Plagiarism and Turnitin

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Plagiarism and TurnitinIn Brief: 6th December 2011

Phil Hardcastle, Lyn Lall and Steve Saffhill

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Summary

What is plagiarism? Issues Implementation

– Students– Staff

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Spot the similarity

Images copied from youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=5957

Rubens

Paul de Vos

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Nothing is wrong

Comment or resubmit work

Fail and verbal warning

Fail and terminate

Issues

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Your experiences

A. I have never used plagiarism detection software

B. I have only researched into the use of plagiarism detection software

C. Plagiarism detection software is used by some people within my organisation

D. Plagiarism detection software is commonly used within my organisation

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How robust are your organisation’s plagiarism policies and procedures?

A. We don’t have a need for one

B. We don’t really have one, but are dealt with using the disciplinary procedure

C. Plagiarism is managed within individual departments

D. We have an inter department process

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Implementing: students

“Why should I?”

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Quick wins

http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=6144

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Implementing: staff

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Assessment Design

• Personalise the assessment• Emphasise the value of analysis• Assess the process• Create learning partnerships• Harness the research process• Enable peer assessment• Discourage the use of pre-written assignments 

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Personalise the assessment

• Self• Employer• Recent• Volunteer• Explicit

• Mailmerge

Implementation of good academic practice policy

Holistic approach Linked to

– Induction– e-safety – staying legal!– disciplinary policy– Staff development– tutorial support resources on Moodle (Staff and

Students)

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Resources to develop good academic practice and study skills

Resources from Jorum

– Reusable learning objects – flash animations on referencing books, websites journals, using Harvard – interactive

– Import as SCORM objects to your VLE

PLATO - tutorial support resources with interactive flash animations on referencing link

More information on PLATO at http://www.preventplagiarism.co.uk/index.asp

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