Helping Students To Get Past Plagiarism

How Universities Can Help Students Avoid Plagiarism: Get Them to Write Better

Stuart Wrigley | January 12, 2016

As universities get better at detecting plagiarism, students are having to find new ways to avoid getting caught.
I have recently had quite a few students asking to see their reports from Turnitin – a plagiarism detection software used in most universities to root out internet plagiarism. University departments are increasingly making Turnitin’s “originality reports” – which highlight any verbatim copying on the student’s electronic essay script, calculating the exact percentage of unoriginal writing – available to students to help them avoid plagiarism.

Source: http://turnitin.com/

<more at http://theconversation.com/how-universities-can-help-students-avoid-plagiarism-get-them-to-write-better-51434; related links: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/feb/06/do-students-understand-plagiarism (Do students understand plagiarism? Instances of plagiarism appear to be on the rise. Are universities offering students enough advice about cheating? February 6, 2013) and http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article4654719.ece (Universities face student cheating crisis. January 15, 2016)>