README_plagiarism.md

A Note on Plagiarism

• You are encouraged to ask others, including students, instructors, and StackOverflow, for help. However, it is NOT ACCEPTABLE TO COPY another person's code and submit it as your own. More importantly, it is detrimental to your learning and growth.

• All of the following are considered plagiarism or cheating:

  • Turning in work that is not your own.
  • Turning in someone else's work as your own.
  • Hiring, or paying someone to do your work for you.
  • Copying words or code without giving credit.
  • Building or copying someone else’s idea without their knowledge or giving credit.
  • Giving incorrect information about a source.
  • Changing words, variable names, etc. but copying the code or files of a source without giving credit.
  • Copying so many ideas or code blocks from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not.
  • Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks.

• In an effort to not plagiarize, credit for this content goes to:

• Plagiarism.org, specifically the “plagiarism 101” section. The content was adapted for the code. For more information, please see:

  • What is Plagiarism
  • Types of Plagiarism
  • How do I safely write code in my own 'words' and not plagiarize?
  • Avoiding Plagiarism: Writing Computer Code