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Electronic detection of plagiarism

Electronic detection of plagiarism. Dr. Jo Badge Web Resources Development Officer. Outline. Context JISC Plagiarism Detection Service (TurnitinUK) Safeassign Pilot and trials Full implementation Results. JISC Plagiarism Detection Service TurnitinUK. Search for matching text

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Electronic detection of plagiarism

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  1. Electronic detection of plagiarism Dr. Jo Badge Web Resources Development Officer

  2. Outline • Context • JISC Plagiarism Detection Service (TurnitinUK) • Safeassign • Pilot and trials • Full implementation • Results

  3. JISC Plagiarism Detection ServiceTurnitinUK • Search for matching text • National database • Integration through Blackboard • Student submission • Adopted October 2004

  4. Report generation Link to Blackboard for live demo

  5. Originality report

  6. Side by side comparison

  7. Blackboard submissions

  8. Disclaimer

  9. Safeassign • Free tool with Blackboard, automatic inclusion with v8 (summer 08) • Mydropbox buyout • Microsoft windows live search

  10. Safeassign Concerns with safeassign • % probability confusing • No option to remove quotes / references • ‘Side by side’ equivalent view limited • Reports generated not stable

  11. Context at Leicester • 100 taught postgraduate students on 5 MSc courses • 600 undergraduate students on 12 degree streams • 85 members academic staff involved in teaching 57 modules, 4 departments

  12. Turnitin Pilot and trials • Limited pilot • Retrospective anonymous trial • Nov 2004 • Limited scope • 240 pieces of work submitted • Undergraduate, PhD, MSc, test pieces • Live trial • Jan – May 2005 • 513 pieces of work submitted • 14 modules (voluntary) • Undergraduate, MSc

  13. Types of plagiarism detected • Cut and paste • Patchwork writing • Close paraphrasing • Collusion • Inter-year copying?

  14. Full implementation Results reviewed by Board of Studies • Requirement for all 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate work to be submitted for scanning 2005/6 • Integration with key skills teaching • 2006/7 some first year work included • 2007/8 additional first year module included

  15. Key Skills teaching Compulsory first year key skills course • Note taking • Referencing • Bibliographic searches • Plagiarism activity (Willmott & Harrison, 2003) • Plagiarism detection demonstration • Subject specific online tutorial Willmott, C. J. R. and T. M. Harrison (2003). "An exercise to teach bioscience students about plagiarism." Journal of Biological Education37(3): 139-140.

  16. Results

  17. Acknowledgements Jon Scott, Director of Studies Stuart Johnson, Student Learning Centre

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