With so much information available on the internet it is often difficult to know what to do when you feel that your students may be plagiarizing their work. We will be using a scavenger hunt to help us answer some of the questions dealing with this particular subject. These questions are geared toward helping educators crack down on plagiarism.
1. How does Turnitin help educators crack down on plagiarism?
2. What is the definition of plagiarism? Citejournal.org does a great job answering this question in a related article.
3. According to the University of Maryland University College it is important to prepare students to use web-based materials by including a ____________ on ___________________ in your syllabus.
4. Plagiarism opponent or proponent? This question is geared to show you what is available in cyberspace.
5. Plagiarism opponent or proponent? This question is also geared to show you what is available in cyberspace.
6. In Texas, anyone who "prepares, sells, offers or advertises for sale or delivers" academic material for cheating is committing what class of crime?
7. Plagiarism comes from the Latin word, "plagiare" which means _______________ .
8. How is plagiarism different from a copyright infringement?
9. According to the OWL at Purdue University, one intellectual challenge in American academic writing is to develop a topic based on what has already been said and written, but ____________________ .
10. Is copying on an exam, with or without the knowledge of the copied student, considered academic dishonesty at Purdue University?
© 2007, Chip Flemmer
Boise State University, Educational Technology