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Fight Plagiarism Using iThenticateKenneth Pinto, Educational Technologist Centre for Instructional Technology
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Plagiarism prevention in NUS
What is plagiarism?
Overview of iThenticate
Some myths and facts about iThenticate
How to use iThenticate to avoid plagiarism
Plagiarism prevention in NUS
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What is plagiarism?
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A short video to get you thinking about academic integrity vis-à-vis iThenticate
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CNN on YouTube, 18 July 2016 https://youtu.be/RcbiGsDMmCM
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Sean Spicer, Chief Strategist, Republican National Committeeedition.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/melania-trump-michelle-obama-speech
“Melania Trump said, ‘the strength of your dreams and willingness to work for them.’ Twilight Sparkle from ‘My Little Pony’ said, ‘This is your dream. Anything you can do in your dreams, you can do now.’ ”
The My Little Pony Defence
What is plagiarism?
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Paul Manafort, Trump Campaign Chairmanwww.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-speech-plagiarized_us_578da752e4b0a0ae97c33675
“There’s no cribbing of Michelle Obama’s speech. These were common words and values that [Melania Trump] cares about — her family, things like that.”
The Common Words Defence
What is plagiarism?
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Melania Trump's Speech Took 6 Percent of Words From Michelle Obama: Text Analysis Companywww.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/6-percent-michelle-obama-meliana-trumpOakland-Company-Turnitin-plagiarism-387503341.html
* iThenticate is by the same company as Turnitin
“Turnitin* spokesman Chris Harrick popped both speeches into his company’s anti-plagiarism algorithm… and found that six percent of [Melania] Trump’s speech… matched the first lady’s eight years ago. Trump used 63 words that matched [Michelle] Obama’s, and of those, 23 were ‘cloned’ in the same exact sequence from the 2008 speech.”
The 6% Defence
What is plagiarism?
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Overview of iThenticate
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iThenticate History
iThenticate in NUS since 2014
iThenticate account(request from CIT)
Overview of iThenticate
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What does iThenticate do?
You submit a paper to iThenticate.
iThenticate generates a similarity report and index.
Overview of iThenticate
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What does iThenticate not do?
iThenticate does not determine if you have plagiarised.
Overview of iThenticate
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iThenticate & Turnitin ComparisoniThenticate Turnitin
Purpose Postgraduates, academic staff, researchers check own work Instructors check students’ work
Features SimilarityCheck SimilarityCheck, GradeMark, PeerMark
Sources (1) 60 billion web pages, 144 million content items
Sources (2) ProQuest Dissertations 300 million student papers
Overview of iThenticate
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iThenticate & Turnitin ComparisoniThenticate Turnitin
File sizes 400 pages or less40 MB or less
File types Most text formats (doc, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, odt…)
NUS-specific Access via ithenticate.com Access via IVLE or turnitin.com
wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/cit/Turnitin+and+iThenticate+Comparison
Overview of iThenticate
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Myths and facts about iThenticate
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What shows up as similar?
A proper quotation
An improper quotation
References
Common short phrases
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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The Similarity Index shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarised.The similarity index shows similarity to other sources, even legitimate quotations and citations/references.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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The Similarity Index shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarised.The similarity index shows similarity to other sources, even legitimate quotations and citations/references.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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You can determine if a paper is OK or not from the Similarity Index.The Similarity Index must be interpreted in the context of the paper and the actual writing. A low Similarity Index does not mean no plagiarism. Conversely, a high Similarity Index does not automatically mean plagiarised.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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You can determine if a paper is OK or not from the Similarity Index.The Similarity Index must be interpreted in the context of the paper and the actual writing. A low Similarity Index does not mean no plagiarism. Conversely, a high Similarity Index does not automatically mean plagiarised.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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Side note: I am aware that many journals and publications set a certain threshold for the Similarity Index.In my opinion, this is naive and wrong.
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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iThenticate compares a paper against everything ever written.There are sources that are not in [iThenticate]—especially if that material is only available in print.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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iThenticate compares a paper against everything ever written.There are sources that are not in [iThenticate]—especially if that material is only available in print.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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iThenticate is infallible.Sometimes, iThenticate does not highlight similarity as much as it should. Perhaps the source is not in the database. Perhaps you have paraphrased and restructured so much that the algorithm is fooled. Or other reasons.
Myths and facts about Turnitin
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iThenticate is infallible.Sometimes, iThenticate does not highlight similarity as much as it should. Perhaps the source is not in the database. Perhaps you have paraphrased and restructured so much that the algorithm is fooled. Or other reasons.
Myths and facts about Turnitin
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Matched text is likely to be completely coincidental or common knowledge.The likelihood that a 16-word match is “just a coincidence” is less than 1 in a trillion. Turnitin also includes the ability to exclude “small matches” if the instructor wants to exclude common phrases.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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Matched text is likely to be completely coincidental or common knowledge.The likelihood that a 16-word match is “just a coincidence” is less than 1 in a trillion. Turnitin also includes the ability to exclude “small matches” if the instructor wants to exclude common phrases.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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Your paper becomes part of the iThenticate database.iThenticate does not store your papers as part of a student database (unlike Turnitin). However, you can choose to add your paper to the institutional database and/or a personal database.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
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Your paper becomes part of the iThenticate database.
Adapted from:turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin
Myths and facts about iThenticate
iThenticate does not store your papers as part of a student database (unlike Turnitin). However, you can choose to add your paper to the institutional database and/or a personal database.
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How to use iThenticate to avoid plagiarism
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Questions to ask yourself
Is the highlighted text common knowledge?
Is the highlighted text substantive?
If the highlighted text is substantive, did I quote (or paraphrase), cite and reference correctly? (Remember, you have to cite your previous work too.)
How to use iThenticate to avoid plagiarism
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YOUR FEEDBACK IS GREATLY APPRECIATEDj.mp/RU-Feedback
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Questions?Kenneth Pinto [email protected] cit.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism-prevention