Plagiarism and Copyright 
 

Schools and universities take plagiarism matters very seriously. Make sure you know what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it by going through the following resources.

                                                                                                     Photo by Jonathan Kim CC  BY / NC

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT POLICY

We at Rockridge Secondary School view academic misconduct as a serious offence and a breach of our Code of Conduct.

Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, cheating of any sort, assisting someone else to cheat, plagiarism, handing in another student’s work as your own, copying and/or allowing someone to copy work for evaluation, and handing in material downloaded from the Internet.

What Students Need to Know

You Quote It! You Note It!

 Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism: a self directed tutorial. (from Simon Fraser University)

How to Recognize Plagiarism" Tutorial and a short quiz to find out if you are a pro at detecting plagiarism (Indiana University).

What Teachers Need to Know

Copyright Matters! Questions and Answers for Teachers

Copyright and Teaching - Digital Images and Copyright.  From the 2.Learn.ca Education Society

14 Tools to teach Creative Commons 

 

 

Related Links

 

Flickr - Search for copyright friendly images licensed under Creative Commons.

Finding Copyright Friendly Images Using Google Advanced Image Search

morgueFile - Provides copyright friendly images.  Be sure to search the "free" section.

Images Canada - Provides central search access to the thousands of images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions Check the Copyright page for information on use of images.  

More Copyright Friendly Sites

 

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