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Hi All Isn't that a little tricky? Some students are really bad exam candidates (_especially_ oral exams), whereas, if they are given lots of time and space, they can construct a wonderful assignment. (And then there are those, that, given an assignment and a full library, don't know where to start and become easily overwhelmed - but set them a single essay under exam conditions, and they flourish). I've seen that all the way from 1st year to PhD. This, after all, is one of the strong motivations to have mixed-mode assessments, and why some Masters' candidates take only course-based Masters, while other others take only thesis-based Masters. So I think one should be very careful about deciding that an assignment was plagiarized just because the student gives a really bad viva and couldn't write a good paragraph about it. Regards Ken ---- Dr. Ken Masters Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics Medical Education Unit College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education ____/\/********\/\____ > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Checking an Essay for Plagiarism > From: "Catherine Ogilvie (cls)" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, June 02, 2010 11:01 am > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Hi Tony > > Thanks for this. > > All the best > Catherine > > -----Original Message----- > From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Toby Grainger > Sent: 01 June 2010 10:33 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Checking an Essay for Plagiarism > > Our procedures allow for a viva in such circumstances (and the possibility > that the student will be asked to write a paragraph). If the student, in the > view of the assessors, does not demonstrate familiarity with the work, the > matter will be referred to a Panel. So far, those cases that have been so > referred have always resulted in upheld allegations. > > Best, > > Toby Grainger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Catherine > Ogilvie > Sent: 31 May 2010 14:22 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Checking an Essay for Plagiarism > > > Dear All > > One of our lecturers has an essay which is suspected of being plagiarised. > The essay has been submitted via TurnitinUK and the report was okay, with no > obvious duplication being highlighted. The suspicion is that the essay is a > 'purchased' essay, with the request to ensure it exhibits no duplication when > submitted via TurnitinUK. Unfortunately a claim of plagiarism cannot be made > unless there is specfic evidence, such as grammatical changes, collusion with > another student, a high percentage level of duplication on the originality > report using TurnitinUK, etc. I had a look at the original Word document, > but this does not provide much insight (via the File, Properties menu; Tools, > View, Hidden text and Track Changes options) > > Has anyone any other suggestions for trying to find out any other sources of > evidence prior to initiating a meeting with the student? > > Thanks > > ************************************************************************* > You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. 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