Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism: Tips for Faculty

Preventing:

• Chalk Talk in the Classroom
  • Syllabus - define meaning of Plagiarism, Intellectual Property, Academic Integrity
  • Academic Dishonest Policy - explain school’s and yours
  • Plagiarism - create a debate
  • Skills - offer research tips
  • Sources - talk about the advantages of citing sources
  • Examples - offer examples of some repercussions
• Design Creative Assignments
  • Assign - varied, specific, and clear assignments
  • Add - analysis and criticism component
  • Give - smaller research projects
  • Coordinate - due date with length of assignments
  • Require - assignments orally, written, and electronically
• Monitor Research
  • Be aware of your students' capabilities and writing styles (assign an on the spot writing exercise - a brief writing assignment is an effective way of becoming familiar with each student's style)
  • Monitor your students work which will include checking the progress of research step by step
  • Approve topic/thesis statement
  • Require current sources
  • Specify type of sources and citation style
  • Request a copy of the bibliography (or annotation of sources)
  • Offer guidance and be available (this will be time consuming, especially with a big class, but in the end, this can be beneficial
• Provide referral
  • Writing Center at 299-2732, Humanities Hall, Room 202
  • Citation Style webpage created by the Reference Department of the Library, 299-2305
  • Schedule Library Instruction at 299-4147 or the online form
  • Be a role model