E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD P. Y. Thomas Educational Technology Unit Centre for Academic Development PlagScan: Originality Checker

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Presentation Outline  Introduction: Video  Plagiarism explained: Examples  PlagScan: what it can and can’t do  PlagScan output and its interpretation  Designing assignment through PlagScan  Summary, Comments

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Introduction Videos:

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Introduction Videos:

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Introduction Plagiarism:  The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas without crediting the source;  An act of theft and lying about it afterward.  An act of fraud;  Considered a violation of moral and ethical codes. Read more at:

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Introduction: Instances of Plagiarism  A passage that is taken from the work of one person and reproduced in the work of another without attribution.  You copy a paper from the Internet, put your name on it and turn it in as if you wrote it.  You buy a term paper or essay written by someone else and attempt to use it as your own.  Paraphrasing materials without correctly attributing the source or research text.

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Introduction: PlagScan PlagScan: a valuable tool for encouraging original writing and proper citation practices within your course;  It can be integrated into Moodle as a plug in;  It compares students’ work with sources on the Internet;  PlagScan is not very effective, but does find a few sources;  It is only marginally useful for academic purposes.

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD PlagScan: Activity  Upload a file and check for originality level

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Plag Level Source:

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD What PlagScan does  The potential matches from the plagiarism scan are highlighted in one of three colours, depending on their significance.  The Plag Level is a rough estimate of how much content within a document is plagiarized.  PlagScan calculates the percentage of plagiarized content.  Plag Level does not indicate if the content has been quoted and cited correctly.

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD Assignments in Moodle  Designing assignment in Moodle through PlagScan - Hands on Activity  Moodle direct access  - Hands on Activity

E D U C A T I O N A L T E C H N O L O G Y U N I T CAD He who is afraid to ask is afraid of learning. – Danish proverb Questions & Comments?