Plagiarism Scenarios

Although he has changed many of the words, this student has not put any of his own thoughts into the work. It would have been okay if he used the idea, but wrote it in his own words.

Copying a whole entire paragraph is certainly plagiarism.

This is okay because the student has adjusted the material and added her own thoughts.

Also, it is only 1 sentence. Occasionally people will write a sentence that is very similar to someone elses; this is fine.

This is obviously plagiarism. It is not his own work or thoughts. Changing it 'a bit' is not enough.

Using the same quotes as someone else is completely okay and this WILL happen.

Having the same idea as someone is also okay. Both students still would have written this essay in their own words and would never been able to see the other person's work.

David did not use any of his own ideas and he only changed the quotes and SOME of the ideas.

AI is not a good tool to use in VCE English, because it does not have enough knowledge about our writing structures or how we analyse texts. I do not recommend using it, but if you ARE going to use it, it should only be used to help you brainstorm ideas or to explain things to you.