Five Years of Successful Plagiarism Prevention with SafeAssign at

University of SalzburgRichard Posch

Outline

• Introduction to the University of Salzburg, ZFL

• Starting SafeAssign at the University– Advantages– Lessons learned

• Outlook

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University of Salzburg

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• Paris Lodron University of Salzburg is the largest educational institution in the Salzburg region

• 4 Faculties - Theology, Law, Cultural and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences

• re-establishment in 1962

Blackboard Learn since 2001

Blackboard Mobile since 2012

eLearning at the University of Salzburg –Center of Flexible

Learning (ZFL) • ZFL since 2001• 10 employees• Tasks:

– all aspects of eLearning – plagiarism prevention – lecture recording– AV studio– coordination of

postgraduate programs – lifelong learning 4

Medida-Prix winner 2005

– coordination of Bologna process

– coordination of teacher-training affairs

– coordination of additional study programs

– Teaching Report

eLearning at the University of Salzburg

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2001 2012

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• More than 80% courses are blended learning

• More than 90% students use Bb

The beginning...

• Fall 2006 – Software-supported plagiarism detection started

• Workshops and f2f-training– 1 person: 5h / week

• Blackboard introduces SafeAssign

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Advantages for faculty staff

• Easy to use

• Fast and reliable

• Safes time

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SafeAssign

• Where to find?

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SafeAssign

• Direct Submit

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SafeAssign

• Private vs. shared

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SafeAssign

• Options

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SafeAssign

• Supported file types

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SafeAssign

• Report

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SafeAssignment

• Easy to integrate in course

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SafeAssignment

• Students submit their work and it will be automatically checked.

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SafeAssignment

• Results in Gradecenter or SafeAssign (Tools)

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Institutional Search Database

• Great for homework and term papers

• Only add papers to Institutional Search Database

• Share database with other clients (optional)

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Status 2012

• Many courses use SafeAssignment

• Direct Submit used heavily by staff for thesis check

• Spot check of older documents and theses

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Testing SafeAssign?

Use the opportunity to test at http://www.coursesites.com

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ZFLZentrale Servicestelle für Flexibles Lernen und Neue MedienRichard Posch, MScUniversity of SalzburgKapitelgasse 4-65020 Salzburg

eMail: richard.posch@sbg.ac.at Homepage: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/zfl