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Plagiarism Resources

This page is divided into two sections.

The first section presents a tutorial on SafeAssignment, a plagiarism detection tool at available via myUSF (Blackboard).

The second section presents a tutorial on plagiarism that attempts to teach students and inform instructors about the differences between plagiarism and paraphrasing.

SafeAssignment - Tutorial Introduction

USF has recently purchased a Plagiarism detection tool called SafeAssignment.

SafeAssignment is an automated plagiarism detection system designed to work in conjunction with myUSF (Blackboard). Every student paper submitted to myUSF via this tool automatically undergoes a search through the Internet and a number of internal and external document databases for signs of plagiarism.

The following tutorial was developed by the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence and focuses on SafeAssignment.

Click the following link to access the SafeAssignment tutorial: http://www.cte.usf.edu/plagiarism/sa/index.html

Click the following link to download the SafeAssignment step-by-step handout: http://www.cte.usf.edu/plagiarism/sa.pdf (218KB PDF).

You will need the Acrobat Reader to view the above document (click here to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software if you do not have it).

The Fraud of Plagiarism - Tutorial Introduction and Navigation

This tutorial is designed to teach students and inform instructors about the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing. It focuses primarily on the use of web-resources in student research. It contains examples of proper and improper student writing, with clear explanations on why the writing is acceptable or unacceptable.

This tutorial was developed by Dr. Eleanour Snow in collaboration with Neil Gomes, Cacilda Barros, and Sayed Alkhabbaz of the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence and Media Innovation Team at USF.

This tutorial is divided into sections and some of these sections contain presentations, simulations, and quizzes that inform you about plagiarism. The table of contents for this tutorial is presented on this page. You will need the Flash Player to view some sections of this tutorial (click here to download the free Flash Player). You also have the option to download the content of this tutorial as a PDF file in section 9.

The tutorial can be viewed in two ways. You may view the tutorial from beginning to end (composite) by clicking the following link, or you could view separate sections using the table of contents below. The link to the composite (and latest version of the) tutorial is:
http://www.cte.usf.edu/plagiarism/plagindex.html

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Table of Contents :

No.	Section Title	Section Description
1.	What is Plagiarism?	This section lists the definition of the word "plagiarize" and lists some examples of plagiarism by using another person's words and by using another person's ideas. An example of proper paraphrasing and citation is also provided.
2.	Why is Plagiarism Wrong?	In this section, reasons why plagiarism is wrong are listed and short descriptions for each reason are provided.
3.	Easiest is Rarely Best	Academic, legal, and economic penalties can be imposed on authors who plagiarize. This section discusses the penalties for plagiarism and lists USF's academic penalties for plagiarism.
4.	What are the Penalties for Plagiarism?	Academic, legal, and economic penalties can be imposed on authors who plagiarize. This section discusses the penalties for plagiarism and lists USF's academic penalties for plagiarism.
5.	How is Plagiarism like Speeding?	This section presents a parallel between Plagiarism and Speeding to facilitate the understanding of plagiarism and its consequences.
6.	Examples of Proper and Improper Writing .PDF file (77KB)	Detailed examples of plagiarism are presented in this section. The section begins with a paragraph of original text. Improper writing examples are then presented along with the reasons they are improper. This section also provides examples of proper writing and lists the reasons the examples are proper. A short note on the proper use of quotation is also included. The examples presented in this section are from a Geology Web site, but are relevant to most subject areas. We will add more examples as we update this tutorial.
7.	Tips on Developing the Skill of Proper Paraphrasing	This section presents tips to develop the skill of proper paraphrasing.
8.	Superscripting and Footnoting in MS Word	Some citation formats require the use of superscripts and footnotes. This section shows you how to superscript and footnote text in Microsoft Word via an interactive simulation.
9.	Tutorial Content (.PDF File \| 797KB)	In this section, all the content of this turorial is presented as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF file for printing and offline reading. You will need the Acrobat Reader to view this section of the tutorial (click here to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software).
10.	Quiz	This section contains a short quiz on the content presented in this tutorial for your review.
11.	References .RTF file (14KB) \| .PDF file (61KB)	References to all sources of content are presented in this section.

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