasing properly by putting ideas in your own words.

• Citing your sources

• Researching well

Which of the following does not need to be cited:

• 
  Paraphrased information

• 
  Direct quotes

• Common knowledge

• 
  Secondary sources

In your attempt at paraphrasing, your ideas flowed in the same order as the source, had the same sentence structure and contained 4 identical words with the source. Is this plagiarism?

• Yes

• No

• Not sure

• It is more a case of not changing the author's ideas

True or False?

You don't have to cite information from the Internet and YouTube videos as it is common knowledge.

• True

• 
  False

When faced with a situation of academic dishonesty (group/individual) or one you are not sure about, the best course of action is to contact your Professor/Course Instructor ASAP.

• True

• 
  False

• Not really, contact the Academic Integrity Office instead.

Academic integrity is

• The commitment to and demonstration of dishonest and ethical conduct in an academic setting

• The commitment to and demonstration of partially completed school work

• The commitment to and demonstration of honest and ethical conduct in an academic setting

• Based on values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage

You do not need to put the source of images such as charts, graphs, illustrations or photographs used in projects and PowerPoint presentations. As such, this will not be considered as plagiarism.

• 
  True

• 
  False

• A slight bit but not really a major issue

When a student pays a third party money to complete their project, or they get a friend do it for them for free, why is this considered academic misconduct?

• Using one's resources wisely

• 
  Merely a monetary transaction

• Plagiarism

• Unearned academic advantage

Academic Integrity does not allow you to...

• Give credit to the authors and real sources

• Pass others work as yours

• 
  Be proud of our own honest efforts

• 
  Reuse your own work without citing

Which of the following is a penalty for academic misconduct?

• Revocation of a degree

• Disciplinary Notation on student's record

• Grade F

  Grade 0

• Disciplinary withdrawal from a program

• 
  Expulsion/

  permanent removal from the university