This document is an introduction to a three-part tutorial on understanding and avoiding plagiarism. Part one focuses on defining plagiarism and helping students understand what constitutes plagiarism through examples in a short quiz. It emphasizes the importance of academic integrity and cites sources, and outlines some of the academic and legal consequences of plagiarizing. The tutorial aims to help students properly cite sources, paraphrase and summarize information from others, and distinguish their own work.

1. Welcome
Kwantlen Plagiarism
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PART ONE
Understanding Plagiarism
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2. Overview
The tutorial consists of 3 separate parts & a final quiz
 Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
 Part 2: Avoiding plagiarism-Referencing skills
 Part 3: Avoiding plagiarism-Writing skills
Allow about 10 -15 minutes to
complete each part
Introduction
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3. Objectives
After finishing all three parts of the tutorial, you
should be able to:
 Explain the importance of academic integrity
 Explain what constitutes plagiarism
 Recognize instances of plagiarism
 Name various consequences of plagiarizing
 Describe why, what, where and how to cite
 Explain quoting, summarizing and paraphrasing
 Distinguish paraphrasing from patch writing
Introduction

4. Academic integrity
Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
 Do your own work
 Collaborate
 Acknowledge/cite
sources
 Present work
truthfully
 Responsibility
 Honesty
 Collegiality
 Respect

5. Plagiarism defined
“The action or
practice of taking
someone else's
work, idea, etc.,
and passing it off
as one's own”
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Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
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6. Plagiarism pretest
Can you figure out which ones of the following scenarios
are instances of plagiarism?
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Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
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7. Question 1
Correct. This is a severe form of
plagiarism. Although you made some
changes, you are still handing in
someone else’s work as your own.
Incorrect. This is a severe form of
plagiarism. Although you made some
changes, you are still handing in
someone else’s work as your own.
Submit ClearYou must answer the question
before continuing
You answered this correctly!
Select yes or no, then click SUBMIT to see the correct answer.
Then click anywhere to go to the next question
In your research you come across an essay that someone put online. It is
very close to your topic. You consider yourself lucky, copy it, and make a
few changes before you hand it in. Is this plagiarism?
You did not answer this question
completely
Your answer:
The correct answer is:
A) Yes
B)No

8. Question 2
Yes, this too is plagiarism. Although you
did the initial work, the paper you hand in
was in fact partially done by your friend.
Yes, this too is plagiarism. Although you
did the initial work, the paper you hand in
was in fact partially done by your friend.
Submit ClearYou must answer the question
before continuing
You answered this correctly!Your answer:
The correct answer is:
Select yes or no, then click SUBMIT to see the correct answer.
Then click anywhere to go to the next question
You have troubles expressing your ideas well in writing. Your friend is
very good at it and restructures and rewrites portions of your paper
before you hand it in. Is this plagiarism?
You did not answer this question
completely
A) Yes
B)No

9. Question 3
Correct. This is plagiarism. You always
need to cite your source.
Incorrect. This is plagiarism. You always
need to cite your source.
Submit ClearYou must answer the question
before continuing
You answered this correctly!
Select yes or no, then click SUBMIT to see the correct answer.
Then click anywhere to go to the next question
You include a photo you found on the internet in your paper. It said it was
free to use and didn’t have an author’s name or a copyright note on it.
Therefore, you don’t cite it. Is this plagiarism?
You did not answer this question
completely
Your answer:
The correct answer is:
A) Yes
B)No

10. Question 4
Correct. This is NOT plagiarism, because
you created the diagram yourself from
your own data.
Actually, this is NOT plagiarism, because
you created the diagram yourself from
your own data.
Submit ClearYou must answer the question
before continuing
You answered this correctly!
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Then click anywhere to go to the next question
For your assignment, you conduct your own survey. You create a
diagram to visually present your data. You don’t include a citation for the
diagram. Is this plagiarism?
You did not answer this question
completely
Your answer:
The correct answer is:
A) Yes
B)No

