This session was presented by Kelly Burke, Librarian Kelsey Campus for ILDC Kelsey. The session identifies factors that may cause students to plagiarize and discusses how to prevent plagiarism.

1. Presented by Kelly Burke
(slides created by Juliet Nielson)
ILDC Workshop
February 2, 2012

2. Outline
 Defining plagiarism
 Why students plagiarize
 Preventing plagiarism
 Reporting plagiarism: SIAST policy/Academic
Integrity
 Detecting plagiarism

3. Please ask lots of questions!
And lets have lots of discussion!

4. Defining Plagiarism
 Intentional:
 to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as
one's own : use (another's production) without crediting
the source . (www.merriam-webster.com)
 Unintentional:
 Quoting an author inaccurately
 Misrepresenting the authors words (poor summarizing)
 Citing the wrong source

5. Why Student’s Plagiarize …
 Research Skills or Writing Skills
 Poor research skills
 Confusion about paraphrasing
 Careless note-taking in class
 Confusion over how to properly cite resources
 Misunderstanding
 What plagiarism actually is
 What is common knowledge
 “Public information” vs. copyright, intellectual property

6. Why Student’s Plagiarize … con’t
 Outside factors which affect our students
 Scholarships or competition
 Consumer mentality
 Learning vs. grades
 Internal factors which affect our students
 Time management
 Cultural/Generational factors?

7. Preventing Plagiarism …
 Teach citation standards (APA, MLA …)
 Proper citation demonstrates good research = stronger
paper
 Address common problems with how to cite
 Not everything on the web is “free-for-use”
 Teach students what plagiarism is
 The core concepts of plagiarism

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9. Preventing Plagiarism … con’t
 Assignment design
 Spacing out due dates
 Focused Assignments
 Change paper subjects for every class
 Describe and explain SIAST’s Policy on Student
Conduct, Academic Dishonesty
 Describe what the penalties are for plagiarism
 “Trust issues” between instructor and student

11. Detecting Plagiarism
 Quality of writing/ inconsistent writing through paper
 Use of language (above their level)
 Font differences (through paper)
 Paper does not fully match with assignment

12. Detection Software
 Google – www.google.com
 Library Databases
 Turnitin - http://turnitin.com
 Plagiarism dot org - http://www.plagiarism.org/
 Word Check - http://www.wordchecksystems.com/
 Eve 2 - http://www.canexus.com/eve/index.shtml
 Paper Mills
 http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/mills2.ht
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 This is a comprehensive list of paper mills

13. Questions?