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FOR STUDENTS-IMPORTANT: PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SUBMISSION PROCESS
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**Now includes section on use of AI (i.e. ChatGPT)**
**Now includes section on use of AI (i.e. ChatGPT)**
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The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board expects learners to follow academic honesty expectations. There are serious consequences for students that break these expectations.Â
A common form of academic dishonesty is plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Plagiarism is a serious offence with consequences that may include:
Redo the assignment
A failing grade on a quiz, test, examination, or course
Being placed on disciplinary probation
Suspension or expulsionÂ
Examples of activities considered plagiarism include:
Buying a paper in any form
Hiring or allowing someone do your assignment
Stealing or "borrowing" all or part of someone else's work
Patching together a paper by copying and pasting from different sources without citing any of it
Submitting the same or a similar assignment more than once
Selling or allowing others to copy your work
Copying something word for word but not using quotation marks
Using significant ideas, concepts or facts without a citation, even if it is paraphrased
Paraphrasing too closely by making only small changes to a passage
Citing a source you did not actually find and read
What is academic honesty and plagiarism?
What is academic honesty and plagiarism?
The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board expects learners to follow academic honesty expectations. There are serious consequences for students that break these expectations.Â
A common form of academic dishonesty is plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Plagiarism is a serious offence with consequences that may include:
A failing grade on a quiz, test, examination, or course
Being placed on disciplinary probation
Suspension or expulsionÂ
Examples of activities considered plagiarism include:
Buying a paper in any form
Hiring or allowing someone do your assignment
Stealing or "borrowing" all or part of someone else's work
Patching together a paper by copying and pasting from different sources without citing any of it
Submitting the same or a similar assignment more than once
Selling or allowing others to copy your work
Copying something word for word but not using quotation marks
Using significant ideas, concepts or facts without a citation, even if it is paraphrased
Paraphrasing too closely by making only small changes to a passage
Citing a source you did not actually find and read
How do I avoid Plagiarism?
How do I avoid Plagiarism?
Avoiding plagiarism is simple - always properly cite the original source of the ideas and research findings that you are reproducing and using in an essay or research paper.
This applies regardless of the manner of reproduction. If you are quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing from a source, you must recognize the original by using a citation style (such as APA or MLA).
To avoid plagiarism students shouldÂ
Manage their time effectively by considering how long it will take to complete assigned tasks
Keep clear notes and indications of when a source was used in writing
Use their own ideas first when constructing an essay outline, then search for sources to support those ideas and arguments
Cite and use quotation marks when copying another person’s words
Cite the original source when referring to a fact, idea, opinion or theory in your own words
What is Cyber-Plagiarism - Ghostwriting and False Authorship?
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Ghost Writing
A ghostwriter is defined as someone who is hired to write works or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Ghost writing is thus the practice of writing a text without formal acknowledgement as an author.Â
Both plagiarism and ghostwriting conceal the true author's name. The difference between the two is:
A plagiarist copies the text without the permission of the true author.
A ghostwriter knowingly writes text to appear as someone else's speech or writing.Â
False Authorship
False authorship refers to any attempt to assign a false name to a piece of writing.
In many cases, false authorship can be considered fraudulent as it is purposely deceives and misleads both the reader and the general public. Â
Both ghost writing and false authorship are considered acts of academic dishonesty. If anyone other than yourself has written or contributed to your assignment and you present it as entirely your own work, you will be subject to academic penalties for dishonestly representing the work.Â
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The E-Learning staff is well aware of the power and usefulness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and we agree it can be a valuable tool when used properly. Â
The incorrect use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create and submit answers will result in applying the Board plagiarism policy. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate an answer and changing it around a bit to appear like your own work will result in the having to redo the assignment and the Board plagiarism policy applied, as both examples mentioned here are plagiarism. Students must create their own answers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used for ideas, brainstorming, and thought starters, but not for the content of the answer.
We want it to be very clear that using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to submit an assignment that is meant to be original student-created work without proper citation, is considered plagiarism.
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Any time an outside resource is used in an assignment, the requirement is that it is properly cited. If you are unsure how to properly cite a resource, we would encourage you to reach out to your teacher for clarification or to conduct some research about how this can be done properly. Â
We have included some of these resources below:
Sourcing Artificial Intelligence (AI) with MLA:
https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Sourcing Artificial Intelligence (AI) with APA:
https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/
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