Preventing Plagiarism in IT Projects

The assignment details a scenario where an IT project was completed with high technicality, but lacked proper citations and references. The student reflects on their work, acknowledging the need for accurate attribution and proper citation techniques to prevent plagiarism.

Case Study

 Can you explain how your work may show plagiarism?
It was an IT related file with several technical terms used to carry out the work that
are also repetitive in nature and hence has a chance of getting high level of similarity.
However, the plagiarism was not intentional in this work.
 Did you include all your references and all the sources that you obtained information
and ideas from?
Yes, I tried involving all sources of information that reflected to be authentic in nature
and seemed to assist me in my work and also used them as references to cite my work.
 Did you use in-text citations?
No in text citations were done due to less allocated time for completing this work.
 Did you use intext quotations? If you did, did you reference these properly?
I tried using quotations wherever possible. However, I missed on referencing them
properly.
 Did you include your own work to demonstrate your knowledge of the topic?
Yes, I attempted to contribute my own knowledge about IT specifications to
effectively demonstrate the topic of this work.
 Did you paraphrase? And if you did, how did you paraphrase?
I did paraphrase my work but due to strong technicality of this topic with scientific
terms, I only referred using more number of synonyms rather than rephrasing the
entire sentence.
 How long did it take you to complete the assessment? This might include study,
research, drafts and the finished assessment.
It took me quiet long to complete this assessment where I was required to study for an
entire week and took 2 more weeks to research and draft the work. Lastly, another
week was spent on completely finishing the assessment.
 How did you work on your project?
This work has been done using a step wise approach where I firstly researched on the
topic and then formulated relevant notes to further address the assigned tasks and
submit the same through this work.
 Where did you find your resources and references? Did you find them in a lecture
slide, in a study book, through a database or Google?
I mostly used Google for finding resources and references and also a database called
Google scholar. However, some additional notes in the form of lecture slides and my
own study books were together been used for this purpose.
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 Do you have drafts of your project?
Yes, I do have some drafts saved before giving it a final touch at the time of
submission.
 Did you use a template or an example to help you complete your assessment item?
No, I didn’t used any such template for example that could assist me in completing
my work and instead attempted to undertake a direct approach of completing the work
by researching on my own.
 What resources or programs, electronic or otherwise did you use to complete the
assessment item? Were these programs you were supposed to use?
No such practical resources or programs, electronics, etc., were used to complete the
assessment item. However, I did used secondary sources of data to collect reliable
information and address the given tasks of this assessment.
 What steps did you undertake to complete your research or reach your conclusion?
I took a strategic approach for completing my research and firstly identified some
proper sources from where I can get authentic data.
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