The quiz can be imported into a folder of your choice in your Blackboard module

• Simply provide us with your module code.
• Easily edited through the Blackboard control panel.
• Accessed by students through Blackboard menu on home page.
• Does not require that a College Liaison Librarian gain access to your Blackboard module.
• Students grades can be viewed in Blackboard Gradebook.

Login to take the plagiarism quiz

Step 1: Go to Blackboard: http://elearn2.ucd.ie/.

Step 2: Login details for UCD Library plagiarism quiz - don't use your own login but this one :

• Username: libguest
• Password: library1

Step 3: Under my courses: Select Plagiarism course > Assignments > Plagiarism UCD.

90% drop in plagiarism

In the pilot, with the School of Sociology (Academic Year 2008/09), incidents of plagiarism fell from 10% to 1%!

1st year:

• This quiz was not compulsory however, students were strongly encouraged to complete the quiz before submitting their first assignment.
• 86% of 520 registered students completed the quiz.

2nd year:

• This quiz was compulsory.
• 98% of 120 registered students completed the quiz before submitting their first assignment.
• Incidents of plagiarism dropped from 10% to 1%
• Students averaged 3 attempts to get a 100% mark.

The questions comprise:

• 10 true/false or multiple choice type questions
• Feedback for correct and incorrect answers
• Embedded links to school citation styles
• Embedded links to University Policy on Plagiarism
• Embedded links to Library webpage on how to avoid plagiarism
• Can be set to display for a set duration. 

The 10 questions are organised under the following headings:

• What is plagiarism?
• Citing
• What is common knowledge?
• Paraphrasing
• Quotations
• Citing a secondary source
• Plagiarism and the Internet
• Compiling your bibliography.

This quiz can be tailored to suit a school’s needs and/or to support every discipline and students at all levels. More questions can be added if required, emphasis and the examples used could be made discipline-specific. 

How is the quiz customized?

1. We can send you the generic quiz in MS Word format.
2. Highlight your changes and return the edited version to us.
3. We will edit the quiz and import it to your Blackboard module.

Alternatively, you can make the edits yourself in Blackboard once you get the generic version from us.

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