Ritz Library: Incorporating Information Literacy into the Classroom: Academic Integrity

Discussion Ideas

• Discuss what rules of academic integrity apply in your classroom.

• Ask students how they define plagiarism and make sure all types are covered.

• What ethical and societal issues are involved in sharing and using other people's ideas and research?

• Why is it important to cite our sources?

• Why does citation style matter?

• Ask students for their thoughts and experiences.

Tutorial: APA Citations (2019)
Tutorial: MLA 9th Edition Citation Style
Exercise on recognizing plagiarism
Have students read a short, simple text. Show several teacher-created examples of student writing based on that text. Eventually, they should get to the point where they can correctly identify most examples as “plagiarism” or “not plagiarism.”