Academic misconduct: Toolkits

Student Authorship project
This project focuses on what it characterises as ‘unintentional plagiarism’, or over-reliance on sources. It conceptualises ‘authorship’ as the converse of plagiarism and offers downloadable teaching materials.

• Promoting Student Authorship: an approach to preventing plagiarism (Part of the Write Now Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning site).

TurnitinUK plagiarism detection service
NTU subscribes to this service and there are instructions on using it at the eLearning @ NTU site.

RefWorks
This referencing management software is available for all NTU students and staff. It is supported by Libraries and Learning Resources and there is a guide to using it at the LLR site.

Plagiarism Badger and Harvard Referencing Ferret
Two diagnostic/formative tests developed at NTU. They are computer marked and give immediate feedback, with links to developmental resources. They could be used with tutor support, or as standalone actives.

Ferret uses questions developed from an established paper assessment to test knowledge and application of Harvard citation and referencing conventions, with straightforward and problematic examples.  You can evaluate the Ferret on the website.

Badger has been developed to help students understand the range of activities that are considered to be plagiarism and why it is an important issue. You can evaluate the Badger on the website.

The tests can be set up for module of programme cohorts.

Contact: Jane McNeil