Plagiarism Detection, Practice and Policy: An Evaluation of the use of JISC 'Turnitin' software for HE student assignments
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This case study investigates the plagiarism policy, training and guidance provided to staff teaching on, and students studying for higher education courses at City College Norwich. Apart from staff knowledge of academic literature within their subject specialism, the College uses a software package, 'Turnitin' to aid in the detection of plagiarism and to act as a deterrent to students; the effectiveness of the introduction of 'Turnitin' is also evaluated.
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