Understanding & Avoiding Plagiarism - Innovative Educators

ticking away.For some students that really creates the sense ofdesperation, and what they do is take matters intotheir own hands and plagiarize the writing ofsomeone else just so they have something to turn into their professor.So in many cases, professors do take into accountwhy a student plagiarized, but in other cases theydon’t. The penalty may be the same no matter whatyour reason was.Slide 6: What to CiteSo when do we give credit for the information thatwe use?There are three main situations that you need tokeep in mind when you’re writing a paper.The first is whenever you use information that comesfrom an outside source whether that’s the directwords or just the ideas from that source, youdefinitely need to cite where you got that informationfrom.So some of the more common types of sources thatPublished by Articulate Presenterwww.articulate.com