Academic Integrity: Avoiding Plagiarism
Academic Integrity is a fundamental principle of institutions of higher learning. DMACC is committed to helping students understand their ethical obligation to do their own work and give appropriate credit when they reference another person's work.
For questions or comments about DMACC's academic integrity effort, contact Kyle Collins.
Academic Integrity Resources
- Academicintegrity.org
- Turnitin.com
- Academic Integrity Reflection Questions
- AA3032 - Academic Misconduct - Procedure
Helpful DMACC Library Links
Turnitin.com Support
Turnitin.com is a plagiarism detection service that compares submitted papers to a database of papers already archived through the Turnitin.com process and internet resources to ensure papers are original works. DMACC Instructors who wish to utilize this academic tool may choose to register a class with turnitin.com. Students will then submit papers for that class to Turnitin.com. The instructor then receives a report showing possible matches between each submitted paper and Turnitin.com's database and internet resources.
Student Uploads
Students may upload papers in the following formats:
- Microsoft Word (.doc)
- Plain text (.txt)
- Adobe Acrobat PDF (.pdf)
- Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- PostScript (.ps)
- WordPerfect (.wpd) HTML (.html, htm)
Turnitin.com Student Resources
Steps to help create an account, submitting papers, reviewing marked papers & other
resources.
Plagiarism Websites for Students
Sites to help students understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid It:
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Avoiding Plagiarism: Guidelines for Students
- How to Recognize Plagiarism
- How to Avoid Plagiarism
- VAIL Tutor (Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory)
- You Quote It, You Note It!
Academic Integrity Reflection Questions
- What is your personal definition of academic integrity?
- What could be the possible ramifications of engaging in academic misconduct?
- If you observed a student cheating, would you report the behavior? Why or why not?
- Your course instructor asks you to work on a project with three other classmates. One teammate misses all of your meetings and has failed to contribute to the project. You and the other student complete the project. What would you do? Would it make a difference to you if he informs you that he has been very sick and unable to do his work?
- Where can you go to learn how to correctly document the source of a quote you want to include in a paper?