1. Implementing an Online University-Wide Solution to Plagiarism Awareness R Walker, W Britcliffe & R Papworth E-Learning Development Team, University of York Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference Jan 2009

2. Drivers for a University-wide solution to plagiarism awareness training  Rising number of cases of academic misconduct  Inconsistency in timing / content of academic skills training  Commitment to developmental learning & feedback – as part of wider skills agenda  Wish to establish standardised approach & baseline understanding – to reduce misconduct cases & simplify appeals procedure

3. Implementation approach  all new students at University & those who have committed academic misconduct  all staff with supervisory responsibilities for students (inc PGWT) On-line tutorial: developed by Epigeum, delivered via Yorkshare Targeted at:

4. Implementation approach: York  Compulsory & audited: progression dependent on successful completion of tutorial  Complementary to existing departmental training (f2f tutorials)  Completed prior to first assessed assignment (2008-09)  VLE delivery enabling: –student registration by SITS course code/departmental affiliation –tracking via performance dashboard

5. Contents of the tutorial  IMS content package  60 mins self-study: video, quiz, interactive scenarios  Focus on academic context to plagiarism: how to avoid it  Advice on correct referencing & citations  Interactive simulation  Student’s perspective through ‘vox-pop’ interviews

6. Integration within Blackboard  Disaggregation of content items – insertion into CMS & repackaging  Master template design: learning units, quizzes & wiki for departmental examples –Web links to departmental referencing page –Personal journal for note- taking / reflection –Transcripts (PDF/Doc) for all resources  Mark reviewed tool deployed & adaptive release to force linear progression through materials  Certificate (HTML) generated after successful completion of final tests

7. Content customisation  Academic context to materials  Examples of plagiarism  Unintentional plagiarism: –paraphrasing; patch writing  Guidance on departmental referencing styles  Consequences of plagiarism  Postscript page

9. Usability: Easy to Use Student feedback from pilot courses (Autumn term 2007-08) ‘Very easy to use & navigate around.’

10. Intelligibility: Easy to understand Student feedback from pilot courses (Autumn term 2007-08) ‘It explained everything really well.’

11. Value: Usefulness of materials Student feedback from pilot courses (Autumn term 2007-08) ‘It was useful to go back to it, and check things when writing my essay.’ ‘The examples were very useful as you can apply these to your own work.’

12. What’s next?  Spring term review: to reflect on institutional roll-out (Autumn term 2008-09)  Policy issues: handling joint-honours students Next steps:  Monitoring completion: Grade Center email alert facility  Enhancements: subject-specific examples; collusion Further actions:  Intermediate version of materials  Mandarin version addressing cultural issues bound up in academic practice Future plans:

13. Skills tab on Yorkshare

14. Questions