 Kirkwood Community College has an official student policy on academic dishonesty that all students should read. To summarize, the policy describes different forms of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism and fabrication, as well as other forms of cheating. The policy can be read in its entirety by clicking on the link in the video description or by searching the Kirkwood site. Regarding plagiarism and fabrication, Kirkwood's policy states that students need to carefully and correctly cite all information obtained from sources, no matter if the source is a book, your textbook, an article, a website, a video, an image, or any other format. For help with citing sources, ask your instructor or staff at the Writing Center or Library. If you as a student are ever suspected of plagiarism, you will be asked to produce proof of your original work. This means that as you work on a paper, presentation, or project, you should keep copies of all of your drafts. If you do your drafts using a word processing program, simply save new versions of the draft as you work. Keep all typed or handwritten notes, and also keep copies of the original sources you cited. The possible consequences of academic dishonesty at Kirkwood are as follows. With each suspicion of plagiarism, the instructor will talk to you about their concerns and will also notify the Dean of Students of this concern. For a first offense, you may receive a failing grade on the assignment in question. For a second offense, you may receive a failing grade for the course. For a third offense, you may receive a failing grade for the course, and you may also be suspended from Kirkwood for one semester. The sanctions are in place to show students that Kirkwood takes these offenses seriously. However, our goal is to teach students to properly attribute their sources and to learn good research habits so that if there is a first incidence of plagiarism, there will hopefully not be a second or third. If you have any questions about citing your sources, just ask for help. Your instructor, the writing center, and the library are great places to get help with this important practice.