Plagiarism

These resources have been used to explore with students the nature of academic writing. The focus is on identifying key features of academic writing, and looking at sample paragraphs in order to determine whether they are ‘academic’. This can be followed up with an exploration of the nature of plagiarism, and exercises on how to use citations. These exercises tend to work best with smaller groups, but have been used in lecture sessions as well.

This case study presents information about issues of plagiarism and students‘ work gained through working with art and design academic staff. Examples of general statements which can be used in art and design teaching are given as well as a series of student activities; these can be adopted not only by other art and design staff but also by those teaching classes which have visual components.
Clarifying plagiarism for students in their often preferred visual domain should enable them to understand the reasons and application for citation in text arenas.

This excellent powerpoint can be adopted by staff teaching their students about plagiarism in art and design practice, and its relationship to plagiarism in text-based assignments.