Plagiarism Copyright APA Zo Mitchell NSCC School of

Plagiarism, Copyright & APA Zoë Mitchell, NSCC School of Access From Susan Hunt, Faculty, NSCC 1

NSCC Policies and Procedures (NSCC, 2016) 2

Documents to read �Student Code of Conduct �Academic Integrity �Use of Copyright Materials 3

Academic Integrity “ACADEMIC INTEGRITY means that all College students, employees and applicants will conduct themselves in an honest and trustworthy manner in all aspects of their academic career. ” (NSCC, 2016, par. 6) “PLAGIARISM is presenting, in any format, someone else’s ideas, presentations, writing, artistic work or creations, whether verbal, print, structural, design or electronic, in whole or in part, as one’s own, by failing to credit the source. Plagiarism can occur through carelessness or intentionally. ” (NSCC, 2016, par. 12) 4

Plagiarism • Intentional • Example - Student copy/pastes entire report from Internet • Unintentional/Careless • Example #1 - Wrote in own words, but forgot references • Example #2 – Referenced, but didn’t fully write in own words 5

Consequences �Vary depending upon intentional/careless �Minimum – fix or rewrite assignment �If serious offence, see item #6 on Page 2 Academic Integrity Policy 6

Copyright (Copyright Board of Canada, 2015) 7

NSCC Copyright Policy �Use of copyright materials policy “…the right to produce, reproduce and copy a work (be it literary, dramatic, musical or artistic) in which copyright subsists. Copying includes photocopying print materials; changing a print format to a digital file; changing a digital file to print format; creating a new digital file from another and performing a work in public. Only the copyright owner and/or those permitted or licensed by the copyright owner can copy the work (unless the copying falls within an exception in the Copyright Act (Canada) (NSCC, 2016, par. 9). 8

NSCC Library Resources �NSCC Library Subject Guide �http: //subjectguides. nscc. ca/copyright �Fair Dealing exemption �For educational purposes �You MUST identify reference 9

Checklist NSCC Copyright Checklist 10

How to reference? �APA – American Psychological Association �Source citation �Reference page (American Psychological Association, 2016) 11

Worrying? �New skills take practice �Your instructor will help �See sample assignments �Watch next video lesson 12

References � American Psychological Association. (2016). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition [Image]. Retrieved from http: //www. apa. org/pubs/books/4200066. aspx � Copyright Board of Canada. (2015). Act and regulations [Image]. Retrieved from http: //www. cb-cda. gc. ca/act-loi/index-e. html � NSCC. (2016). Academic integrity. Retrieved from http: //www. nscc. ca/docs/policies_procedures/policy-academicintegrity. pdf � NSCC. (2016). Policies and procedures [Image]. Retrieved from http: //www. nscc. ca/about_nscc/policies_procedures/index. asp � NSCC. (2016). Use of copyright materials policy. Retrieved from http: //www. nscc. ca/docs/policies_procedures/policyuseofcopyright. pdf � NSCC Library Services. (2016). NSCC copyright check list. Retrieved from http: //subjectguides. nscc. ca/ld. php? content_id=21050588 � NSCC Library Services. (2016). NSCC copyright check list [Image]. Retrieved from http: //subjectguides. nscc. ca/ld. php? content_id=21050588 � NSCC Library Services. (2015). Copyright @ NSCC. Retrieved from http: //subjectguides. nscc. ca/copyright 13

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