Plagiarism (lecturers)

The Plagiarism workshop (PDF) will help students understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it by developing their academic writing and referencing skills.  

Each of these activities includes teaching notes and all relevant handouts.

You be the judge (PDF)
This activity is designed to help students understand what constitutes plagiarism.

Where do you draw the line? (PDF)
This activity is designed to encourage discussion about what is and what is not plagiarism, leading to a better understanding of plagiarism.

Referencing quiz (PDF)
This activity is designed to help students to recognise when they need to reference their work in order to avoid accusations of plagiarism.

The Plagiarism tutorial (PDF) is designed to introduce students to the topic of Plagiarism. Students work through a variety of tasks designed to help them improve their understanding of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

Further online activities can be found on the Plagiarism student page.

Plagiarism: University of Leeds guide
This site contains teaching resources and a quiz to help students develop the necessary understanding and skills to avoid plagiarism. It also includes advice on how to design courses and assignments that prevent plagiarism.

SDDU courses
SDDU run a session called Using the VLE to detect and deter plagiarism - for Academic staff.

Turnitin guidelines
This University of Leeds guide will advise you on how to use Turnitin within the VLE.

Preventing plagiarism
This online course on preventing plagiarism was designed by London Metropolitan University in association with LearnHigher.

Lecturer pages related to referencing:

• Referencing
• Writing