Learning Skills
Avoiding plagiarism workshop
What is it?
Plagiarism has become a serious issue within the university. All students should understand the expectations of the university in regard to plagiarism, be able to identify it, and develop skills and strategies to avoid plagiarism. The Learning Skills Team have developed a workshop to supplement the plagiarism web site that covers the following topics:
- Expectations at university
- Consequences of plagiarism
- Understanding plagiarism
- Identifying plagiarism
By participating in this workshop students should:
- Have a greater appreciation of university expectations regarding ethical use of sources
- Have a greater awareness of what is and what is not plagiarism
- Be able to recognise acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases, quotes and summaries
Examples of how you might use this service
Ideally this workshop should be presented at the beginning of a student's time at CSU. Requesting this workshop to be presented during your timetabled class time ensures that all your on campus students have had the oppotunity to learn about plagiarism, and how to avoid it.
Distance education students can be directed to online resources in the same area through their subject outline.
What is required?
To conduct a plagiarism workshop, Learning Skills Advisers will need to know:
- size of your group
- the background of the group (study mode, course, sememster)
- location for presentation
- equipment available (eg. overhead, data projector etc)
Once availability of confirmed, a learning skills adviser will contact you to discuss any further details.