I have been a college student for three years now. I learned way back when what academic integrity
is and I respect it. Having said that,
it’s always good to be reminded about it so that you don’t get lazy or
complacent with your work. Some new
ideas that have been introduced to me include the first video clip. It gave a fast and easy way to make sure you’re
citing your work properly by asking yourself a few simple questions. This will make citing easier for me in the
future. I am not unclear about anything
regarding plagiarism since I don’t do it, however how does a teacher or
instructor know when and if someone is plagiarizing? Another thing that confuses me a bit, is most
people do not plagiarize on purpose, how do we avoid this from happening?
3 comments:
I think some teachers use this site
to check for plagiarism.
http://turnitin.com/
Vicky Heatley
Hi Jamie
I agree that it's good to be reminded about academic integrity. I mentioned in my post this week too that I sometimes get overwhelmed with the responsibility of citing everyone correctly. I'm always nervous I'll get in trouble for inadvertently misquoting or misciting a source, although that is never my intent. So, I tend to put more citations in than I probably need!
Hello. I agree that we have to respect academic integrity and every once in a while need to be reminded about it. I think it is relatively easy to plagiarize something, especially in a research class like this one, where we are asked to cite sources. You asked, "how does a teacher or instructor know when and if someone is plagiarizing?" A lot of schools have programs where you can put the student's writing into it, and it will scan the internet to see if it's quoted from something else. I think a lot of college students plagiarize by taking a phrase and rewording it without realizing it.
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