In the course of your studies, you will be exposed to a multiplicity of resources, such as reading, graphical and video materials, from a variety of sources. The use of these resources in pursuit of your intellectual growth should be underpinned by academic integrity.
Academic Integrity is understanding and practicing honesty and ethical behaviour in your learning. It is a set of skills that enables you to find, read and synthesise information, while acknowledging where those ideas originated. Academic integrity means doing the right thing, even when no one else is watching. It is a practice that flows from academic life into the workplace, informed by your values, and facilitating ethical practice in your career.
We often refer to a situation where one breaches academic integrity standards, as academic misconduct. Plagiarism is one of the most common forms of academic misconduct.
Figure it out!
Work through the following infographic to determine the types and severity of plagiarism. This will be a handy graphic to have within reach whenever you are in doubt before you submit you completed assessment tasks.
To avoid plagiarism or any form of academic misconduct, you need to have the skills to be able to identify suitable sources of information and learning and incorporate these effectively and correctly into your studies at all levels. This includes acknowledging your sources of information. Your access to the online library provides you with some tutorials or guidelines on searching, evaluating and using your sources. Please be sure to go through all the materials to build up your academic skills and avoid unnecessary academic misconduct. The library is discussed in a later section.
Turnitin is a platform used at ICHM to help you assess the originality of your work. It does so by detecting text that matches with other online sources or documents. When you submit your work through the submission point, it will go through Turnitin and return a report of how much your text matches with existing resources. It is your responsibility to ensure that any matching text is duly acknowledged or reworked and cited accordingly. Failure to do that may lead to your lecturer determining that you have been engaged in academic misconduct.