The document defines plagiarism as submitting another's work as one's own without proper citation or credit. Plagiarism includes copying text, images, artwork or music from sources like books, articles, the internet or other media without attribution. It also covers copying directly from other students' assignments. Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and is wrong because it is stealing another's work and lying about the source of the ideas or content. Lecturers can detect plagiarism using software like Turnitin that checks for uncited copying from other sources.

1. Plagiarism!

2. What is plagiarism?
• Plagiarism means submitting the work of others as your own
(or allowing someone else to copy and submit your work as
their own)

3. What is plagiarism?
• Plagiarism means submitting the work of others as your own
(or allowing someone else to copy and submit your work as
their own)
• Plagiarism can be defined as
– Using another's production without crediting the source
– Committing literary theft
– Presenting as new and original an idea or product derived
from an existing source.
Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

4. What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism occurs if you copy
any of the following without
giving proper credit:
• Text
• Images
• Artwork
• Music

5. What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism occurs if you copy
any of the following without
giving proper credit:
• Text
• Images
• Artwork
• Music
From sources such as:
• Books
• Journal articles
• Internet
• CDs or DVDs
• Magazines or newspapers

6. What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism occurs if you copy
any of the following without
giving proper credit:
• Text
• Images
• Artwork
• Music
From sources such as:
• Books
• Journal articles
• Internet
• CDs or DVDs
• Magazines or newspapers
It also includes copying from your classmates or seniors’
assignments!

7. It is plagiarism if you…
• Turn in someone else’s work as your own.

8. It is plagiarism if you…
• Turn in someone else’s work as your own.
Example
For her assignment in Business Finance,
Farah uses her senior’s assignment and
submits it with a few minor changes.

9. It is plagiarism if you…
• Turn in someone else’s work as your own.
Example
For his assignment on “Ethical
Issues in Cloning”, Eric buys an
essay from a website and submits it.
Example
For her assignment in Business Finance,
Farah uses her senior’s assignment and
submits it with a few minor changes.

10. It is plagiarism if you…
• Turn in someone else’s work as your own.
Example
For his assignment on “Ethical
Issues in Cloning”, Eric buys an
essay from a website and submits it.
Example
For her assignment in Business Finance,
Farah uses her senior’s assignment and
submits it with a few minor changes.
Example:
Alan copies the answers to the
questions from his lab partner’s
worksheet and hands it in.

11. It is plagiarism if you…
• Copy words or ideas from someone else
without giving credit

12. It is plagiarism if you…
• Copy words or ideas from someone else
without giving credit
Example
For his presentation on the use of
solar power, Richard copies the
diagrams and pictures from a
website. He does not include the
website source in his presentation
slides.

13. It is plagiarism if you…
• Copy words or ideas from someone else
without giving credit
Example
For his presentation on the use of
solar power, Richard copies the
diagrams and pictures from a
website. He does not include the
website source in his presentation
slides.
Example
Rani finds an article on the Dangers
of Smoking. She summarises the
ideas in this article and submits it for
her physiology assignment. Although
she has used her own words, she
does not list the article as a
reference.

14. Why is plagiarism wrong?

15. Why is plagiarism wrong?
• It is wrong to plagiarise as it badly affects your
learning

16. Why is plagiarism wrong?
• It is wrong to plagiarise as it badly affects your
learning
• Plagiarism involves both stealing someone
else's work and lying about it afterwards

17. Why is plagiarism wrong?
• It is wrong to plagiarise as it badly affects your
learning
• Plagiarism involves both stealing someone
else's work and lying about it afterwards
• Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty,
as bad as cheating in an examination.

18. How would lecturers know that I have
plagiarised?

19. How would lecturers know that I have
plagiarised?
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic uses a software called Turnitin,
which can detect copying in student’s submissions.

20. How would lecturers know that I have
plagiarised?
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic uses a software called Turnitin,
which can detect copying in student’s submissions.
• Turnitin detects copying. This could be:
 Dishonestly copied materials from another source (plagiarism)
 Properly referenced quotes from another source (no problem)

21. How would lecturers know that I have
plagiarised?
• Turnitin indicates the proportion of an assignment
copied from other sources.

22. How would lecturers know that I have
plagiarised?
• Turnitin indicates the proportion of an assignment
copied from other sources.
• Your lecturers will determine if plagiarism has actually
occurred by determining if the copied passages were
properly referenced in 2 places:
– The body of the assignment; and
– In the reference list.