This document discusses plagiarism and the plagiarism policy of Jacksonville State University's College of Education and Professional Studies. It defines plagiarism as taking credit for another's work and ideas as one's own. The policy states that a first plagiarism offense results in an F and mandatory plagiarism seminar, while a second offense leads to dismissal from the program. It describes different types of plagiarism and emphasizes that intent does not matter - plagiarism is still plagiarism even if unintentional. Students are warned that professors have ways to detect plagiarism through tools like SafeAssign.

1. Dr. Janet L. Bavonese
Jacksonville State University
College of Education and Professional Studies
Plagiarism

2. What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism (noun) http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/plagiarism
 the practice of taking someone else’s work or
ideas and passing them off as one’s own
Synonyms
Cheating
Copying
Infringement
Theft
Stealing

3. JSU CEPS Policy on Plagiarism
Plagiarism: 1st
Offense- A student who plagiarizes will
receive a failing grade (“F”) in the course. In
addition, the student will be required to complete a
remedial seminar on plagiarism. Failure to do so will
result in an automatic 2nd
offense.
Plagiarism: 2nd
Offense: A student who plagiarizes a
second time will be dismissed from the program of
study, and will not be allowed to enroll in any other
program in the College of Education and
Professional Studies at Jacksonville State University.

4. Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism of Words
 The exact use of someone else’s words without citing the
author
Plagiarism of Structure
 Using someone else’s words by changing the sentence
structure or word choices or using the original sentence
structure with a few changed words

5. Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism of Ideas
 Presenting someone else’s ideas as your own
Plagiarism of Authorship
 Copying or turning in someone else’s work as your own
Plagiarism of Self
 Using previous work for an assignment for this course
 Previous work includes assignments for other courses,
assignments from this course for this term, or
assignments from this course from a previous term if you
are repeating the course

6. Intent of Plagiarism
Unintentional Plagiarism
 Paraphrasing poorly
 Quoting incorrectly
 Inaccurate citation
Intentional Plagiarism
 Pre-written papers or work from the Internet or other
sources
 Copying, cutting, pasting, or using words/phrases
without giving credit

7. Unintentional Plagiarism
It’s still plagiarism!
Intent does not matter
It is your responsibility as a graduate student to
write and cite correctly according to the APA 6th
Edition Manual
If you loan someone your paper, ideas, writing,
assignment, etc. and they plagiarize, you are also
responsible

8. Intentional Plagiarism
Reusing a paper or writing from a previous course as
original work for this course. You cannot reuse an
assignment from any previous course, including this
one if you are retaking it.
Copying an essay, article, online source and using it
without citations.
Borrowing words, ideas, or a paper from other
students in an effort to complete an assignment
Cutting and pasting words, phrases, paragraphs into
a paper without citations

9. Ways to Avoid Plagiarism
Think and write original thoughts.
When using a thought or source, cite it properly
using APA 6th
Ed. Manual.
Give credit to researchers when writing your own
work.
Follow APA 6th
Ed. Manual and cite all sources,
papers, books, electronic sources properly.
Do not copy, borrow, or rely on work from a “friend.”

10. “I didn’t know that was plagiarism”
Intent does not matter in cases of plagiarism.
As a graduate student, it is your responsibility to
guard against plagiarism in your work.
If you ‘loan’ or ‘show’ or ‘share’ your paper or work
with another student, and that student plagiarizes,
you are also responsible.
All students involved in a plagiarism incident are
responsible and will be held to the CEPS Plagiarism
Policy, regardless of intent.

11. Penalties
Plagiarism: 1st
Offense- A student who plagiarizes will
receive a failing grade (“F”) in the course. In
addition, the student will be required to complete a
remedial seminar on plagiarism. Failure to do so will
result in an automatic 2nd
offense.
Plagiarism: 2nd
Offense: A student who plagiarizes a
second time will be dismissed from the program of
study, and will not be allowed to enroll in any other
program in the College of Education and
Professional Studies at Jacksonville State University.

12. “But my professor won’t know”
Professors will know. Professors are equipped
with ways to detect plagiarism.
Blackboard SafeAssign is used to detect plagiarism
by comparing your work to outside sources, the
Internet, and other students.
“Other students” includes both present and past
students at this university and others nationwide.
Even if your assignment was not submitted on
SafeAssign, your professor has the option to run it
through the SafeAssign protocol using a direct
submission.

13. Reasons Students Plagiarize
Students:
See it as a shortcut to completing an assignment.
Lack original ideas due to a variety of reasons, most
often, failure to do the work needed to complete an
assignment.
Fail to manage time wisely and complete
assignments prior to deadlines.
Lack understanding of expectations and fail to seek
clarification.
Are sometimes just dishonest and lack integrity.

14. Resources
The librarians at Houston Cole Library can be
helpful in finding resources and showing you how to
cite them using APA 6th
Ed. Style.
Purdue Online Writing Lab at
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
If in doubt, ask specific questions to your professor,
recheck the syllabus, clarify the assignment.