11. Correct. You need to cite borrowed
information, even if you put it into a new
form.
Incorrect. You need to cite borrowed
information, even if you put it into a new
form.
You answered this correctly!
Submit ClearYou must answer the question
before continuing
Select yes or no, then click SUBMIT to see the correct answer.
Then click anywhere to go to the next question
Question 5
You did not answer this question
completely
You create a table from various data you found in your research. As the
table is your own, new creation, you don’t include any citations. Is this
plagiarism?
Your answer:
The correct answer is:
A) Yes
B)No

12. Question 6
Correct. You are borrowing information
from your instructor, and therefore you
need to cite it.!
Incorrect. You are borrowing information
from your instructor, and therefore you
need to cite it!
Select yes or no, then click SUBMIT to see the correct answer.
Then click anywhere to go to the next question
You must answer the question
before continuing
You did not answer this question
completely Submit Clear
You take careful notes during class, writing down content from your
instructor’s lecture slides and some spoken remarks word for word. You
later use some of this information in your paper. Is it plagiarism if you
don’t cite your lecture notes?
You answered this correctly!Your answer:
The correct answer is:
A) Yes
B)No

13. Question 7
Correct. This is NOT plagiarism, but good
academic writing.!
Actually, this is NOT plagiarism, but good
academic writing!
Submit ClearYou must answer the question
before continuing
You answered this correctly!
Select yes or no, then click SUBMIT to see the correct answer.
Then click anywhere to go to the next question
You did not answer this question
completely
You summarize the main ideas of a long text you read in your own words.
You left out a lot of the detail, but decide to include a citation anyway. Is
this plagiarism?
Your answer:
The correct answer is:
A) Yes
B)No

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15. How is plagiarism detected?
Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
 Your instructors are familiar with literature in
their field
 Using specialized vocabulary or jargon
 Different writing styles in an essay
 Writing that exceeds your level of study
 Spot-checking your sources
 Instructors can Google too!

16. Why care? Personal reasons
Benefits of NOT plagiarizing
 Avoid compromising your own values
 Can be proud of your academic contribution
 Achieve better research and note-taking skills
 Develop better critical thinking skills
 Establish better writing skills
 Maintain your reputation and that of Kwantlen
 Integrate this knowledge into your life
 Avoid potential future professional and legal
consequences
Part 1: Understanding plagiarism

17. Why care? Academic reasons
Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
YOU MAY FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION
EVEN IF YOU PLAGIARIZED
UNINTENTIONALLY
 A grade of zero
 Failing grade in the
affected course
 Suspension or
expulsion from the
University
For more information see Kwantlen’s Policy C.8

18. A few famous plagiarism cases
Part 1: Understanding plagiarism
He lost his professorship and was fired from the
University of Witwatersrand, because he had
plagiarized his dissertation in many parts from a
thesis by doctoral student Kim Lanegran
He resigned after it was discovered that he had
plagiarized an article he wrote, entries for his blog
and potentially part of his Ph. D. thesis
A first time novelist, she had all her books withdrawn
and lost a lucrative book publishing deal when it was
discovered that he had plagiarized from several
novels
He resigned from the New York Times when it was
proven that he had plagiarized many of his articles
and falsified information
MARKS CHABEDI,
a professor
KAAVYA VISVANATHAN,
a Harvard student
CHRIS SPENCE, director
Toronto School Board
JAYSON BLAIR, a
reporter
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19. Recap part one
Plagiarism
 Violates the principle of academic integrity, which includes
responsibility for one’s own work, honesty, collegiality and
respect for the work of others
 Is pretending other people’s work or ideas are yours,
whether you do this intentionally or unintentionally
 Applies to ALL works or ideas of others, whether you read
them, saw them, heard them
 Can have severe academic, personal, professional and
even legal consequences
Part 1: Understanding plagiarism

20. Completion Part 1
You have completed Part One of the
Kwantlen Plagiarism Tutorial
Please exit now and take the short quiz for
Part One