Plagiarism & Copyright

Our stance

ScholarForge is built to support educators through high-quality shared curriculum and collaboration. That only works if we respect intellectual property, give proper credit, and share materials ethically and legally.

What counts as plagiarism

• Submitting someone else’s lesson plan and claiming it as your own
• Copying materials from a website, book, or paid resource without attribution
• Removing an author’s name/logo/watermark from their content
• Uploading purchased, licensed, or published content without permission

What is acceptable sharing

• Your original work
• Work you have written permission to share
• Adapted work with clear credit to the original source
• Public domain or Creative Commons materials (with correct attribution and license compliance)

Required attribution (recommended format)

If your submission includes adapted content, include a note like:

• Source: Author / Organization / Title
• Link: (URL to the original source)
• Notes: “Adapted from…” and what you changed
• License (if applicable): Creative Commons type or usage terms

Enforcement

Submissions that appear to violate plagiarism or copyright rules may be rejected, unpublished, or removed. Repeated violations may result in limiting or blocking future submissions and/or accounts.

Reporting

If you believe content has been uploaded without permission or proper credit, contact the site administrator with the link and details. We will review reports as soon as possible.