Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Katerina Loukopoulou John Parkinson Centre for Academic Practice Enhancement Introductions (around the room) Activity 1 : what do each of you hope to gain by attending this workshop: Short sentence from each of participants to the room Presentation title

Learning outcomes of the workshop Collaborative exploration of aspects of (and issues surrounding) Plagiarism, Academic Misconduct and Academic Integrity during which we hope to: Identify what constitutes Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct - Recognition Explore strategies to prevent Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct - Prevention Outline the procedures for submitting a claim of academic misconduct - Reporting Presentation title

Structure of the workshop We are here to initiate and guide the discussions and activities within the workshop but recognise that the subject and the processes involved are not always clear cut. We will therefore be calling upon your input to help situate and make relevant the discourse we hope to generate during the session Presentation title

Recognition of Plagiarism Presentation title

What is Plagiarism? Activity: to the room – what is plagiarism (lets switch to the padlet for this) Presentation title

Recognition of Plagiarism Presentation title

Definition of Plagiarism Plagiarism is the taking of someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as your own. It includes: copying – submission of someone else’s entire work as your own. The original work could be from the internet, a classmate, or a student in a previous year. copying parts from a number of different books, journals, or internet sites, and linking the parts together with your own words; failing to indicate a direct quote (quotation marks should be used) in the text. paraphrasing or synthesising material from a book, journal article or internet site without acknowledging the source in the text. Presentation title

Definition of Plagiarism continued… composing a paragraph by joining together sentences from a number of sources and not acknowledging them in the text. using your own previous work in another assignment without acknowledging it. http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/c.php?g=322119&p=2155037 The reasons for plagiarising can either be intentional or unintentional, and can often be due to:   poor time management, having problems with managing your workload, leaving the work to the last minute and taking the easy option, a crisis at home, or even just laziness.  Accidental plagiarism is treated just as seriously as doing it on purpose. Presentation title

Activity: The Plagiarism Game Please evaluate the list of activities against the statements provided at the top of the page Mark each item of the list according to statements You have 5 minutes to complete the activity Upon completion of the activity: Ask the room to shout out their classifications item by item did this activity seem easy or hard? Did anyone struggle with particular items against the classifications? Presentation title

Attitudes or degrees of plagiarism Three possible attitudes: Minor cheating Theft of intellectual property Criminal Offence Minor cheating: Usually misunderstanding (accidental/coincidental plagiarism) – can anyone give me an example of minor cheating? If not offered: failure to cite or attribute correctly – to appropriate referencing standard Self-plagiarism (what’s this?) Theft of… (surreptitious or malicious, possibly ignorance N.B. this will not be accepted as an excuse when claims have to be appealed, it’s in the uni regulations! Criminal Offence – this speaks for itself – but mostly mallicious e.g. paper mills Plagiarism Awareness document Presentation title

Prevention of Plagiarism Presentation title

Plagiarism Awareness and Assessment Design Activity and Discussion How are different types of assessment linked with the prevention of plagiarism? Activity: Fill in the blank form Prioritise types of assessment Katerina activity Activity and Discussion How are different types of assessment linked with the prevention of plagiarism?   5mins – Participants fill in Blank form – Prioritise types of Assessment 10-20mins Discussion on their responses We give out Types of Assessment Handout and discuss it Presentation title

Turnitin Work through the presentation in the module (10 minutes presentation) Emphasis on using Turnitin as a developmental tool that students can use to refine their academic writing abilities (including citation/referencing skills) Show a report from assignment in module: Emphasis that Match Breakdown rather than Total Originality score is chief indicator to pay attention to End on Turnitin by suggesting that we will look at the processes involved in submitting turnitin originality reports to Academic Registry team shortly. Presentation title

Reporting of Plagiarism Presentation title

Reporting process for claims of academic Misconduct University regulations & Reporting Academic Misconduct Reporting cases using Turnitin reports Example Academic Misconduct Referral Form Academic Misconduct Report 2015 Start with Colin’s video University regulations – section F handout - draw attention to F2 Reporting procedure for turnitin scripts – handout from module – talk them through but colin video has already covered this Example of a Misconduct form – handout but in module Misconduct Report – show from module N.B. Sue may step in here to outline report and finish by answering questions Presentation title

Any Questions? Presentation title

Thank you CAPE 2016 Presentation title