LibGuides: UNV 100: So You Want 2 Change the World: Avoiding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism Webinars

The library offers Avoiding Plagiarism webinars during the Fall and Winter semesters. Please register for one of the upcoming sessions below for Fall 2024:

Wednesday, January 22 from 6 to 7pm | Register through Campus Connections
Tuesday, February 18 from 6 to 7pm | Register through Campus Connections
Wednesday, March 19 from 6 to 7pm | Register through Campus Connections

If your instructor is using Canvas for their online classroom, they may have added the Library's Avoiding Plagiarism module already.

Avoiding Plagiarism Certificate Course

If you are unable to attend a live webinar, the self-paced certificate course is another option. Hosted through the UM-Flint Professional Development storefront, you will need to enroll, then watch the lecture videos and complete the review quiz in order to earn the certificate. There is no cost to enroll in this course and the certificate expires after 18 months.

To enroll:

Click the enroll button on the course’s page, then click enroll again in your cart.
The enrollment will be pending for a few minutes, but the screen will eventually say “ready to begin.”
The course can then be accessed in your Canvas Dashboard.

Avoiding Plagiarism Certificate Course
This certificate course will help students understand what plagiarism is, its consequences, the forms it can take, and how to avoid it by using citations and integrating sources. It consists of four short lecture modules and a review quiz.

After you complete the course, you should receive a certificate from Canvas by email. If you do not receive it by email you are able to log back into professional development catalog and download it from the Completed Course list in your Student Dashboard. You can access your dashboard by clicking on your name next to the cart icon in the upper right corner.

Academic Policies

Accurately citing sources used for research is an important part of the writing and research process. Citation is important because:

It is used to give credit for information originally written elsewhere.
Citation enables others to find the same information again.
Failure to give credit for drawing on the work of others constitutes plagiarism.

For more information on plagiarism, please read the Academic Policies of the University and the English Department's policy on Academic Integrity.

Academic Policies of the University: Student Rights and Responsibilities
The following regulations represent University-wide rules of which all students should be aware in order to fulfill their academic responsibilities.
First Year Writing Program: A Survival Kit
The "Academic Integrity and Plagiarism" section begins on page 24.

Additional Resources

Research Process Guide
This library guide takes you step-by-step through the research process. It includes help on developing a topic, search strategy, and writing and citing.
Marian E. Wright Writing Center
The Writing Center assists with papers for any subject and at any stage of writing: getting started, fine tuning topics, developing ideas or revising, finishing papers, and working on MLA & APA formats and other citation styles.
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The Writing Center is located on the third floor of the library.
UM-Flint Writing Center's Avoiding Plagiarism Resources
For students and faculty, available through the UM-Flint intranet.