Post-14: Understanding-the-essence-of-plagiarism-exercises

Dear All,

Are you familiar with what constitutes plagiarism? Understanding  well what it is and learning the skills necessary to be able to wrire on your own are the skills absolutely essential for you to master to be successful academically So, we'll devote our lesson today to trying to understand the essence of plagiarism and doing a number of exercises to practise the skills of paraphrasing & summarising, which are essential for you to be able to express smb else's words in your own.

We'll start with a presentation which will help you understand better when you need to quote smth., paraphrase it or summarise it.


Then we'll get acquainted with the steps you need to make to be able to paraphrase something:

a) https://bit.ly/2r3Ilv8
b) More about steps to paraphrasing and summarising (A checklist): https://bit.ly/2DKzp5w

Here is a link to my Google Drive with many materials that can help us with further practising paraphrasing and summarising:


Below is a list of more exercises to help you master the skills of paraphrasing and summarising better:

Hope the discussion and more importantly the practice in paraphrasing and summarising will help you to write without plagiarising

Good luck!

It'd be great if you came up with some further questions for you to understand better what you should do and how to be able to write without plagiarising. 

Comments

  1. Natalia EydelmanNovember 22, 2018 at 10:34 PM

    Have you used any software to check your works for plagiarism? If yes, can you add the name of the program in the thread?

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  2. Natalia EydelmanNovember 22, 2018 at 10:35 PM

    Of course, I'll share the information about the programs I've used to check my students' works for plagiarism.

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  3. Natalia EydelmanNovember 22, 2018 at 10:59 PM

    Here's a list of top 10 free plagiarism detection tools:
    https://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers
    During the class will get acquainted with them and choose a couple for being you to use when writing to make sure you haven't plagiarized.

    Hope you'll find this information useful and will use one of these tools in the future

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  4. Natalia EydelmanNovember 22, 2018 at 11:08 PM

    Finally, here's a great presentation about quoting, paraphrasing & summarizing, which is very informative & useful. I also like for its manner of presenting a serious issue with a bit of humour: http/library.acadiau.ca/files/sites/library/tutorials/flash/you_quote_it_you_note_it/

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  5. Natalia EydelmanNovember 23, 2018 at 12:22 AM

    Here is a pattern to follow when you need to add a reference to an electronic resource in your work:
    Last name, First initial. (Year published). Article Title. Journal, [online] Volume(Issue), pages. Available at: URL [Accessed Day Mo. Year].

    Example:

    Raina, S. (2015). Establishing Correlation Between Genetics and Nonresponse. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, [online] Volume 61(2), p. 148. Available at: http://www.proquest.com/products-services/ProQuest-Research-Library.html [Accessed 8 Apr. 2015].

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  6. Natalia EydelmanNovember 23, 2018 at 12:38 AM

    You also need to remember to shorten the links of the resources you have used in your work:

    Here is a shortened address of the resource I've shared the link to above: https://tinyurl.com/y8yt4mbg

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  7. Natalia EydelmanNovember 23, 2018 at 12:40 AM

    And here is a link to the list of 8 URL shorteners

    https://zapier.com/blog/best-url-shorteners/

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  8. Natalia EydelmanNovember 23, 2018 at 12:58 AM

    Two more useful resources for you to become familiar with and use when writing and making references to the works you have referred to in yours:

    1) BIBME CITATION GUIDE:

    www.bibme.org/citation-guide/

    2) CITETHISFORM:

    http://www.citethisforme.com/harvard-referencing

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  9. Natalia EydelmanNovember 23, 2018 at 1:05 AM

    Here is what you should do at home:]

    1. Finish writing a post about the plagiarism tool you have tested
    2. Do this exercise: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwXmStgn1gBPbG82U1JIdG9hYUE

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