Designing out Plagiarism

08 March 2010

This section contains a series of case-studies, articles and tip sheets which will provide advice and guidance on designing student work so that the opportunities for students to plagiarise becomes increasingly difficult.
Designing out plagiarism: a brief guide for busy academics (LINK)

This guide, developed by the Centre for Educational and Academic Development at the University of Surrey in 2008 offers a range of practical suggestions to encourage deep learning and prevent plagiarism by students.

Developing assessment strategies which encourage original work: an online guide (LINK)

This online guide, developed by PlagiarismAdvice.org as part of the Higher Education Academy/JISC collaboration initiative collates a range of resources from the academic community and aims to support practitioners in higher and further education to promote original assessed work from students.

Ephedrine case study  (DOCX)

An practical activity devised by Dr Mike Reddy, University of Glamorgan to help students appreciate the need for accurate evaluation and citation of information resources, which includes notes for tutors on how to present to participants.

Eskins, R. (2004) 'Designing out plagiarism and supporting widening participation', Learning and Teaching in Action Vol. 3 (LINK)

An article by Richard Eskins for an edition of the Manchester Metropolitan University online journal Learning and Teaching in Action gathering together papers on the theme 'Focusing on students.'

 

MacDonald Ross, G. Plagiarism in philosophy: Prevention is better than cure (LINK)

An article discussing methods of preventing plagiarism by George MacDonald Ross, from the University of Leeds, published April 2007.


Reducing plagiarism through assessment design (PDF)

This tip sheet written by PlagiarismAdvice.org describes how opportunities for students to plagiarise can be reduced by designing assessments that cannot be fulfilled by the incorporation of plagiarised content or work produced by another student.

Reduce the risk of plagiarism in just 30 minutes (LINK)

This short guide written by the ASKe CETL at Oxford Brookes University provides academic staff with several pointers to developing assessment task which encourge original and rewarding work from students.

Ryan, C. How to get better essays while reducing your work and plagiarism (LINK)

A plagiarism case study by Dr. Cillian Ryan, from the University of Birmingham, published October 2001.

Top 10 tips on...Assessment design (LINK)

A range of innovative assessment practices are presented here which will engage students and prevent opportunities for plagiarism. Written by the Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at the University of Kent in 2010.