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North Terrace Campus
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Plagiarism Information for Staff

Introduction

Academic integrity is a quality associated with high standards of scholarship and is a responsibility of both staff and students. Academic staff should provide examples of good practice in academic integrity by acknowledging appropriately the works, designs, ideas and words of others in their teaching and research. Providing appropriate examples of assessment work that display good practice in using citations, references and acknowledgements and providing opportunities for students to practise their use will assist in developing academic skills and in reducing the instances of plagiarism.

The University is committed to assisting staff and students in maintaining high standards of academic integrity by implementing highly visible procedures associated with educational opportunities and detection. Staff can also assist by employing approaches to assessment that minimise the possibility for students to submit plagiarised material.

University Policy on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

The University of Adelaide's Plagiarism Policy & Guidelines includes the issues associated with plagiarism, the responsibilities of the Faculty/School/Department, the responsibilities of staff and students, as well as the procedures and penalties for plagiarism.

Plagiarism Policy & Guidelines

Turnitin - Plagiarism Detection

The University of Adelaide has access to Turnitin, an online plagiarism prevention service for both educators and learners.

Go to the Turnitin page for information on getting access and how to use it.

Resources for Staff

Assessment cover sheets

Schools/Departments should provide an 'Assessment Cover Sheet' that requires the signature of the student declaring that all cited works have been clearly identified and acknowledged. For students submitting work electronically, a suitable digital version of an 'Assessment Cover Sheet' should be used.

Example1
Example 2, including assessment criteria

Help your students with...

Avoiding Plagiarism: Achieving academic writing

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/online/learningmodules/avoidingPlagiarism/player.html
This learning module was prepared by Ursula McGowan and Kerry O'Regan, CLPD, University of Adelaide, 2008. It is an Articulate presentation and requires your browser to have a Flash Player plug-in installed.

Plagiarism Framework: Student as Apprentice Researcher

This framework is designed to help academic staff in examining the cultural and language factors that may limit the academic expression by a student at any given stage of their transition into university, and in forming realistic expectations of the likely levels of performance on written assignments.
www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/plagiarism/staff/downloads/06_UM_plagiarism_framework.pdf

University of Adelaide Library

Writing guides, style guides, University of Adelaide: Thesis specifications Australian Digital Theses program, EndNote bibliographic software, Plagiarism
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/hum/english/E_style.html

Plagiarism Guidelines for Staff

Step by step procedures to be followed with regard to suspected cases of student plagiarism.
Sections 4.1 and 4.2 should be documented before 4.3 is invoked.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/

Recent Seminars, Reports and Papers on Plagiarism

McGowan, U (2005) Does educational integrity mean teaching students NOT to 'use their own words'? International Journal for Educational Integrity. Vol 1 (1) (Inaugural Issue).
http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au/journals/index.php/IJEI/issue/view/3
McGowan, U. (2005). Educational Integrity: A Strategic Approach to Anti-Plagiarism. Paper presented at the Asia Pacific Educational Integrity Conference held in Newcastle, Australia, Dec 1-3.
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/conference/apeic/papers.html
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/conference/apeic/papers-ref/mcgowan_0548_edd.pdf
ACODE Audit of Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Issues in Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/project/acode/index.html
McGowan, U. (2005). Academic Integrity: An Awareness and Development Issue for Students and Staff. Journal for University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP). Vol 2, No 3a.
http://jutlp.uow.edu.au/
McGowan, U. (2005). Plagiarism detection and prevention. Are we putting the cart before the horse?. In Brew, A. & Asmar, C. (2005). Higher Education in a changing world: Research and Development in Higher Education, Volume 28, pp.287-293. (Proceedings of the HERDSA 2005 Conference, Sydney, 3-6 July.)
http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/herdsa2005/pdf/refereed/paper_412.pdf
McGowan, U. (2003). Plagiarism detection and prevention. Pedagogical implications for lecturers of first year university students. In D. Nulty & .N. Meyers (Eds.), The Seventh Pacific Rim - First Year in Higher Education Conference: Enhancing Transition to Higher Education: Strategies and Policies that Work. (Proceedings on CD-ROM, pp.1-7). Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. 9-11 July 2003.
03_07_FYE Conf_McGowan_paper.pdf

Selected links to further plagiarism information sources on the University web

Assessing Online, Preventing plagiarism, CLPD Online Learning website.
Class and Assessment Policies, Plagiarism (UG), Business School, Faculty of Professions.
Student Information, Plagiarism , School of Humanities, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.

Links to other external web resources

Plagiarism - A good practice guide
by Jude Carroll and John Appleton. This is a JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee resource.
Deterring plagiarism in Higher Education
Oxford Centre for Language and Learning Development, Oxford Brooks University