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Plagiarism
About Plagiarism
See the OC Calendar 'General academic regulations and policies on plagiarism. "Plagiarism is the presentation of another person's work or ideas without proper or complete acknowledgement" (Okanagan College [OC], 2013, Calendar).
Examples of plagiarism:
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Copying phrases, sentences, pictures, statistics, graphs, videos or other information without citing the source
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Failing to use quotation marks to indicate copied information
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Summarizing or paraphrasing ideas or information without citing the original source
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Listing a source on the References page but failing to refer to the publication within the body of the assignment.
"Students are responsible for learning and applying the proper scholarly practices for acknowledging the work and ideas of others". (OC, 2013, Calendar): This student responsibility applies in all formats (print, online, GENAI generated content, etc.).
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