Designing and conducting student assessment
Topic: Checking submitted work for originality
How do you satisfy yourself about the integrity and originality of a piece of work submitted to you for marking?
This topic is designed to help you improve:
- your understanding of the range of plagiarism checking practices available, and also the range of perspectives on engaging in such practices
- your skills in using authentication tools and techniques efficiently and effectively
In this topic two academics share their approaches to checking for plagiarism in submitted work.
University guidelines on this topic
The University of Melbourne. Academic honesty and plagiarism: What is Turnitin? http://academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au/turnitin/
Further reading on this topic:
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. (2006). Authenticating coursework: A teacher's guide. London: QCA. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.qca.org.uk/downloads/qca-06-2377-coursework-t.pdf
A summary of methods for critically assessing the authenticity of student work.
Caslon Analytics. (2005). Intellectual property guide. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.caslon.com.au/ipguide.htm
Lancaster, T., & Culwin, F. (2005). Classifications of plagiarism detection engines. Italics, 4(2). Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/Vol4-2/Plagiarism%20-%20revised%20paper.htm
Stoerger, S. (2005). Web-miner: Plagiarism detection tools. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism#tools
Three sources listing and / or evaluating automated tools and services.
Jenson, J., & De Castell, S. (2004). ‘Turn it in’: Technological challenges to academic ethics. Education, Communication & Information, 4(2/3), 311-330.
Purdy, J. (2005). Calling off the hounds: Technology and the visibility of plagiarism. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, 5(2), 275-295. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pedagogy/v005/5.2purdy.pdf
Two critiques of plagiarism detection tools and services.
Overview |Plagiarism-proofing assessment | Checking submitted work for originality
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