Plagiarism Definition and Outcomes: 
Trine University

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
     The University prohibits all forms of academic misconduct. Academic misconduct refers to dishonesty in examinations (cheating), presenting ideas or the writing of someone else as one’s own (plagiarism) or knowingly furnishing false information to the University by forgery, alteration, or misuse of University documents, records, or identification. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following examples: permitting another student to plagiarize or cheat from one’s own work, submitting an academic exercise (written work, printing, design, computer program) that has been prepared totally or in part by another, acquiring improper knowledge of the contents of an exam, using unauthorized material during an exam, submitting the same paper in two different courses without knowledge and consent of professors, or submitting a forged grade change slip or computer tampering. The faculty member has the authority to grant a failing grade in cases of academic misconduct as well as referring the case to Student Life.

     PLAGIARISM
     You are expected to submit your own work and to identify any portion of work that has been borrowed from others in any form. An ignorant act of plagiarism on final versions and minor projects, such as attributing or citing inadequately, will be considered a failure to master an essential course skill and will result in an F for that assignment. A deliberate act of plagiarism, such as having someone else do your work, or submitting someone else’s work as your own (e.g. from the Internet, fraternity file, etc., including homework and in-class exercises), will result in an F for that assignment and could result in an F for the course.

Is it plagiarism yet? by Purdue owl

Click the link above to learn more about when actions are labeled as plagiarism (ie-- when you will be tagged in turnitin.com's originality checker).

Harvard's Guide on how to Avoid Plagiarism

Click the link above to visit Harvard's website on avoiding plagiarism in academic writing.

Avoiding Plagiarism: Best practices by purdue owl

Click the above link to read about best practices when it comes to avoiding plagiarism.

What constitutes plagiarism?

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