Plagiarism

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Plagiarism

• Mark Arts
• Planning group / TutorFdEWB ELEUM Project Team
• Mail m.arts_at_mw.unimaas.nl
• More info sheets available at
• http//www.fdewb.unimaas.nl/ELEUM/

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2 kinds of plagiarism

• Same paper / Different tutors
• Assignments
• Summaries
• Copy Paste form the web
• Entire papers
• Parts of websites
• Parts of online word documents

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Software tested

• Edutie
• Plagiserve
• TurnItIn
• EVE2
• Wcopyfind
• Pl_at_giarism

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Software tested

• Detection type
• Price
• Submission formats
• Scope of search
• Result format
• Results turnaround
• Archive
• Special features
• Etc.

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How can ELEUM help?

• Provide links to
• How to avoid plagiarism
• Consequences of plagiarism
• Courses with assignments, papers, etc.
• Collect files via
• drop box (version 5)
• Assignment manager (version 6)

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group work

• Problems
• Several tutors
• Similar topics / materials
• Selected Software
• Wcopyfind
• Free

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By the way

• Also easy for thesis supervision
• Students hand in several versions for feedback
• See if changes were made without re-reading
• Meetings
• Check if promised changes were made

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Copy / Paste

• Problems
• Style changes
• seems familiar
• Large number of resources on web
• Library databases such as Ebsco
• Selected software
• Turnitin
• Faculty only 950 per year

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Next Steps

• Test different software (completed)
• Make software available to staff
• Recommendation made to OEC
• Educate students about rules
• Develop consistent guidelines for staff
• Update regulations
• Include thesis
• Now focused on plagiarism in blocks

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Coming up next

• Portal
• 2nd year courses
• 80/90 of courses in ELEUM
• GSIM courses
• Upgrade skills of staff for version 6
• ForUM, SURF, Emerge, B-major
• ELEUM team, end of project phase
• Drink

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