PrintAvoiding Plagiarism Made Easy for Kids
Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work and passing it off as your own. This is a very uncool act. In this fun-filled learning course, you will go on a mission to help Billy who plagiarised because he needed to complete his project on time. The mission requires you to answer quizzes. As you go about it, you will learn how to use someone else’s work without plagarising, as well as collect Cool Points to help Billy be cool in school again!
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe what plagiarism is and what it is not
- Apply methods and styles of citation
- Perform quoting and citation
- Perform paraphrasing and summarising
Course outline
Module 1: Plagiarism is uncool
- Describe what is plagiarism and what it is not
- Describe what is common knowledge
Module 2: Quoting and citing
- Know the difference between quoting and citing
- Describe two commonly used citation styles
- Describe two methods of citation
- Complete the citation exercise
Module 3: Paraphrasing and summarising
- Know the difference between paraphrasing and summarising
- Complete the paraphrasing exercise
- Complete the summarising exercise
Module 4: Booster quiz
- Complete the quiz which reinforces key learning points