Checking for Originality

The only way we can make sure we're successfully teaching students how to write with integrity is by checking and assessing their work.

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Article
Published August 2, 2021
Preventing Plagiarism when Writing
Tips on avoiding accidental plagiarism while writing.
Blog
Published February 27, 2018
Understanding the Public Domain and Citation
Students don't always understand that because a work is on the Internet doesn't mean it's in the public domain.
Blog
Published February 27, 2018
How similar is too similar?
Students often ask how similar a paper has to be for it to be seen as plagiarism. This article takes on the misconceptions in that question.
Paper
Published June 13, 2017
Streamlining Plagiarism Detection
Examining the issues of effectiveness and efficiency in plagiarism detection for electronic assessment management.
Paper
Published June 13, 2017
‘Text comparison software for students’: an educational development tool or quick ‘text checker’ –
Evaluating whether institutions should open up access to plagiarism detection services for students for formative learning purposes.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
User acceptance of Turnitin application in Pakistani HEI's
Report on user acceptance of Turnitin within Pakistan's Higher Education Institute.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
Beyond Turnitin:
Proposal for a plagiarism identification framework and its pedagogical implications.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
An Active Introduction to Academic Misconduct & the Measured Demographics of Misconduct
Unoriginal writing may be linked to attrition among first year students.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
A roll-out of the JISC plagiarism detection service with biological sciences students
Report on the roll-out of the JISC plagiarism detection service with biological sciences students.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
A Phenomenographic research project looking at HE Lecturers’ views on the plagiarism detection system Turnitin
Taking a phenomenographic approach to understand higher education instructors' perspectives on Turnitin.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
A Dramatic strategy against plagiarism
Developing a university-wide plagiarism prevention strategy in concert with an information literacy strategy.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
The effect of a penalty tariff on Consistent decision making in cases of student plagiarism
Evaluating the effectiveness of tariff penalties given to students for plagiarism and ethics violations.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
Either my students are getting naughtier, or the tools are getting better!
Using software to measure rates of unoriginal writing.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
Eliminating the successor to plagiarism?
Identifying contract cheating as the successor to plagiarism.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
How effective are electronic plagiarism detection systems and does it matter how you use them?
Examining the evidence for the effects of plagiarism detection systems.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
Making the case for multiple submissions to Turnitin
Argument that students should be allowed to submit multiple times to Turnitin
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
Making technology work for academic integrity in Malaysia
The effects of students using Turnitin in a formative way.
Paper
Published June 12, 2017
Test cases for plagiarism detection software
Information on test cases used to evaluate plagiarism detection software.
Paper
Published June 9, 2017
Building Bridges:
The results of University of Oxford's SIPA project review of Turnitin.
Paper
Published June 9, 2017
European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education
The results of the European Commission's project assessing the impact of plagiarism policies in higher education.
Article
Published June 7, 2017
Plagiarism: Facts & Stats
Basic statistics and facts about plagiarism.
Video
Published June 2, 2017
The Sources in Student Writing
Sources students use in writing unoriginal work.
Video
Published June 1, 2017
Helping Students Onboard with Integrity
Helping students understand proper citation and plagiarism.
Video
Published June 1, 2017
Getting the Ghostwriter Out of Your Class
Strategies to help instructors identify ghostwritten work in class.
Video
Published June 1, 2017
Changing Culture to Promote Integrity
Defining the key drivers of the cheating culture and how to dismantle it.
Video
Published June 1, 2017
The Cultural Implications of Contract Cheating
How culture affects and is affected by contract cheating.
Video
Published June 1, 2017
Why Do Students Plagiarize?
The cultural contexts of plagiarism and the implications for education and policy.
Article
Published May 18, 2017
What is Plagiarism?
Understand the definition of plagiarism.