1. Primary school
2. Secondary school
3. Tertiary school
4. Educators
5. Working Adult
6. Parent/Elderly
7. Format: E-Learning
8. Format: Blended

When you use information, either from the Internet or elsewhere, do you ‘copy and paste’ it into your own report without giving it the proper attribution? If yes, you could be committing an offence called plagiarism. If you’re caught plagiarising then you could face dire consequences in School. It is best that you learn to avoid plagiarising. In this course, you will learn the dangers of plagiarism and techniques to avoid plagiarism such as note-taking, paraphrasing and citation.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define plagiarism and the dangers thereof
• Apply note-taking and paraphrasing skills in their research
• Identify the main points of an article using skimming and scanning techniques
• Develop a reference list of webpages using either the MLA and APA citation techniques for their project report

Course outline

Module 1:

• Dangers and consequences of plagiarism
• Techniques to avoid plagiarism

Module 2:

• Note-taking and paraphrasing skills
• Skimming and scanning techniques

Module 3:

• Referencing and citation techniques
• Using the MLA and APA styles
• Creating a Reference list or Bibliography