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1. Welcome! Dont cheat yourself is an online plagiarism tutorial.
We would like to thank Student Development at the University of Leicester for their kind permission to amend and make use of it under a Creative Commons Licence. The tutorial will help you understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
(Click here to see a key to the navigation buttons, or click on the play button to begin.)
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3. How this tutorial is organised
4. How long will it take? This tutorial will take about 30 minutes.
If you need to have a break, you should make a note of the slide number on the right of the layout pane and come back later.
If you cant see the layout pane, click on the button click it again to turn it off.
5. Why you should do this tutorial Many students find plagiarism difficult to understand.
However, it is worth taking the time to understand how to avoid it, because this will improve your work in a number of ways.
Click forward to find out
6. Why you should do this tutorial Many students find plagiarism difficult to understand.
However, it is worth taking the time to understand how to avoid it, because this will improve your work in a number of ways.
Click forward to find out
7. Plagiarism is a crime! Some types of plagiarism are obvious.
Click on the fingerprints to see some of them. Each of these actions is plagiarism and should be avoided.
8. Plagiarism is a crime! Some types of plagiarism are obvious.
Click on the fingerprints to see some of them. Each of these actions is plagiarism and should be avoided.
Click forward when youve seen all five.
9. Plagiarism is a crime! Some types of plagiarism are obvious.
Click on the fingerprints to see some of them. Each of these actions is plagiarism and should be avoided.
Click forward when youve seen all five.
10. Plagiarism is a crime! Some types of plagiarism are obvious.
Click on the fingerprints to see some of them. Each of these actions is plagiarism and should be avoided.
Click forward when youve seen all five.
11. Plagiarism is a crime! Some types of plagiarism are obvious.
Click on the fingerprints to see some of them. Each of these actions is plagiarism and should be avoided.
Click forward when youve seen all five.
12. Plagiarism is a crime! Some types of plagiarism are obvious.
Click on the fingerprints to see some of them. Each of these actions is plagiarism and should be avoided.
Click forward when youve seen all five.
13. Meet the plagiarisers Some types of plagiarism arent so obvious.
This tutorial is based on four students, most of whom plagiarised more subtly.
Click each of the pictures on the right (in any order) to find out more.
14. Steve Some types of plagiarism arent so obvious.
This tutorial is based on four students, most of whom plagiarised more subtly.
Click each of the pictures on the right (in any order) to find out more.
Click forward when youve met all four students.
15. Andria Some types of plagiarism arent so obvious.
This tutorial is based on four students, most of whom plagiarised more subtly.
Click each of the pictures on the right (in any order) to find out more.
Click forward when youve met all four students.
16. Craig Some types of plagiarism arent so obvious.
This tutorial is based on four students, most of whom plagiarised more subtly.
Click each of the pictures on the right (in any order) to find out more.
Click forward when youve met all four students.
17. Jasmine Some types of plagiarism arent so obvious.
This tutorial is based on four students, most of whom plagiarised more subtly.
Click each of the pictures on the right (in any order) to find out more.
Click forward when youve met all four students.
18. So why do students plagiarise? Students have many reasons for plagiarism, but all forms of plagiarism will get you into trouble!
Click forward for a summary of the reasons.
19. So why do students plagiarise? Students have many reasons for plagiarism, but all types of plagiarism will get you into trouble!
Click forward for a summary of the reasons.
20. Overview Now youve met our four students, you can begin to find out how to avoid plagiarism in your own work.
This tutorial has two main parts.
21. Part 1: What it is So what exactly is plagiarism?
Click the dictionary to find out.
22. Part 1: What it is So what exactly is plagiarism?
Click the dictionary to find out.
23. Knowing the rules But what are the rules?
Click the handbook to find out University of Manchester rules on plagiarism and academic misconduct.
24. Knowing the rules But what are the rules?
Click the handbook to find out your departmental rules on plagiarism.
25. Knowing the penalties Universities are very serious about plagiarism, because the acknowledgement of sources underpins all academic work.
Look at the penalties for plagiarism on the right. These show how important it is to understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
26. Plagiarism yes or no?* You are now going to read seven essay extracts based on a quotation from a text.
Decide if you think the student has plagiarised some may be more obvious than others!
Click the book to read the quotation.
27. Plagiarism yes or no?* You are now going to read seven essay extracts based on a quotation from a text.
Decide if you think the student has plagiarised some may be more obvious than others!
Click the book to read the quotation.
The original text will appear here for comparison.
