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Turnitin is not (only) about plagiarism - March 2011
1. “Turnitin …is not about plagiarism” only Dr JP Bosman Centre for Teaching and Learning Stellenbosch University, South Africa March 2011 jpbosman@sun.ac.za
2. On the Menu Three tales of plagiarism SU plagiarism policy Why do students plagiarise? How can Turnitin help? How does Turnitin work? Turnitin for more Useful resources Discussion and implementation
5. Why do students plagiarise? Ignorance Lack of time Improving marks Irrelevant courses Disinterested lecturers Beating the system Availability of content on web (1999: 13% – 2003: over 40%) … any other? Source: http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/documents/tipsheetsv3/tp02_WhyDoStudentsPlagiarise.pdf
6. How can Turnitin help? Educational tool Checks: Web Indexed journals Student submissions Creates originality reports Can get graded online Can get annotated online Can be peer-marked online
7. How Turnitin works Through Webstudies: (http://webstudies.sun.ac.za) In a specific course/ module In a specific year Added by a lecturer (designer) Who to contact: webstudies@sun.ac.za 021-808-2443
8. Turnitin for more Educational tool (picture a carrot) Academic writing skills Academic quotation algorithms Excessive % amounts of usage indicated Peer mark also possible Postgraduate writing support for theses Self-awareness testing for plagiarism Journal articles tested
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10. Useful resources SU Policy on Academic integrity: http://library.sun.ac.za//eng/help/IG_Programme/Plagiarism/Plagiaat_Nov2010_eng.pdf SU library Plagiarism resources: http://library.sun.ac.za//eng/help/IG_Programme/Plagiarism/Plagiarism_Index.html Webstudies support site: http://www0.sun.ac.za/webstudies/Lect_turnitin.html Jisc website on plagiarism: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/topics/plagiarism.aspx Plagiarism advice website: www.plagiarismadvice.org Types of plagiarism: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/academicoffice/1-4-1-2-2.html Vumaselftest for students: http://www.vuma.ac.za/files/selftests/plagiarism.swf