Plagiarism+KS3

Plagiarism is when you copy another persons words or ideas and pretend they are yours. It can be deliberate or accidental, it can be cut & paste from the web or copying from a friend. **Here's the trick:** you can copy another person's work, as long as you cite where you borrowed it from. That's called Citation & Bibliography, but first about plagiarism.

Deliberately copying someone else's work on purpose is cheating, will lose you marks, and it's embarrassing - unless of course you're Lady Gaga:
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However, **accidental plagiarism** is a problem, because it can still lose you marks even though you don't know you're doing it. That's why we bought some software to help protect you from it.

=Turnitin= This is our awesome anti-plagiarism software. As we discussed previously, most plagiarism is accidental. That's why we purchased this software for you, so you can check your own work for mistakes. it's the same software that the IB & IGCSE use, so now you don't have to freak out about accidental plagiarism.

@http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.php 3874536 (this is my class ID so you can experiment) bisvietnam1
 * Go to the website and join using your school e-mail:**
 * After you've joined it'll ask you for a class ID:**
 * And a password:**

Please experiment and upload a document so you can see how it checks your work & produces a plagiarism report for you.
 * You may submit more than once, but when you re-submit you must wait 24hrs for a new report.**

This is my practice class; ask your teachers to open accounts for all your classes, then you can scan all your work and know you're in the safe zone. Here is the student manual, or you can ask Mr Jacques for help how to use it: Student manual.pdf

=F**inally, citation**= The school's preferred system is MLA, but we do support others; the only **IB rule** is that you must choose one and stay with it throughout your essay. Basic guide with examples - download to a usb & keep it: **MLA Style Guide**
 * We'll talk more about citation later, but here's a taster to get you started.**