What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is using someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own.
Let's Be Honest: The Plagiarism Spectrum
- The Plagiarism Spectrum PosterThis was adapted from turnitin.com
Types of Plagiarism
Plagiarism comes in many forms. Here are a few examples:
- Copying and pasting from another source word-for-word without using quotes or otherwise citing it
- Turning in someone else's work as your own (such as work done by a parent, sibling, or tutor)
- Submitting identical coursework for more than one class