Queen Mary, University of London

Plagiarism Detection

The College uses the TurnItIn Plagiarism detection software. This allows departments to submit pieces of coursework to check for evidence of plagiarism.

To request access to the TurnItIn service (without using the VLE integration – see below), you need to contact Sarah Cowls in the Council Secretariat.

There is comprehensive online support about using the service on the TurnItIn website.

Using TurnItIn via the Virtual Learning Learning Environment.

If you use the Virtual Learning Environment to run an online course area you can use the TurnItIn service through the VLE without the need to apply separately for access to Turnitin.

You can find specific documentation about using Turnitin through Blackboard on the Turnitin website. Here you will find manuals for instructors and students.

Also, the following pages and movies on our online support site show you how to use TurnItIn via the VLE (these open in a new window):

Relevant Articles

The following are articles related to plagiarism that we have posted.

DateTitle Category Tags
7 August 2008 Avoiding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism
A big concern amongst the academic community is how an increase in the use of learning technologies will increase instances of plagiarism. It’s true that with digital files, copying another student’s work is easier… with search engines like Google, copying from an online source is a fairly simple way of avoiding doing the work [...]

 How-to guidance ,
9 July 2008 Detecting and Deterring Plagiarism – The Web: Hindrance or Help?

Netskills are running a one-day workshop on plagiarism on Thursday 25th September in Newcastle. Topics to be covered include:

Definition and examples of plagiarism
The impact of the web on plagiarism, including essay banks and bespoke services
Different methods of web-based detection
Designing out opportunities for plagiarism and collusion in teaching and learning
Policies and sanctions to deal [...]

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