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<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Plagiarism prevention|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>
Plagiarism is when a student submits content they have copied and the real author was not given credit for the words.  Plagiarism prevention detects when this form of cheating or academic dishonesty has happened.


Location: ''Administration > Plugins > Plagiarism prevention''
Moodle doesn't come with any pre-installed plagiarism prevention methods - they need to be added by a site administrator. See [[Managing plagiarism prevention]] for details.


==See also==
* [[Plagiarism prevention FAQ]]


Plagiarism prevention is a method that tries to detect when users cheat by submitting content they have copied instead of writing it themselves.
[[Category:Site administration]]
 
==Enabling plagiarism prevention==
 
To make use of plagiarism prevention, the feature must be enabled by an administrator by checking the enable plagiarism plugins box in ''Site administration > [[Advanced features]]''. [[File:Enableplagiarism.png]]
 
==Plagiarism Prevention Plugins==
 
Plagiarism Prevention plugins currently include:
 
*[[Plagiarism Prevention Crot 2.0|Crot]] - Open source tool
*[[Plagiarism Prevention Turnitin|Turnitin]] - Commercial tool requires subscription
*[[Plagiarism Prevention URKUND|URKUND]] - Commercial tool requires subscription
 
==See also==
* [[Development:Plagiarism API]]

Latest revision as of 10:39, 12 October 2011

Plagiarism is when a student submits content they have copied and the real author was not given credit for the words. Plagiarism prevention detects when this form of cheating or academic dishonesty has happened.

Moodle doesn't come with any pre-installed plagiarism prevention methods - they need to be added by a site administrator. See Managing plagiarism prevention for details.

See also