Course Introduction Page 5 – What is a Project?
Completion requirements
What Makes a Good Project?
You will do a total of 10 projects in this course. Don't worry, projects are a great way for you to express your creativity while demonstrating your knowledge about a topic. But if you don't have much experience with projects, how do you know
what makes a good one? Please watch the following video for great tips on what makes a good project.
Important ADLC Policies
60 Day Stall and 90 Day Withdrawal Policies
We want you to be successful at ADLC! One of the best ways to be successful is to work regularly. To encourage this we have two policies that you should be aware of. Please watch the following video for an explanation of the 60-day stall and 90-day withdrawal policies.
We want you to be successful at ADLC! One of the best ways to be successful is to work regularly. To encourage this we have two policies that you should be aware of. Please watch the following video for an explanation of the 60-day stall and 90-day withdrawal policies.
Don't Plagiarize – Always make sure that the projects and assignments you submit are your own, unique work.
Please view (below) the short ADLC video on sharing assignments. It's OK to borrow ideas, but you should never copy another person's work and you should never copy and paste from the Internet, that's plagiarism. When you do use ideas or information from another source, you must give appropriate credit to that source.
You should also never give your work to someone else for the purposes of copying. For more information on appropriate sharing, visit this page. To read ADLC's official policies on plagiarism and inappropriate sharing, click on the following:
Please view (below) the short ADLC video on sharing assignments. It's OK to borrow ideas, but you should never copy another person's work and you should never copy and paste from the Internet, that's plagiarism. When you do use ideas or information from another source, you must give appropriate credit to that source.
You should also never give your work to someone else for the purposes of copying. For more information on appropriate sharing, visit this page. To read ADLC's official policies on plagiarism and inappropriate sharing, click on the following:
ADLC Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is the practice of representing someone else's work or ideas as one's own.
It is an academically dishonest practice and is detrimental to a student's knowledge and skill development. ADLC takes a progressive approach to plagiarism to educate and correct the behaviour. All incidents will be documented and are subject to the consequences outlined below:
First Incident
The student is given zero scores on any work suspected of being plagiarized and given the opportunity to resubmit original work.
Second Incident
The student is given zero scores on any work suspected to being plagiarized and is not given the opportunity to resubmit original work. A letter is sent by the Principal to parents and school facilitators outlining this administrative practice and the consequences.
Third Incident
The student is removed from the course in which plagiarized work is suspected and notifications are put into the ADLC Student Information System barring future registration to the course in question. A withdrawal letter is sent by the Principal to parents and school facilitators.
Important
While removal from a course is limited to the course in which the third incident has occurred, the preceding steps can occur across different courses. A student who has been found plagiarizing in Course A and held to the First Incident consequences who then plagiarizes in Course B will move to the Second Incident consequences.
Any further occurrences after the Third Incident in any other courses will result in immediate removal from that course. Ongoing occurrences may result in removal from all courses and barring of registration with ADLC.
Plagiarism is the practice of representing someone else's work or ideas as one's own.
It is an academically dishonest practice and is detrimental to a student's knowledge and skill development. ADLC takes a progressive approach to plagiarism to educate and correct the behaviour. All incidents will be documented and are subject to the consequences outlined below:
First Incident
The student is given zero scores on any work suspected of being plagiarized and given the opportunity to resubmit original work.
Second Incident
The student is given zero scores on any work suspected to being plagiarized and is not given the opportunity to resubmit original work. A letter is sent by the Principal to parents and school facilitators outlining this administrative practice and the consequences.
Third Incident
The student is removed from the course in which plagiarized work is suspected and notifications are put into the ADLC Student Information System barring future registration to the course in question. A withdrawal letter is sent by the Principal to parents and school facilitators.
Important
While removal from a course is limited to the course in which the third incident has occurred, the preceding steps can occur across different courses. A student who has been found plagiarizing in Course A and held to the First Incident consequences who then plagiarizes in Course B will move to the Second Incident consequences.
Any further occurrences after the Third Incident in any other courses will result in immediate removal from that course. Ongoing occurrences may result in removal from all courses and barring of registration with ADLC.
Inappropriate Sharing of ADLC Work
Plagiarism is the practice of representing someone else's work or ideas as one's own.
It is a dishonest practice and is damaging to a student's knowledge and skill development. Plagiarism is addressed in ADLC Administrative Policy 60-01.
The inappropriate sharing of school work, especially after having been marked by ADLC, to other students for the purposes of submitting plagiarized work (either paraphrasing or directly copying student work) is dishonest, and this inappropriate sharing goes against the Alberta School Act's expectation of students to respect school rules and co-operate with how schools offer education to their students.
ADLC prefers to take a progressive approach to sharing of work with other students, in order to educate and correct the behaviour. If a student is currently enrolled in any ADLC course and found to be inappropriately sharing school work, whether from their current course or another:
First Incidence
The student is informed that their work has been submitted as plagiarized work by another student; a warning is provided that further submissions of such work, from any course, will be grounds for removal from the current course(s).
Second Incidence
The student is removed from all active ADLC courses.
If the student is not currently enrolled in any ADLC course and found to be inappropriately sharing school work with others, they are informed that their work has been submitted as plagiarized work by another student and, as such, further registrations in any ADLC course will not be permitted. The incident will be recorded on the student's file.
Such actions do not limit ADLC to pursue other remedies (actions), either criminal or civil, for the distribution of its copyrighted materials.
Plagiarism is the practice of representing someone else's work or ideas as one's own.
It is a dishonest practice and is damaging to a student's knowledge and skill development. Plagiarism is addressed in ADLC Administrative Policy 60-01.
The inappropriate sharing of school work, especially after having been marked by ADLC, to other students for the purposes of submitting plagiarized work (either paraphrasing or directly copying student work) is dishonest, and this inappropriate sharing goes against the Alberta School Act's expectation of students to respect school rules and co-operate with how schools offer education to their students.
ADLC prefers to take a progressive approach to sharing of work with other students, in order to educate and correct the behaviour. If a student is currently enrolled in any ADLC course and found to be inappropriately sharing school work, whether from their current course or another:
First Incidence
The student is informed that their work has been submitted as plagiarized work by another student; a warning is provided that further submissions of such work, from any course, will be grounds for removal from the current course(s).
Second Incidence
The student is removed from all active ADLC courses.
If the student is not currently enrolled in any ADLC course and found to be inappropriately sharing school work with others, they are informed that their work has been submitted as plagiarized work by another student and, as such, further registrations in any ADLC course will not be permitted. The incident will be recorded on the student's file.
Such actions do not limit ADLC to pursue other remedies (actions), either criminal or civil, for the distribution of its copyrighted materials.
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