WVU Libraries offers a plagiarism avoidance tutorial for students. This Tutorial covers
- Definitions of plagiarism and academic dishonesty
- Reasons why students may advertently and inadvertently plagiarize
- Possible penalties for plagiarism / academic dishonesty at WVU
- How to use information ethically in research papers / projects
- Where to get help with researching and writing.
Students work through 6 modules, taking self-tests in order to progress from one module to the next. After completing the last module, students take an exam on the Tutorial’s material. The final exam, consisting of 20 questions, randomly draws from a bank of questions.
Students generally require about 1 hour of concentrated work time to complete the tutorial.
The tutorial is available at https://library.wvu.edu/plagiarism. Students can simply visit this link and take the tutorial and exam. At the end of the exam, they will be prompted to email their scores to their instructors.
Tutorial questions? Please email Miranda Smith ( miranda.smith2@mail.wvu.edu) or Kelly Diamond ( Kelly.diamond@mail.wvu.edu ).