This document discusses plagiarism, including what it is, why students should avoid it, and how to properly cite sources to avoid plagiarism accusations. It defines plagiarism as passing off another's work as one's own, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The document outlines the college's plagiarism policy and penalties. It provides examples of accidental and intentional plagiarism and discusses how to properly incorporate references and citations to avoid plagiarism. Topics covered include paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, the differences between collusion and collaboration, copyright, and using referencing guides. Students are encouraged to practice good research and citation habits.

1. Plagiarism

2. Plagiarism
- Why should I care?
- What is the college
policy?
- What is plagiarism,
collusion and
copyright?
- How can I avoid it? Paperrater (n.d.) Plagiarism [online]. Available from:
https://www.paperrater.com/page/plagiarism-detection [ Accessed 20 September 2017].

3. Why Should I Care?
Tutors or
teachers
will
investigate
and refer.
You may be
given a
disciplinary
meeting and
further
consequences
.
Your work
may not be
accepted.
The College sees plagiarism in the same way as cheating
in an exam.

4. What is the College Policy?
“Plagiarism is the
incorporation by a
student, in work for
assessment, of the
material that is not
their own (this will
include copying all or
substantial parts of
their assessed work from
other sources, such as
books, CDs, internet
sources or other
people’s work), and
presenting it as their
own, whether intentional
or not.”
Working together to produce work
that one person submits.
Copying from another student, an
author or an internet source.
It does not matter if you didn’t
mean to do it.

5. Sam Smith had
to give co-
credit for
“Stay with
me” to
American
musician Tom
Petty
Barack Obama
used parts
of someone
else's
speech in
2008.
J K Rowling was
accused of
copying the
story of ‘Willy
the Wizard’ for
‘Harry Potter
and the Goblet
of Fire’.
Niki Minaj
was accused
of copying
another song
for her hit
‘Starships’.
She was also
accused of
copying her
wig designs!
Beyoncé was sued
for allegedly
copying another
choreographer’s
dance moves in
one of her
videos.
Justin Bieber
was accused
of copying
someone
else’s song
for his hit
‘Somebody to
Love’.
What do these celebrities have in common?
Although some of these examples may stem from jealousy, it
illustrates how easy it is to plagiarise work without realising.

6. What is plagiarism?
Taking somebody else’s work and passing it off as your
own, whether on purpose or by accident.

7. Spot the
difference!
Think of your work as the picture on the left,
and the journal/internet source that you used as
the picture on the right.
Do you think there is enough difference between
the two to actually say that the work on the left
is yours?

8. Ok or
Not?
Your brother did the same
course as you last year.
You have copy and pasted a
couple of paragraphs from
his essay into your own.
You found a great ebook.
You’ve typed some of it in
your essay but you’ve
changed some words.
You’ve put lots of
quotations and summaries
from various sources, but
you’ve not credited them.
You worked with a few friends
while writing your essay.
You’ve all written similar
things.

9. Intentiona
l?
Intentional Unintentional
Handing in someone else’s work
and pretending it is your own.
Studying with a partner and
unknowingly using the same
quotations and ideas.
Copying someone else’s work.
Writing a summary, but not
changing enough words.
Deliberately copy and pasting
from a website.
Copying something to change at
a later date, and then
forgetting.
Not including any references
or citations.
Forgetting a reference.

10. What do I need to Reference?
Common Knowledge
- If it is a well-known fact that most people know, you do
not need to provide a reference.
Researched Facts
- If you looked it up, or found the information during your
research, you probably need to reference it.
If in doubt, reference.

11. Common Knowledge
• Barack
Obama
• Former
Presiden
t of USA
Common
knowledge
No need to
reference
• His
father
was born
of Luo
ethnicity
in a
Kenyan
provinceNot a well-
known fact,
this would
need research.
Reference
• He was a
civil
rights
lawyer &
teacher,
before
becoming a
politician
Some may know
this but it
would be
better to
double-check.
Reference

12. What is copyright?
The exclusive right of the owner to distribute, copy,
perform or publish their work.

13. What is protected?
novels
newspapers
journal
articles
text
posters
TV shows
radio
websites
games
pictures
songs
scores
podcasts
lyrics
scripts
films
plays
ballet
home
videos
Basically anything created by
someone…

14. What do I do?
- Check the license.
- Reference everything you use.
- Use the Harvard Referencing Guide for
help.
Come upstairs in the library and see the Learning Facilitators for one of these!

15. What is collusion?
Collusion means working with others to deceive

16. Collusion
Collusion means working with others to deceive.
Group work is great
because:
Discussion
can help
you to
understand
things
better.
It can
inspire
new
research
directions
.
You can
get help
with
specific
problems.

17. Collusion means working with others to deceive.
Group work becomes collusion
when:
You use
the same
wording,
quotations
and
structure
as your
friend.
A friend
rewrites
some of
your work
for you.
Someone
tells you
what to
write.
Collusion

18. My friends & I
discussed the
topic & I
understand it
better now.
I’ll do some
more research.
Working
together to aid
understanding.
No collusion
I allowed my
friend to use
elements of
my essay in
her work,
with no
credit given.
My friend and
I sat
together, used
the same
research,
wording &
quotations.
This will
look like you
have copied
each other.
Collusion
This is
blatant
cheating.
Collusion
Collusion

19. What do I do?
Citations
short references within the text
Summary (source, year) (Smith, 1996)
Quotation or
paraphrase
(source, year, page
no.)
(Smith, 1996, p.156)

20. What do I do?
References
Full details of the source, included at the end of the text.
Different sources must be referenced differently. Check your Harvard Referencing Gui
Name Date Title
Place of
Publication
Publisher
Smith, J. (1996)
Sport
Psychology.
London: Routledge

21. Top Tips!
Don’t
copy and
paste.
Write a
full
reference
at the
top of
your
notes.
Write your
assignments
by
yourself.
Practice
summarising-
no more than
2 words in a
row the
same.
Use your
Harvard
Referencing
Guide.
Don’t
reference
Wikipedia..
.
Follow
their
sources.
Come and
see the
Learning
Facilitator
s if you
are unsure.

22. Your turn…
1) Go to the ISS Moodle page.
2) Click on ‘Information Skills’
3) Click on ‘Copyright, Referencing and Plagiarism’.
4) Scroll down and try the activities.
5) Click on the ‘Study Smart: Earn the Badges’ to earn
your study skills badges.
Good Practice, Bad Practice or
Plagiarism?
Common Knowledge or
Researched Fact?
Vocab matching Badges!