"In 2007 the schools and media department (SEM) surveyed the market for similarity detection software to complete its provision, and this was the beginning of our constructive collaboration with Compilatio. […] all the 4,600 pieces of written work submitted by students every year are analysed by Compilatio […] a huge majority of our users are very satisfied, and [...]
The University of Geneva and its short video to prevent (acciental) plagiarism In order to fight plagiarism, the University of Geneva created a short video staging its own students. To enable students to better understand the notion of plagiarism as well as related issues, it is necessary to make students actors of their own prevention. The video of the [...]
What is happening in universities ? “I was completely shocked because I hadn’t realised I’d done it” When a student learnt that she had plagiarism in her essay, she said that she didn't even notice that she did it. In the end, she had to re-write her essay, while having a constant fear of plagiarism in her head. The [...]
Disney, an apple and a little bit of humor... Disney's plagiarism ? It's on TMZ website that the case of Disney plagiarism started. Jaime Ciera states that Disney -and some others-, must have plagiarised one of his song in the movie "Frozen". It's not the first time that Frozen and more precisely "Let It Go" [...]
PREVENTING PLAGIARISM WITH POSITIVE SOLUTIONS The Compilatio's team will go to London from 24th to 27th January 2018 to attend Bett Show. This show dedicated to Education Technologies (EdTech) will allow education professionnals to discover how to prevent plagiarism with positive solutions. The perfect moment to discover Compilatio Global Offer for effective plagiarism awereness Compilatio is [...]
French comedians and the plagiarism The scene of French humor was shaken late this month of October. Indeed, several videos on Youtube have revealed that some French comedians are strongly inspired by stand-up celebrities in America. French comedians plagiarism Alibaba vs WeChat Alibaba as been charged -again- for plagiarism against WeChat. It's not the first [...]
The University of Padova against plagiarism! Right after the start of the academic year in early September, the Padova University decided to organise a “Digital Week” from September 11 to 15, about plagiarism fighting, for the entire teaching team! During this week, teachers will learn how to use Moodle, and more precisely about the Compilatio plug-in to detect [...]
In a previous article we have illustrated why it is advisable to cite your sources properly to avoid being accused of plagiarism (go to the article). Today, we are going to focus on reformulation: a citation technique that you need to master to be successful in your writing! Reformulation: 3 traps to avoid Reformulating in [...]
When you write something, plagiarism is strongly sanctioned and even eliminatory. However, sometimes it can be difficult to understand what plagiarism is, and consequently how to avoid it. In this article, we will remind you about what plagiarism is and we will give you some advice on how to avoid it. Plagiarism: what is it?? [...]
3 good reasons to use citations To prove your thoroughness and commitment Inserting citations in your work will allow you to comply with the instructions of your teachers, who, in a number of writing tasks, require you to include some bibliographic references in order to prove that you have gathered enough information about your subject. [...]
