Academic Integrity

What is considered plagiarism? 

According to Turnitin, plagiarism has new emerging trends. Here are the forms of plagiarism:

Contract cheating - engaging someone to complete an assignment and presenting that as your own work.

Data plagiarism - falsifying or fabricating data or improperly appropriating someone else’s work, putting a researcher, institution, or publisher’s reputation in jeopardy.

Software-based text modification - taking content written by another and running it through a software tool (text spinner, translation engine) to evade plagiarism detection.

Manual text modification - manipulating text with the intention of misleading plagiarism detection software.

Mosaic plagiarism - weaving phrases and text from several sources into one’s own work. Adjusting sentences without quotation marks or attribution.

Source-based plagiarism - providing inaccurate or incomplete information about sources such that they cannot be found. 

Self plagiarism - reusing one’s previously published or submitted work without proper attribution.

Computer code plagiarism - copying or adapting source code without permission from and attribution to the original creator.

Word-for-word plagiarism - copying and pasting content without proper attribution.

Paraphrase plagiarism - rephrasing a source’s ideas without proper attribution.

Student collusion - working with other students on an assignment meant for individual assessment.

Inadvertent plagiarism - forgetting to properly cite or quote a source or unintentional paraphrasing.