Tutorial 7: Understanding plagiarism and how to avoid it
in this lesson you will consider:
- What Academic Misconduct and plagiarism are
- Why this is an important issue in your academic study
- How to maintain Academic Integrity and avoid plagiarism
- How to detect plagiarism
Detecting plagiarism
Detecting plagiarism
As you begin to write your own assignments, it would be helpful for you to test your own understanding.
There are many quizzes and tests regarding plagiarism and academic integrity on the web. Note that most of these quizzes use versions of in-text referencing styles and often refer to a College/University's policies. You will need to imagine that these examples are using footnote citations, and always check with Morling/ACT requirements
Tutorial and Quiz from UTS
The University of Technology, Sydney has a good tutorial and quiz to help you detect plagiarism. Work through this resource before you move to the next page. You will need to choose a "Discipline" - choose Education.
Activity: Reflection on your skills
After working through this tutorial and also completing the UTS tutorial, write down 4 important insights you have gained about the issues of Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism.