Franck works in a vocational school this year, he thinks that if you change a few words in a quote, you don't have to quote the author. The Cambridge Dictionary defines paraphrase as "the same thing written or spoken using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form that makes the original meaning clearer". [...]
Manon is in the writing process of her thesis. She wondered: "I found an interesting text in a language other than English. If I translate it, should I mention the source?" The search for information is becoming international Since the arrival of the Internet, knowledge sharing has become easier and automatic translators have made accessing [...]
The connection with your audience The first 90 seconds should serve to connect with your audience. Here are some ideas to help you to do this: Ask an engaging question Use impactful numbers Show pictures and ask your audience to guess what you are going to talk about Talk about a general fact and then [...]
With the amount of celebrities caught in the most sordid internet scandals, you might think that most people would finally figure out that nothing stays hidden for long in today's online society. Nonetheless, let's take a look at 3 famous cases of plagiarism discovered and exposed by the almighty Internaut. A famous primatologist plagiarizes wikipedia [...]
Do you feel as if you don’t have enough time ? Do you believe you are not proficient enough to provide sufficient answers to the topic you’re dealing with? Copying and pasting others’ ideas from websites seems to be a common practice. So why shouldn’t you ? There are numerous reasons to plagiarise contents to [...]
Do you regularly browse on Internet from your computer, Smartphone or tablet and think the web holds no secrets for you ? Have you heard of Digital citizenship ? Do you believe to exhibit responsible behavior while online? This article helps you to be a smarter user of digital technologies. What is a digital citizen ? [...]
Plagiarism changed his life An IGN professional copies amateur's work by plagiarising it. Indeed, his opinion on the video game "Dead Cells" was identical to the opinion of an amateur youtuber called Deadite. As a reader of the IGN website, he realises the trickery and makes a video to ask for advices on the process to [...]
Boost your communication with our new posters to prevent plagiarism Compilatio wanted to renew its communication towards students by creating new plagiarism prevention posters. They look more modern with the cartoon and offbeat aspect. They feature two characters: a "superhero" not always super-inspired with his trainee. Against all odds, it is the trainee who puts in the right way his trainer [...]
Samsung VS Apple During seven years, the two companies have faced each other a several times about the question of plagiarism. The case has recently ended, and the American justice said that Apple won thanks to those patents : Colored icon on a black screen Rectangular front face with round angle on the smartphone The functionality [...]
National Exhibition of Scientific Projects While traveling across the Atlantic, the team of Compilatio visited the National Science Projects Expo hosted by Youth Science Canada. This event was a great opportunity to discover the 2 or 3 best projects by region among the 458 projects, and find the winning project. These projects were all done by [...]
