Plagiarism Avoidance Tutorial

Module 1: Introduction to the Plagiarism Avoidance Tutorial

Module 1: Introduction to the Tutorial

Script: Module 1 - Orientation

Test how well you understand the information in Module 1!

You may retake this self-test as many times as you would like.

However, you should take it at least once before starting Module 2.

How do you progress through this tutorial?

1. View videos or read material in a module.
2. Take a self-test after reading and viewing materials in a module. This self-test is for practice and taking it will open the next module.
3. Repeat steps for each module, six modules in all.
4. After viewing / reading the material in each module and taking the self-tests, take the Plagiarism Avoidance Test.
1. View videos or read material in a module.
2. After viewing / reading the material in each module, take the Plagiarism Avoidance Test.
1. View videos or read material in a module.
2. Take a self-test after reading and viewing materials in a module. This self-test is for practice and taking it will open the next module.
3. Repeat steps for each module, six modules in all.

Correct!

Not quite . . .Here are the steps:

Why do students accidentally plagiarize?

They lack a strong enough understanding of a resource to be able to properly summarize or paraphrase it
They don't understand how to correctly include outside information in their papers.
They don't understand how to properly cite material included in their papers.
All of the above.

Not quite: all of the reasons listed are why students accidentally plagiarize.

Correct!