Plagiarism Information for Faculty

Plagiarism and the College Student: What Faculty Need to Know . A workshop presented for TCC Adjunct Faculty Orientation, Spring 2012 (octet-stream 11.46 MB)  

 The plagiarism detection program SafeAssign  is available to all TCC Faculty
Contract CIT offices (850) 201-8370 or cit@tcc.fl.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment for training.
Information for Students Plagiarism information web page
Links to articles about Plagiarism
Cheating Prevention guidelines for faculty

Plagiarize \-rized; -rizing [plagiary] : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (a created production) without crediting the source : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source - - plagiarizer Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition, 1994.

TCC Student Handbook, page 70 & 80

Student Conduct Code, Section 5. Offenses (page 70, TCC Student Handbook)  

• A. Academic Dishonesty
  • Plagiarism
    Plagiarism refers to representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own in any academic exercise without providing proper documentation of source. Examples include, but are not limited to:
    • Copying information word for word from a source without using quotation marks and giving proper acknowledgement by way of footnote, endnote or inner-textual note.
    • Paraphrasing or putting into one’s own words information from a source without providing proper acknowledgement/citation.
    • Reproducing without proper citation, any other form of work of another person, such as a musical phrase, a proof, experimental data, laboratory report, graphics design or computer code.
  • The term "plagiarism"  includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.

• Section 11: Sanctions - - Rules and Regulations (page 80)
  For academic dishonesty cases, the following shall apply:
  If the instructor determines that an act of academic dishonesty has occurred, the instructor may:
  •  issue a verbal or written warning;
  • require the student to resubmit the work/assignment;
  • require the student re-take a quiz or examination;
  • assess a lower grade on the assignment or examination;
  • issue a grade of zero (0) on the assignment, lab work, internship or examination; and/or
  • issue a failing grade for the course, lab or internship.
• For first offenses, the academic misconduct will be reported to the Judicial Affairs Office. The Judicial Officer shall
  record and maintain these reports in a confidential file. The Judicial Officer shall also send a letter to the student
  confirming this action and outlining the consequences of subsequent offenses.
• For second offenses, the academic misconduct will be reported to the Judicial Affairs Office. Formal disciplinary
  action will be taken by the Student Judicial Office in accordance with this Code and procedures established by the
  College for adjudicating disciplinary cases.
• For a third offense, the academic misconduct will be reported to the Judicial Affairs Office. Formal disciplinary
  action will be taken by the Student Judicial Office in accordance with this Code and procedures established by the
  College for adjudicating disciplinary cases. Sanctions imposed through a disciplinary hearing for a third offense, will
  result in a suspension from TCC for a minimum of one (1) academic semester. 

TCC Honor Code: page 86

As part of the Tallahassee Community College family – students, faculty, and staff – I hereby commit to uphold the highest standards of academic honesty, personal integrity, and respect for myself and others as essential components of academic and personal growth.  

FAQ's About Writing Research Papers  from the TCC Writing Center
Question 8: My professor keeps talking about plagiarism. What does she mean? Can you get kicked out of school for plagiarism?  Your professor is referring to situations in which students put information into their papers but fail to acknowledge the source of the information. It is like stealing the information. Sometimes plagiarism  occurs out of ignorance when students misunderstand the concept of paraphrase, thinking they do not have to cite the source if they transform the author's into their own words. On the other hand, sometimes students intentionally take material from sources and pass it off as their own. Some professors try to distinguish between these two situations; others don't. The TCC Student Handbook clearly defines the consequences for plagiarism, and, yes, it is possible to be dismissed from school for plagiarism.
Learning Commons, Communications, Writing Guides in Students Resources  

How to Prevent Plagiarism
Westchester Community College

Bibliography of Online Articles
(TCC Library)

Plagiarism in Colleges in USA,
by Ronald B. Standler ©2000

Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism
Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism, by Lisa Hinchliffe

Plagiarism and the Web
by Bruce Leland, Western Illinois University

NOLO's Legal Dictionary Online
Legal definition of Plagiarism  

Definitions of Academic Dishonesty
Northwestern University

Case of Plagiarism Detection
using Scam tool, EURO-PAR conference

University Principles & Safeguards/Academic Integrity
Northwestern University

Plagiarism Resource Center
University of Virginia

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
by Robert Harris, Vanguard U.

Plagiarism Sites
Jacksonville State University

Links to Articles
Center for Academic Integrity

Cheating  crisis in America's schools

Originally broadcast April 29, 2004 on Primetime Thursday.

"Charles Gibson explores a troubling trend that some believe could pose a serious threat to America's educational system -- the growing level of cheating by students. During a six-month investigation, 'Primetime' visited colleges and high schools across the country to discover how today's students cheat and look at the possible reasons why they do it."

Media Collection - Video LB 3609.C38

Guiding Students from Cheating
and Plagiarism to Honesty and Integrity: Strategies for Change ,
by Ann Lathrop
TCC Library Circulation: Call Number
LB 3609 L27 2005
view table of contents
read the review from Choice 

The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism , by Robert A. Harris.
TCC Library Circulation: Call Number PN 167 . H37 2001
Plagiarism Handbook website. Informative sections include:

• Table of Contents
• Author
• Reviews
• Cartoons
• Feedback
• Order the Book
• FREE Anti-Plagiarism Tips

Websites for Faculty Concerning Plagiarism

Organizations

Center for Academic Integrity Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University
Plagiarism.org "the online resource for educators concerned with the growing problem of Internet plagiarism."

Related Links

Educational CyberPlayground, an educational resource website, identifies a number of "Website Sources that are Used for Plagiarism " and "Websites related to FIGHTING Plagiarism" on their "Catching Digital Cheaters" page.

Plagiarism Detection Programs

SafeAssign: TCC now has this program available for all faculty.  
Contract CIT offices at (850) 201-8370 or cit@tcc.fl.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment for training. .

TurnItIn.com TurnItIn.com is an organization and popular  subscription program dedicated to assuring academic work originality and maintaining high standards of ethics by providing institutes of learning with an easy means of deterring and detecting plagiarism.
Eve Plagiarism Detection System. Eve2: Essay Verification Engine
Plagiarism-Finder - "Plagiarism-Finder is a Windows application that runs on every PC with Internet access. You select the documents for checkup an start the examination with a mouse click. After minutes you receive the results as detailed report on your screen. The program generates a report highlighting concurrent passages and gives you a link to the source."
Glatt Plagiarism Services Inc"produce three different software Programs to help deter and detect plagiarism. A Tutorial Program to provide computer assisted instruction on what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it. A highly sophisticated Screening Program to detect plagiarism. A Screening Program to help detect inadvertent instances of plagiarism."
MOSS: Moss (for a Measure Of Software Similarity) is an automatic system for determining the similarity of C, C++, Java, Pascal, Ada, ML, Lisp, or Scheme programs. From Berkeley
SEE ALSO: Cheating Prevention in College Classrooms
Created: February 2002
Revised: January 2012