Academic Integrity Assignment

After viewing the Academic Integrity Policy and the Common Craft: Plagiarism
Video, please respond to the following questions:

Video: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism

1. Plagiarism is commonly referred to as

Cheating, stealing

2. How will student work be checked for plagiarism? (List at least two ways)
Looking on websites to see if copied. If the writing style is different from
then the students.

3. Sanctions for plagiarism include (list at least two possible consequences):

Suspension, Legal problems

4. What is the difference between accidental plagiarism and deliberate

plagiarism? Deliberate is copying a person word by word and handing it in,
Accidental is where you forget to quote and poor note taking

5. How can you avoid plagiarism, while still integrating support (ideas and
quotes) in your own work?

Putting them into quotations when its not your words and adding in the authors
name at the end.
 6. Other than the written work, what other items can be plagiarized? Can you
still use these items? How?
Everything can be plagiarism. Yes you can still use them just say who the
author is.

7. Do some internet research and find at least one website (not listed in the
Academic Integrity Policy or on the Common Craft Video) that helped you
understand how to avoid plagiarism.
http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/Vancouver/index.cfm?tree=3,54,111,959 This
website helped me.

Please sign (type name) after you have reviewed the statement below

I have reviewed both the Academic Integrity Policy and viewed the Common
Craft: Plagiarism video. I have a good understanding of Plagiarism and how
avoid this practice. If I have any questions (before the course begins or when
completing an assignment), I will send my questions to the teacher before I
submit my work.

Nathaniel McMurchie

(Type Name=Signature of Understanding)

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