Re: Issues on Plagarism

Tertiary insitution is a correspondence course.
I don't think my question receives any answers so far...
And I had not handed in the assignment.
The assignment was not due.


Deadrat wrote:
> "Kitty Chan" <kittychan953@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1133164880.996825.101410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Recently, I have been accused of plagarism by a tertiary institution.
>
> What is a "tertiary institution"?
>
> > I was doing a course.
>
> What was the course (level and subject)?
>
> > Today I have received a letter from the academic
> > registrar saying she
> > received a complaint of Academic Misconduct. In her letter, she said I
> > have had
> > requested others to complete my assessments by posting the request in
> > a public forum, and have had provided direct links to the assessment
> > items.
>
> What was the assignment? A homework problem set is different from
> a take-home midterm.
>
> > I think I did post a question online asking computer experts to help me
> > explain these questions.
>
> You think? Did you post a request for help or not? If so, what were the
> questions you asked and what were the answers you received?
>
> > She said by doing that, I have breached the Student
> > Conduct Statute about Plagarism.
> >
> > Can you tell me how am I going to explain my misconduct to help
> > alleviate with the panelty?
> >
>
> To start with, in any correspondence with the registrar (Are you sure it
> isn't the Dean's office?), you should spell "plagiarism" and "penalty"
> correctly. Secondly, you probably shouldn't admit to misconduct in a
> public forum. You want to know how to counter an *accusation* of
> misconduct, right? The code of conduct probably prohibits the use of
> others' work as your own. Depending on the wording of the code, it
> might be a violation to solicit others' work to use as your own. That's
> why I asked for details of what you actually did.
>
> If the work was to find the answer to the sum 2+2, and you asked for
> the answer, got someone to tell you it was 4, and then handed in that
> answer without giving credit to that someone, then the complaint might
> be valid. If you asked for an explanation of addition, something that you
> could have asked the course TA, the you might have a defense.

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