BACHELOR’S THESIS INFO SESSION 5 Mari Syväoja Tomi Heimonen Sauli Hänninen AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Mikkeli Campus BScBA Program 5 November

Agenda 1.Skillful writing (Mari) 2.Code of Academic Integrity (Mari) 3.The use of Moodle/Turnitin (Sauli) 4.Originality reports (Tomi) 5.Questions and discussion 2

1. Skillful writing  Turnitin is used as a writing support tool, and to check for plagiarism in the thesis process.  Aalto University Instructions on Turnitin for students, including information on Skillful Writing and Prevention of Plagiarism: tions+for+Students  Sophia Butt’s writing workshops: Dec. 1-3, 2014 and Feb ,

2. Code of Academic Integrity See the Aalto University Code of Academic Integrity and Handling Violations Thereof at: ic+Integrity+and+Handling+Violations+Thereofhttps://into.aalto.fi/display/enregulations/Aalto+University+Code+of+Academ ic+Integrity+and+Handling+Violations+Thereof Aalto University operations are founded on integrity, openness and equality. Keep in mind: –Our core affirmation and protection of intellectual honesty –Dishonest academic work of any kind strictly forbidden. –Dishonest academic behavior is subject to severe disciplinary action. –Each student has the final responsibility for her/his learning and for knowing what is permitted and what is not permitted. 4

2. Code of Academic Integrity (cont.) Procedure in case of suspected misbehavior: 1) In unclear cases, the supervisor communicates his/her suspicion first to the student and gives the student a possibility to explain either in writing or orally. 2) The supervisor shall report the alleged violation to the investigator of violations (Mari Syväoja at the Mikkeli Campus). 3) The investigator will prepare the matter for decision for the Dean of Aalto BIZ including organizing the hearing of the student. 4) The Dean will decide on initiating disciplinary measures. * If after an investigation, the student is found guilty of misconduct in completing the thesis, the supervisor must fail the thesis. 5) In serious cases the final decision on the disciplinary action is done by the President of Aalto University. 5

3. The use of Moodle/Turnitin Moodle sites for the groups BScBA Thesis group SupervisorName Link to the Moodle site, enrolment key and instructions will be sent to you by from ITSupport-mikkeli Instructions for Students What is Turnitin? A short demonstration Log in to Moodle well in advance to get everything work before the first deadline! 6

4. Originality reports The main goal for checking the originality report of the literature review and full draft of the thesis is to guide the students to use proper citation methods in order to turn in a final thesis with no suspicion of plagiarism. The Turnitin system checks the originality of texts against comparison databases (Originality check) and creates an originality report including similarity index Database contains 45+ billion web pages, 337+ million student papers and 130+ million articles from academic books and publications. View the submission (Thesis work) in its original Format Turnitin preserves the original format of the submission, allowing instructors to view the student's original text, formatting, imagery and layout Reduce Plagiarism The report shows similarities and a percentage similarity index. It does not identify plagiarism as such; the similarities have to be interpreted by the supervisor, who also checks that the student has properly used the Harvard referencing system. (You can find from Into Citation and Referencing Guide: 7

4. Originality reports (cont.) Understand What is Original and What Isn't Turnitin shows how much of the student's submission matches content from our databases so instructors can understand how much content is unoriginal. If the Turnitin similarity index percentage is too high, and/or you have not cited sources properly, supervisor will advise you how to address these problems. View Student's Sources Unoriginal content is highlighted and color-coded, and the original source appears with the percentage of content originating from that source. Note! For literature review and full draft of thesis, students can also see the originality report on their submitted text in time to improve it and resubmit it before the final deadline. 8

Thanks and good luck for your thesis process! 9