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Students in online courses are often tempted to copy and paste from sites like Wikipedia, CourseHero, and Brainly while not realizing that there is a real teacher behind the screen or that their courses are just as important as in-person ones.  In online classes, plagiarism is considered a serious offense. Our teachers too often find materials copied from sites such as these. Plagiarized submissions are not acceptable under any circumstances.

If a student is caught plagiarizing work, their parent will be notified and they will be required to re-do the assignment. If a student has more than one plagiarism offense, they may be subject to removal from the class and/or GPS Global Academy.

Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to:

• Using ideas from another source without citing (giving credit to) that source.
• Using direct wording of even short phrases (e.g., 5 or more words in a row) from another source (even a cited source) without quotation marks.
• Slightly re-wording phrases from another source and passing the phrases as your own.
• Passing off another student’s work as your own, even if this work was given to you or posted on a work-sharing website.
• Using images from another source without citing (giving credit to) that source.
• Using computer code from another source without citing (giving credit to) that source.
• Collaboration without differentiation to show which contribution is unique to each student in a group.  Note: Group collaboration should not result in a common submission for all participants. Not all assignments permit group work; defer to your instructor if you have questions.