Conference paper
Using draft SafeAssign to allow students to take responsibility for reducing plagiarism
Proceedings of the 16th International First Year in Higher Education Conference, pp.1-5
International First Year in Higher Education Conference, 16th (Wellington, New Zealand, 07-Jul-2013–10-Jul-2013)
Queensland University of Technology
2013
Abstract
Plagiarised text in student assignments is a continuing issue in universities. Draft SafeAssign (SA), embedded in Blackboard, allows students to submit their piece of writing to text matching software without penalty. Draft SA was used as a formative assessment tool in Cell Biology, LFS100 (enrolment 428). Students submitted text one week before final submission. Instructions were given for students to retrieve and interpret their report in order to make any changes before their final submission to SafeAssign. A nominal mark (2%) was awarded for correct use of the tool. The number of students identified as having suspect text and needing an interview was reduced from 50 in 2011 to 23 in 2012 (mostly minor issues). Efficient use of Draft SA allowed for students to take responsibility for correct paraphrasing of their academic writing, whilst reducing the workload of the course coordinator in the counselling of students with suspect text.
Details
- Title
- Using draft SafeAssign to allow students to take responsibility for reducing plagiarism
- Authors
- Ann L Parkinson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 16th International First Year in Higher Education Conference, pp.1-5
- Conference details
- International First Year in Higher Education Conference, 16th (Wellington, New Zealand, 07-Jul-2013–10-Jul-2013)
- Publisher
- Queensland University of Technology
- Date published
- 2013
- ISBN
- 9780646906157
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Reproduced here with kind permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Biomedicine; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448782502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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