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{{Copyright and plagiarism}}Plagiarism prevention is a method that tries to detect when users cheat by submitting content they have copied instead of writing it themselves.
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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.


==Enabling 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.
 
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]]''.
 
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==Plagiarism prevention plugins==
 
Moodle doesn't come with pre-installed Plagiarism plugins but they are very easy to install, 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
 
A site administration can configure installed plagiarism prevention plugins in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Plagiarism prevention > Plagiarism settings''.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Development:Plagiarism API]]
* [[Plagiarism prevention FAQ]]


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Latest revision as of 07:02, 14 February 2012

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