Cheating & Plagiarism What do you know about it?

NICE TO MEET YOU

My name is Jasmine and I'll be your instructor. My background is in digital media, graphic design, and illustration - specifically the stock industry. As you can imagine, I probably know a bit about copyright and plagiarism. How you define it might be based on where you're from in the world as there are different views and levels of acceptance, but we'll get into that later.

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR TODAY

Today we're going to talk about cheating and plagiarism. We'll start with:

• A chat about your experiences and understand of what this means
• We'll define and determine the types of cheating and talk about Academic Integrity
• We'll talk about the impact, the consequences, and what to do if you find yourself in a situation.
• Last but not least, a mini quiz!

Let's start with you

You've heard of these terms before, but what do they mean?

What are your experiences with cheating and plagiarism?

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Cheating

• Formal: Obtaining or attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain, credit for work or improvement in evaluation of performance, by dishonest or deceptive means.
• Simple: Don't look over your friend's shoulder when taking a test.

Contract Cheating

• Formal: A form of academic dishonesty in which a student’s academic work is completed by a third party on their behalf and submitted for academic credit. It may involve a fee paid to a third party.
• Simple: You paid someone to do your work

Falsification

• Formal: Misrepresenting or forging documentation, e.g., a medical record, an academic record or academic work of another student, to gain an academic advantage.
• Simple: It's not OK to sign anyone's signature except your own. It's not OK to change dates or write your own doctor's notes saying they're from your doctor.

Impersonation

• Formal: The act of taking a test, an examination or any other assessment on another individual’s behalf, with their knowledge and consent
• Simple: You can only be you

Plagiarism

• Formal: Using another individual’s work (e.g., words, images, ideas, logic, phrases, signatures or computations) and presenting it as one’s own, without properly citing the source
• Simple: Saying a piece of art or text was created by you but it was not.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness of one's actions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity

The 6 fundamental values of Academic Integrity are:

• Honesty
• Trust
• Fairness
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Courage

From these values flow principles of behaviour that enable academic communities to translate ideals to action. There is an emphasis that is placed on the student taking responsibility for their actions, choices & behaviour within their courses.

https://www.senecacollege.ca/about/policies/academic-integrity-policy.html

Purpose

To maintain a high standard of academic integrity across the Seneca community.

This policy applies to all members (faculty and students) of the Seneca community.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON YOU AND OTHERS?

How can cheating and plagiarism affect others?

• Plagiarism accusations negatively impact your credibility.
• People caught plagiarizing are known as dishonest and untrustworthy.
• Plagiarism is not only an academic issue, it's considered a serious offence in all professional fields.
• If you're found plagiarizing, it could potentially end your career and ruin your reputation
• In some cases, there could be legal repercussions.

Any academic sanction (this means a penalty for disobeying the rules) imposed will be recorded on your record. In the case of suspension or expulsion from Seneca, there will be a notation on the student’s official transcript.

This will be on your record permanently.

How does it affect the original author or artist? What if someone plagiarized your work?

WHAT HAPPENS AT SENECA?

Should there be a suspected violation (e.g., contract cheating, falsification, impersonation or plagiarism), the academic integrity sanctions will be applied according to the severity of the offence committed.

Here is what will happen if you are suspected:

• You’ll be informed
• Evidence will be collected
• There will be a meeting with your professor to determine if an offence was committed.
• An academic integrity report will be submitted and will be sent to the student, the student has 5 days to respond.
• The Academic Integrity committee will meet and discuss the offence - this will happen within 10 days
• A decision will be made and sent
• The sanctions will be implemented.

Seneca’s Academic Integrity Program is a holistic, integrated model, grounded in a teaching and learning approach. As such, the sanctions are also grounded in the principles of teaching and learning and imposed according to the nature and extent of the academic integrity offence. A repeated academic integrity offence will result in harsher sanctions.

Academic sanctions may include one or more of the following:

• Completion of an academic integrity assignment or course
• Written warning
• Completion of a make-up assignment or rewriting of an assignment, examination or work
• Lower grade on the assignment, examination or work
• Lower grade in the course
• Failure in the course
• Suspension from the institution for a minimum of three (3) consecutive terms to a maximum of nine consecutive terms
• Permanent expulsion from Seneca

https://www.senecacollege.ca/about/policies/academic-integrity-policy.html

Restorative Practice

Based on the values of inclusion, accountability and compassion, as well as the understanding that everyone is an equal member of society and has a contribution to make to the greater good, this approach enables those who have been harmed to convey the impact of the harm to those responsible, and for those responsible to acknowledge this impact and take steps toward resolution.

WHAT TO DO?

What do you do if you find yourself considering plagiarism? Don't want to be caught in a situation where you didn't realize you may have plagiarized? Here are some steps to avoid being in this position:

• Don’t procrastinate
• Don’t cut corners
• Communicate
• Don’t be afraid to ask for clarity
• Cite your sources
• Give credit where it’s due
• If you’re submitting a group assignment or joint project - list your responsibilities and duties
• Plan ahead

Students should inform their instructor at the earliest opportunity of any circumstance that may affect their academic performance so that alternate arrangements can be made.

Remember Your Resources!

• Ask questions, if you’re shy, email the teacher later.
• Ask for a meeting with the teacher or with a friend.
• Communicate with your peers, ask about their understanding.
• Read the instructions and use it as a checklist for the assignment.

RECAP

• Consider your experiences
• Define the types of cheating
• Academic Integrity
• The impact on yourself and the original artist/author
• How to avoid plagiarism within your own work

IT'S THAT TIME FOLKS!

The moment we've all been waiting for - it's fun quiz time!

QUESTION 1

What's the difference between cheating and plagiarism?

Question 2

What are some of the consequences of cheating and plagiarism that will affect you?

Question 3

Did you wonder about where I got my text and photos for this presentation?