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Plagiarism

Plagiarism in the online course can be just as much of a problem as in face-to-face classes.  This page will provide you with links to TWU policies and tools, as well as other tools available via the Internet.

TWU Academic Dishonesty Statement.

"Honesty in completing assignments is essential to the mission of the university and to the development of the personal integrity of the student. Cheating, plagiarism, or other kinds of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will result in appropriate sanctions that may include failing an assignment, failing the class, or being suspended or expelled.  Suspected cases in this course may be reported to Student Life. The specific disciplinary process for academic dishonesty is found in the TWU Student Handbook. Tools to help you avoid plagiarism are available through the TWU Libraries."

TWU Libraries Tutorial on Plagiarism.

The library has created an interactive tutorial to help students understand and avoid plagiarism. The tutorial also includes quizzes over its content, and the students have the option of emailing their quiz scores to their instructors.

The link for the tutorial is:  http://www.twu.edu/library/tutorial/plagiarism/player.html

TWU Student Life Office Information

The Student Life Office has links to the Student Handbook which address academic dishonesty and integrity:

• Academic Dishonesty - http://www.twu.edu/o-sl/StudentLifeOffice/AcademicDishonesty.html - This link provides detailed information on what academic dishonesty is and what the consequences will be for students who engage in this behavior.

• Academic Integrity - http://www.twu.edu/o-sl/StudentLifeOffice/AcademicIntegrity.html - This link provides step-by-step information for faculty about how to handle student academic dishonesty. 

Other Great Resources.

Here is a selection of Internet resources that do a great job talking about plagiarism and how to avoid it:

• Plagiarism.org -http://www.plagiarism.org - This is an excellent website that thoroughly discusses everything from what plagiarism is to how to plan, write, and cite a paper.

• The OWL at Purdue: Avoiding Plagiarism -http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/ - This is an excellent site that covers all things writing, including how to avoid plagiarism and some of the specific challenges in American academic writing.

• Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services: Plagiarism, What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid It -http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml - This site addresses the idea of how to recognize and avoid plagiarism, with examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing.

• Northwestern University: How to Avoid Plagiarism -http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html - This site gives many examples of properly cited materials, as well as a definition of a variety of types of plagiarism.

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Introducing the Topic of Plagiarism in Your Course.

Not quite sure how to get the plagiarism discussion started?  TWU Libraries have provided some samples of how to introduce their video tutorial:

• Student Plagiarism 1.pdf 
• Student Plagiarism 2.pdf 

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