28. Essay extract 1 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
29. Essay extract 1 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
30. Essay extract 1 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
31. Essay extract 2 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
32. Essay extract 2 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
33. Essay extract 2 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
34. Essay extract 3 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
35. Essay extract 3 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
36. Essay extract 3 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
37. Essay extract 4 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
38. Essay extract 4 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
39. Essay extract 4 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
40. Essay extract 5 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
41. Essay extract 5 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
42. Essay extract 5 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
43. Essay extract 6 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
44. Essay extract 6 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
45. Essay extract 6 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
46. Essay extract 7 Is the extract on the right plagiarism or not?
Click the appropriate button.
47. Essay extract 7 right! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
48. Essay extract 7 wrong! Now click forward to look at the next extract.
49. Part 2: How to avoid it Now youve learnt about plagiarism, what about how to avoid it?
Remember the students that we met at the beginning? What could they do to make sure they dont plagiarise again?
The strategies they need also provide a step-by-step process to help you not to plagiarise, too.
Click forward to find out more.
50. Steps 1-4 A step-by-step process to help you not to plagiarise...
51. Step 1 Click forward to find out about step one, or click the photos to skip to a particular step.
52. Plan ahead Time can pass quickly, especially when your deadline is far away or you have other assignments to do (or its sunny outside).
Theres really only one solution PLAN AHEAD!
Click forward for some suggestions to help you plan.
53. Plan ahead Imagine you have three weeks to complete an essay
If you dont want to do it all at the last minute, you should divide the process into a number of manageable stages.
Click the time line to see the stages.
54. Plan ahead Imagine you have three weeks to complete an essay
If you dont want to do it all at the last minute, you should divide the process into a number of manageable stages.
Click the time line to see the stages.
55. Step 2 Now for step two
(or click the photos to skip to a particular step)
56. Record source details Imagine you made this note while studying in the library last week
Its a good piece of writing and perfect for your essay on ion channel function. The problem is that you cant remember if these are your words or someone else's.
Click the page to find out whose they are.
57. Record source details Easy mistake to make isnt it?
Click forward to find out how to avoid it.
58. Key information to record The way to avoid note making errors is to be disciplined. Make sure that you note down key information about all sources every time.
Click each of the images to the right (in any order) to see what you need to record for each source.
59. Key information to record books This is the key information you need for books
(Click forward when youve seen all three)
60. Key information to record journals This is the key information you need for journals
(Click forward when youve seen all three)
61. Key information to record websites This is the key information you need for websites.
Information on the internet can change rapidly; this is why its important to record the date you accessed the pages.
(Click forward when youve seen all three)
62. Step 3 Now for step three
(or click the photos to skip to a particular step).
63. Take appropriate notes When youve recorded the source details, what do you write down in the notes? And how do you know what appropriate notes are?
This depends what your reason for taking notes is.
Click forward to see the main reasons for note-taking.
64. Reasons for note taking Whatever the source, there are three main reasons to take notes
This tutorial will look at the first of these reasons how to select relevant material that you might want to reproduce or adapt in your own work.
65. Not just words Whatever your reason for taking notes, youll be dealing with information in a variety of forms, not simply text.
And remember: plagiarism isnt just about words, its about ideas, data and images, too.
66. Taking notes to select reproducing If the precise detail of the information is of interest to you, you will want to reproduce the information in exactly the same way
67. Taking notes to select adapting However, if it is the idea rather than the detail that is of interest to you, you will want to adapt the information to suit your own needs (which might mean expanding on it or simplifying it)
68. Importantly Whether you are reproducing or adapting information you need to remember
69. Step 4 Finally, when you have planned ahead, recorded source details and taken appropriate notes, you need to make sure you reference correctly
70. Reference correctly There are two components to citing another persons work.
Click the text and references pages to find out more.
71. Citation in the text Put the citation in the text.
Now click the references page.
Click forward when youve viewed both.
72. Listing in the references Put the complete reference in the reference list at the end of the document.
Now click the text pages.
Click forward when youve viewed both.
73. Correspondence There must be exact correspondence between citations and references.
Note: references should be cited and listed in a consistent way this is most easily achieved using a bibliography software package such as Endnote.
74. References and further reading Further resources regarding referencing and citations are available from the JRUL web site. References
Alberts B et al. (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edn, Garland Science. p. 504
Berg JM et al. (2002) Biochemistry, 5th edn, Freeman. p. 353
Brown TA (2002) Genomes, 2nd edn, Garland Science. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=genomes.figgrp.7317 (last accessed 21/07/2006)
Willmott CJR and Harrison TM (2003) An exercise to teach bioscience students about plagiarism. J Biol Educ 37:139-140
