Preventing Plagiarism Through Citation and Formatting Standards

Discussion Board Seven Topic:
Citing and Plagiarism
I: Complete both the following reading AND watch the embedded video – in the
reading assignment where it states, “Watch this short video…” on p.61.
II: Write a discussion where you address all of the following:
1. Complete the readings and watch the video for this assignment.
2. In a discussion, explain why in-text citations AND the
References (APA) page help prevent plagiarism. Why do we use a specific style of
formatting – APA, MLA, Chicago – in papers, reports, and/or professional papers?
3. Write a total of two – three questions that you have about the reading; these could
be topics that you want to better understand, or information that might be interesting to your classmates.

General Rules/ Guidelines for Discussions:

use information from the Internet to write discussion responses. While you are
encouraged to gain insight from assigned readings, you MUST cite all
information that you use from those materials.
∙ Post your work to the text box for this discussion.
∙ It is suggested that you write your work in Microsoft Word and save.