Plagiarism Advisory Service

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/jiscpas

JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service

Information Management Research Institute,

School of Informatics

and Learning Resources

Northumbria University

Background

• Phase 1 projects

• Emergence of “cyber cheating”

• Need for support

Advice and Guidance

The Plagiarism Advisory Service aims to provide institutions, academics and students with generic advice and guidance on all aspects of plagiarism prevention and detection.

Approach

• Holistic

• Preventative

• Multi-disciplinary

3 levels

• Policy and procedure

• Teaching practice

• Study skills

Policy and procedure

• Raise awareness of the issues

• Policy guidelines

• Examples of best practice

Teaching Practice

• Good Practice guides

• Links to other resources e.g. LTSN guides

• Stimulate discussion

Study skills

• Develop educational material

• ‘Level the playing field’

• Increase awareness

The detection service

• Available to all JISC funded sites

• Centrally administered within the institution

• Accessible through the advisory service website

The procedure• Institution registers• Lecturer registers and sets up class

and assignment• Student registers and joins class • Student submits paper for

assignment• Software checks paper for text

matches• Software produces originality report• Lecturer views originality report

Originality report

Originality report

• An educational tool

• Can open a dialogue between academic and student

• Can raise awareness

An interactive service

• Existing material

• Identify gaps in provision

• Share good practice

Plagiarism Advisory Service

http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/jiscpas