Academic Integrity

To have integrity means to act with honesty. In an academic environment, this means that students are expected to complete their own work and use their own ideas, words, or other products. Students are expected not to submit others’ work in place of their own.  If other sources, like the internet or peers, etc. are consulted, then those sources should be credited and properly cited. 

Your teachers will clearly explain their expectations around how to do this as there are different methods depending upon the others’ guidelines being followed. If you are at all unsure about how to cite your sources, you should ask your teachers. If you do not cite your sources, you are committing plagiarism.