Melbourne School of Engineering Engineering Learning Unit

Academic Honesty & Plagiarism

• Plagiarism: what is it??
• University policy
• strategies to reduce plagiarism
• example assignment cover sheets

Software

• Advice on the effectiveness of plagiarism software
• Software solutions for academic staff
• Turnitin

Links

• here

Turnitin now available for all academic programs

The Academic Board and TALQAC have recommended that Turnitin Plagiarism Detection (www.turnitin.com) Software should continue to be made available to all academic staff.

Faculties, Departments and Individuals who would like to learn more about this Text-Matching software, how it has been used by staff at the University of Melbourne to date, and information about the new July 2005 upgrades, should contact Anna Shadbolt, the Turnitin Administrator at Turnitin-info@unimelb.edu.au.

Read more about Turnitin.