Designing and conducting student assessment
Topic: Plagiarism-proofing assessment
Do you observe recommended strategies for designing out plagiarism in your assessment requirements and practices?
This topic is designed to help you to improve:
- your understanding of a variety of recommended assessment design guidelines
- your skills in applying assessment design guidelines appropriately in your own teaching
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Further reading on this topic :
Alam, L. S. (2004). Is plagiarism more prevalent in some form of assessment than others? In R. Atkinson, C. McBeath, D. Jonas- Dwyer & R. Phillips (Eds.), Beyond the Comfort Zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (pp. 48-57). Retrieved June 1, 2006 http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/alam.html
99 postgraduate IT students at University of Canberra reported deliberate plagiarism in 9 different forms of assessment, most often in programming assignments.
James, R., McInnis, C., & Devlin, M. (2002). Assessing learning in Australian universities: Ideas, strategies and resources for quality in assessment: Five practical guides. The University of Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education / Australian Universities Teaching Committee. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/03/index.html
Overview of the how, what, why, when of student plagiarism, and a list of 36 ways to minimise it.
Overview |Plagiarism-proofing assessment | Checking submitted work for originality
Designing and marking group work | Teaching online