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Prevent and Detect Plagiarism

This resource provides essential terminology and strategies for understanding, preventing, and detecting plagiarism in academic writing. It covers key concepts such as quotations, paraphrasing, citations, and documentation requirements. Detailed guidance is included on cultivating academic integrity through clear expectations, responsible source use, effective assignment design, and ongoing research support. Additionally, it outlines practical detection methods, including the use of plagiarism detection tools and engaging students in discussions about their research process. Foster a culture of honesty and originality in academic work.

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Prevent and Detect Plagiarism

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  1. Prevent and Detect Plagiarism GTCC Writing Centers

  2. Terms to Know • Quotation/Quoting • Verbatim • Paraphrase • Summary • Citation/Citing • Documentation • Bibliography • Works Cited/References

  3. What Is Plagiarism? • Copying from a source verbatim without using quotation marks and/or citing the source. • Paraphrasing without citing the source. • Paraphrasing inadequately (e.g. changing a word here and there).

  4. Two Types of Plagiarism • Intentional—a student uses material written in whole or in part that someone else wrote without quoting or crediting the material • E.g. Downloading a paper off the internet • Copying and pasting passages from an internet source into an essay • Using a paper written by a friend • Unintentional—a student does not correctly credit a source • E.g. Citing a paragraph copied from a source but failing to put it in quotation marks to indicate it is a direct copy

  5. Prevent Plagiarism: Set Clear Expectations • Include a plagiarism/academic honesty policy in your course syllabus. • Have students sign a plagiarism/syllabus contract. • Indicate in the assignment instructions: • Penalties for plagiarism. • Whether or not sources should be used. • Requirements for documentation style, sources, and research. • Draft due dates.

  6. Prevent Plagiarism:Teach Responsible Source Use • Explain the nuances of documentation and how to avoid plagiarism. • Provide students with additional resources (e.g. OWL at Purdue). • Show students examples of plagiarism. • Require a plagiarism quiz and/or assignment. • Incorporate class activities, such as: • Plagiarism case studies. • Spot the plagiarized passage. • Documentation style activities.

  7. Prevent Plagiarism:Devising the Assignment • Use unique, complex topics and change them frequently. • Compare/contrast • Works that are not widely written about • Analysis on many levels • Have the class as a whole or groups of students write on the same topic, research the topic together, and share source materials. • Use the Q&A type of forum in Moodle for discussion forums.

  8. Prevent Plagiarism: Research • Provide students with one or more sources to use in addition to the ones they find. • Require: • Specific number of sources. • Specific types of sources. • Certain number of direct quotations and paraphrases in the essay. • Research log.

  9. Prevent Plagiarism: Research, continued • Require: • Note cards. • One or more sources to be an interview with a local expert, like a teacher here at the college. • Students submit annotated photocopies or printouts of source materials with borrowed information highlighted. • Students to acknowledge any help they received on a paper in a coversheet or memo to you (typists, proofreaders, editors, tutors, etc.).

  10. Prevent Plagiarism: Drafts • Give comments on students' drafts. • Have the students draft the essay in class. Take it up, comment on it, and return it for completion. • Require multiple drafts with handwritten edits and changes highlighted on the final copy.

  11. Detect Plagiarism: Tools • Google a phrase or sentence from the paper; put the phrase or sentence in quotation marks to limit results to an exact match. (This also works with the library databases). • Google the sources to make sure they really exist. • Require submission to Turnitin or a similar service.

  12. Detect Plagiarism: Activities • Quiz students about their research/papers. (What was your thesis? What were your main points? What order did you put them in?) • Conference with students about their research during the research process. Have them bring their sources to the conference. • Have students complete a demand writing on their topic, research process, or sources.

  13. Detect Plagiarism: Use Your Senses • Be suspicious of formatting changes—font size or color, photocopied essays, etc. • Be suspicious of paper topics that change at the last minute. • Be suspicious of “perfect” writing; student writing usually has grammar and spelling errors. • Be suspicious of shifts in vocabulary, tone, audience, and style.

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