Who Do I Ask For Permission?

 

§ Teachers and students must seek individual permissions (licenses) if multimedia projects will be used for commercial reproduction and distribution

§ If more than 3 copies are made of the project

§ If they post it over electronic networks

 

 

What is Plagiarism?

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense.

Examples of plagerism:

1. Using someone elses work without permission
2. Not properly citing your references and taking credit for information
3. Using someone elses work as your own
4. Changing the words, but not the sentence structure without giving credit

What is citation?

A "citation" is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again, including:

1. information about the author
2. the title of the work
3. the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source
4. the date your copy was published
5. the page numbers of the material you are borrowing

Paraphrasing vs. Plagerisim:

      Using your own words with the purpose of stating an original method vs. copying information word by word and taking credit as your own!

 

How to Paraphrase

1. To write a paraphrase, use your own words and sentence structure. However, be careful: the

intent of the original passage must remain the same, which means that the writer does not

distort the author’s meaning with his/her own opinions.

2. A paraphrase should be approximately the same length as the original.