Plagiarism Guidelines and Filtering

Academic honesty is expected of all students.  Work submitted for assessment as your own work must be your own, and materials taken from any other sources must be clearly identified and referenced. Intentional falsification of data, plagiarism, copying from others in class, obtaining information about exams and other violations of academic honesty are not acceptable.

Plagiarism, which is the practice of taking the writings or ideas of another and presenting them as your own, is the most common violation. 

Students should be aware of the forms that plagiarism can take.  Any of the following, without reference or acknowledgement of the original source, can be considered as plagiarism violations:

  • Direct duplication, by copying (or allowing to be copied) another person's work, from a book, article, web site, another student's assignment etc.
  • Paraphrasing of another person's work closely, making only minor changes to the wording but with the essential meaning, form or progression of ideas maintained
  • Piecing together sections of the others' work into a new whole
  • Submitting your own work which has already been submitted for assessment in another subject or course
  • Producing assignments with other people (eg. Another student, a tutor) which is being assessed as your own independent work.
  • Sharing your work with another student

The usual consequences for academic dishonesty the first time are:

  • Contact with parent or guardian
  • Contact with guidance counsellor and or/assistant principal if the student attends another CBE high school
  • Failure on the assignment, paper or exam (an academic dishonesty grade is assigned (“AD” with a zero percentage)

If it occurs a second time, the usual consequence is withdrawal from the course or a final grade of “AD”, indicating the nature of the grade as academic dishonesty.

The circumstances and evidence in each case are reviewed by the instructor, student, parents and CBe-learn administrators. Consequences in each case are at the discretion of the school staff.

Please note: Students must agree to this policy before a registration is processed.

Note: Student work may be screened electronically to identify plagiarism from all internet sources and other student work previously submitted to CBe-learn.