UK Centre for Materials Education
Working with you to enhance the student experience
Working with you to enhance the student experience
The recently introduced JISC Plagiarism Detection Service is a powerful new tool to help you spot 'cut and paste' plagiarism in your students' work.
The Detection Service software searches for matching text between any student paper you submit and available material on the internet, or papers previously submitted to the database. You will receive an Originality Report that highlights blocks of copied text and points you to the original source. The software is sophisticated enough to spot only small fragments of text, and can see through subtle changes intended to disguise.
The Originality Report is returned within one hour of submission so this service can considerably reduce the time required to track down sources of suspected plagiarism. It should be noted that the report does not differentiate between correctly referenced text and unacknowledged quotations. The judgement as to whether plagiarism has occurred remains, therefore, with the academic reading the report.
The Detection Service is accessed through your browser and is freely available to all JISC funded institutions in the UK (until August 2004). For more information please visit www.submit.ac.uk or contact Gill Rowell (gillian.rowell@northumbria.ac.uk).
To combat the issue of plagiarism, from both paper and electronic sources, a variety of measures must be adopted. Implementing specific measures in isolation will have only a limited effect on the problem. The JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service promotes an holistic approach to the issue, involving consideration of institutional policies and procedures, academic practice and study skills. The Advisory Service supports the academic community by providing generic advice and guidance on all aspects of plagiarism prevention and detection. For more information please visit www.jiscpas.ac.uk or contact Fiona Duggan (f.duggan@northumbria.ac.uk).
