How to Recognize Plagiarism:
Tutorials and Tests

Instruction: Overview for Novice Level

You commit word-for-word plagiarism if your writing or speech:

1. borrows ideas from the original source material, and
2. takes seven or more words in sequence from the original source material, and
3. lacks any of the following:
   • quotation marks surrounding the words taken
   • the full in-text citation with author name(s), the date, and must include the specific location within the source (e.g., page number or other locator) where the words are taken from
   • the bibliographic reference.

Sections within Novice Level instruction

• Watch 1 video case (one minute).
  
  
• Watch 2 examples that demonstrate plagiarism and how to fix them.
  
  
• Answer one practice question at a time with immediate feedback.
  
  
• Reflect on what you've learned.
  
  
• Answer 4 questions on a practice test at the novice level with detailed feedback on each answer.

Next: Watch 1 video case