What is Plagiarism

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What is Plagiarism?

• In some countries/cultures students may expect to
  copy
• Teachers may want students to repeat exactly what
  is in text books or lecture notes.
• At the University of Southampton all work you
  submit for marking must be your own original
  creation
• Presenting anothers work as if it was your own
  is called "plagiarism" and is the wrong thing to
  do.
• Plagiarism is what you do when you copy without
  acknowledging your sources
• There are academic conventions to acknowledge
  sources
• We have clear university regulations against
  plagiarism

Plagiarism is using someone elses workbut not
indicating that it is not your own
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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• cite your sources, always enclose words and
  sentences copied directly from another author in
  quotes
• "Teaching machines are unique among
  instructional aids, in that the student not
  merely passively listen, watches, or reads but
  actively responds. And as he does so he finds out
  whether his response is correct or not. And a
  record may be kept which aids in improving the
  materials."
• Pressey, 1926 5

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How to Avoid Plagiarism

• Additionally you may refer to another authors
  work in your own writing
• .. according to Bloggs Smith 99 3 the
  widget will only work if ... latest
  theory on widget compression Bach 2000 4 tells
  us that ...The following diagram (figure
  3.1) is is based on the Jones at al. 68 5. It
  shows how. ....As Robinson says in her
  1995 book Hypermedia Applications 6 The
  fundamental problem with the embedded links
  is....

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Avoiding Plagiarism In ECS

• The concept of plagiarism extends to all sorts of
  academic work, lab work, design and build,
  programming and written work
• We have an electronic handin machine (called
  C-BASS)used for many courseworks
• https//handin.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
• We have access to programs which can check for
  plagiarism in program code and in written
  assignments which check
• across student groups
• Across externally published work

• When you complete a handin you will be asked to
  confirm that the work is your own
• You can explain any collaborative work you may
  have done
• You can acknowledge the use of other peoples
  work such as code, design etc
• It is important you hand in work to receive
  feedback and enable any problems to be discussed

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University ECS Information

• ECS Student Handbook
• Section 3.1.2 Originality of Work
• https//secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ug/handbook/
• University of Southampton Academic Skills
  Guidesprovides advice on how to research and
  reference
• http//www.academic-skills.soton.ac.uk/
• University of Southampton Plagiarism Policy
• Student Handbook
• http//www.studentservices.soton.ac.uk/studenthbk/
  plag.html
• Calendar Plagiarism and Cheating Policy and
  Procedures
• http//www.calendar.soton.ac.uk/sectionIV/part8.ht
  ml
• ISS electronic plagiarism detection
• http//www.iss.soton.ac.uk/landt/elearn/plagiarism
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