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ASU Library LibLessons are digital credentials that allow faculty to integrate library tutorials into their classes.

Overview of Plagiarism Awareness

Description: Students at ASU encounter many types of information as they conduct research to learn, communicate about a new subject, make presentations and more. Understanding how to avoid plagiarism is a critical step for any developing scholar who wants to uphold academic integrity. If you have wondered what plagiarism is, how it connects to academic integrity and how to avoid accidentally stumbling into it, this tutorial is for you.

Learning Objectives students will learn in this tutorial:

  1. Define plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
  2. Recognize plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
  3. Explain the importance of citation in the scholarly environment.
  4. Identify the consequences of plagiarism at Arizona State University.
  5. Apply strategies for avoiding inadvertent plagiarism.

Adding LibLessons to your course

To add to your class, follow the steps below.

  1. Go to assignment, Create new.
  2. Assignment name
    • Plagiarism Awareness Credential Assignment
  3. Copy and paste the following text as the description
    • For this assignment, you will be required to complete the Plagiarism Awareness LibLesson, developed by the ASU Library! This tutorial will help you understand how to avoid plagiarism, which is a critical step for any developing scholar who wants to uphold academic integrity. Completing this assignment will take approximately 30 minutes, not including the wait for the email notification.
    • To complete the assignment, you will need to:
      1. Self-enroll in the course using this link: https://canvas.asu.edu/enroll/EBD9PF
      2. Complete the modules.
      3. Complete the quiz with a 90% or higher.
      4. Check your ASUrite email for the credential award notification. The email take up to 2 hours.
        • Once the credential is awarded, it will appear in your list of credentials below.
      5. Click the submit button next to the credential required for the assignment.
  4. Display grade as Complete/Incomplete or as Points depending on how you wish to grade the assignment.
  5. Submission type 'External Tool' 
  6. Under External Tool Options select 'Find'
    • Select the CredID Tool from the list.
  7. Save.

After students submit the credential, you will want to verify that it is correct. The image below is what the credential will look like in the Canvas Speed Grader tool. The two blue markers indicate where you will find the student's identification information.

  1. On the credential, the student's ASUrite email will be listed here.
  2. In the Speed Grader tool, the student's name will be listed here.

 Note: The example is from the LibLesson: Searching for Articles and Sources credential.

Webpage for ASU's "Searching for Articles and Sources" with details on verification and submission.