Here is the UMB policy regarding Academic Dishonesty.
As a general rule, whenever you include quotations, dates, statistics, or other specific references or ideas in your work, you need to include an in-line citation as well as a reference page at the end of the document.
Here is a short powerpoint to clarify some common plagiarism mistakes:
Potasznik Presentation: Plagiarism Avoidance
As always: Plagiarized assignments get a 0 and cannot be made up. Late submissions for homework and write-ups are accepted within 1 week of the due date with a sliding deduction scale. Please see the syllabus for additional documentation.
As of December 2018, submissions containing text that has been altered from its original version with your own synonyms AND/OR paraphrasing software/sites (spinbot, paraphrasing-tool, articlerewritertool, quillbot, rephraser, etc.), or translator service abuse, will be considered “egregious, unmitigated plagiarism.” That means that instead of giving you a second chance, you will fail the course upon the first detection of such cheating. The incident will also be noted in your permanent academic file.
Plagiarism (resulting in failed assignment) |
Egregious, unmitigated plagiarism (resulting in failure of and dismissal from class) |
| Using a sentence or two from your old write-ups in new assignments | Copying homework answers from CourseHero or a similar site |
| Writing your assignment in your native language, then translating it using software | Masking copying from another author: Using synonyms for plagiarized words, using translators to change words/order, any method of trying to trick anti-plagiarism software or the grader |
| Not attributing statistics, specific information, definitions, or quotes to their original source | Copying work verbatim from another source and submitting it as your own |
The identification and severity categorization of plagiarism cases is at the discretion of the professor.