In an educational institution, this is about the adopting, copying or reproducing the original work of another author without consent, and without appropriate acknowledgement, and passing it off as your own original work.

The work can be concepts, ideas, methods, images, information.

The author refers to the following (not limited):

• Artist

• Composer

• Creator

• Designer

• Musician

• Writer

As a student at Capital College, the student assumes the role as a member of an academic community, where we value other people’s ideas and thoughts. Very often the student will be required to refer and discuss another person’s ideas, thoughts, designs, while creating and producing their own work. Therefore, there are steps the student must take to avoid plagiarism, as defined above, and demonstrate academic honesty and integrity.

Due diligence will be performed to determine if the above academic misconduct has taken place.  The following are examples of evidence of plagiarism:

1. Text from a known source, without citing or crediting

2. Inconsistent writing structure

3. Changes in font

4. Work not in keeping with the student’s usual standard

5. Inappropriate referencing convention

6. Web addresses still attached to the copied text

7. Irrelevant content

8. Lack of personal voice

9. In a viva voce, student unable to defend and clarify questions raised by the Academic Team.