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Online Ethics and Plagiarism Guided Tour [] 1) What is on the site?

This wikispace is a source containing many useful links regarding plagiarism. This is a great site if you want to enter only one web address instead of the 35 addresses linked to this page. The wikispace also houses other pages not relating to copyright laws. The other pages can be useful to teachers as well to a link called “cheating documentary.” This youtube video is five minutes long. At the beginning multiple students are asked the question “Have you cheated?” and they all answer “yes.” Then the students tell how to cheat; the last minutes are testing a scantron cheating method where chapstick covers the black side bars…it does not work. Really? A cheating documentary is prominent on a plagiarism site? This somehow seems counterproductive. However, I did not know the intended audience when I viewed this video. The site has many links including one that Dr. Stansberry listed in the application section of module 5: You Quote It, You Note It! Tutorial for students. 2) Intended audience The intended audience is teachers. There is a link to a teachers’ guide about fair use which lists common materials used in the classroom as well as restrictions and when teachers need permission. Also, there is a file from an ethics workshop that have some discussion topics that will make you think. The file is on another page titled “Teacher brainstorm recommendations.”

3) Author This wikispace has not been updated since November 2008. This page has not been updated since March 2008. I did not find the author listed on the wikispace or on [|http://easywhois.com]

4) Content This page contains many links to other useful sites for teachers. Actually, all of the useful content is links. The links are listed in sections: ethics, academic integrity and cheating, resources and tips. The website addresses fair use with easy-to-understand tables and guides.

5) How would you use this resource in a classroom? I would use this website as a starting point to guide me through what resources I can use in my classroom and how I can use them and comply with copyright laws.

6) How you would assess student learning based on their use of the site? Based on my use of this site, I can find tools to teach and evaluate students understanding of plagiarism. One way I would evaluate students is by constructing a plagiarism quiz which will contain scenarios, implications, and ethics.