#from the student/prof aspect tho the issue is more that the purpose of the class is for you to be practicing certain skills
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okay but in an academic setting this is still probably considered self plagiarism and is still against academic integrity policies. of course if you posted the art to your website AFTER submitting it for class that would be fine, but pulling something you previously wrote/created to submit for an assigment instead of doing the assignment fresh for that specific class is actually still considered plagiarism. Obviously it is a clearer issue if you have already submitted it to a different class and are re-using it. but if it is previously published somewhere, like your website, you are going to get into trouble. For the same reason, dont submit a blog post you wrote that kind of works for a class essay prompt. any plagiarism software will find the blog post and flag that and it will still be considered plagiarism. If you really want to engage with something you already made, the most you can do is cite yourself, but in terms of academic integrity policies you are supposed to be creating something completely new for all assignments.
#the only real exception i can think of is a dissertation or thesis because that is treated more like what i think maybe an art portfolio#would be?#like if you are turning in a portfolio of your work at the end of your program#obviously it is all stuff you previously did#and often for writing you will be encouraged to develop your thesis chapters during your coursework if you can#and that is more considered part of the revision/feedback process#but similar to a portfolio a thesis is supposed to be the culmination of all the research you did in your program#look i am salty about self plagiarism rn#because i work on a peer reviewed publication#and the number of academics submitting previously published work to us#is staggering#like i cannotttt believe it#and some of them just really do not understand why self plagiarism is a problem#so like if we can get people at the student level to actually understand it#maybe! my job would be easier got dam#in the publication setting some of the issue is copyright related#but a lot of it is just in order to be seen as a relevant academic publication you have to be#publishing NEW research not just recycling stuff people have already read elsewhere#from the student/prof aspect tho the issue is more that the purpose of the class is for you to be practicing certain skills#and if you are not creating something NEW for your assignment#you arent actually getting that practice#and you probably wont actually be fulfilling the assignment prompt either even if you THINK it is close enough#like profs design prompts very carefully to guide you towards practicing certain skills#so something you did previously just on your own might somewhat fit the theme of the assignment but likely wont#fulfill the entire rubric#like i know surface level it self plagiarism seems like a stupid concept#but there are actually practical reasons why it is not acceptable in many different settings
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