Ivy Tech's Code of Student Rights & Responsibilities includes an "Academic Misconduct, Academic Integrity, & Professional Behavior" policy that defines various types of academic dishonesty, one of which is plagiarism, defined as "Presenting within one’s own work the ideas, representations, or words of another person without customary and proper acknowledgment of that person’s authorship."
In other words, if a writer includes the words or ideas of another source (including general Google searches) but does not properly give credit to that source, plagiarism has occurred. Most often, plagiarism happens as a result of improper quoting, paraphrasing, or source citation. However, plagiarism can also occur if a student submits a piece of writing partially or entirely written by someone else, and presents it as if they were the singular author.
Watch the video below from Bainbridge State College for a short overview of plagiarism and how to avoid it in your own writing:
