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Plagiarism: Keeping it out of the classroom

Tools to help faculty and students avoid plagiarism.

West Valley College Policy

Students Rights and Responsibilities 

When a student is charged with plagiarism or cheating related to a class, and the instructor has reasonable proof or documentation or the student admits the violation, the instructor may select one or more of the following options:

  1. Issue an oral or written notification and warn the student that further acts of this sort will result in additional disciplinary action.
  2.  Issue a failing grade (“F”) or “0” for the assignment in question.
  3. Refer the student to the CSSO for disciplinary action.

Source: 2015-2016 West Valley College Catalog, p.194:. http://westvalley.edu/documents/catalog/2015-2016_WVC_Catalog.pdf