Plagiarism
School of Computer Science Plagiarism Policy
It is very important that you are familiar with the School of Computer Science Plagiarism Policy and Procedures. The policy and procedures document is available here. These policies and procedures should be read in conjunction with UCD's Student Plagiarism Policy, as well as the relevant sections of UCD's Student Code of Conduct, available at: https://www.ucd.ie/secca/
Plagiarism Detection within Brightspace
Turnitin is available in all modules in Brightspace under the Assignment tool. Turnitin is an originality checking platform integrated with Brightspace to assist faculty in detection of plagiarism and assisting in assuring academic integrity within your module. Turnitin will be rolled out University wide from Autumn 2024. [More Information]
Turnitin originality checker in Brightspace - Overview (Instructors)
Turnitin originality checker setup in Brightspace (Instructors)
Turnitin Originality reports in Brightspace FAQ (Instructors)
Viewing Turnitin Reports in Brightspace Assignments
Turnitin originality checker training for UCD instructors
Turnitin originality checker in Brightspace (Instructors)
Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism
The UCD Library has resources and advice for students to avoid unintentional plagiarism (e.g. by not citing or quoting from other sources correctly). For example:
http://libguides.ucd.ie/academicintegrity
http://libguides.ucd.ie/academicintegrity/internetciting
http://www.ucd.ie/library/elearning/plagiarism/story.html
Learn More
If you want to learn more about what can be regarded as plagiarism, there’s a whole lot of resources on the Internet. Here are a couple.
A quiz from Indiana University to get their view of what constitutes plagiarism:
http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/
A tutorial on plagiarism created by several Danish Universities, in English:
http://www.en.stopplagiat.nu/
The Interactive Anti-Plagiarism Guide - Jönköping University, in English:
http://pingpong.hj.se/public/courseId/10565/publicPage.do