| These days, plagiarism is an epidemic! Especially with | | | | does not have a draft. |
| the internet, students can copy whole essays and | | | | 2. Ask your students to write their assignment in pen |
| assignments without anyone knowing. In fact, | | | | Most copied plagiarized work are taken from the |
| plagiarism is becoming so bad, Universities and schools | | | | internet which is very quick and easy. If you ask |
| are now employing full time people to try to combat | | | | them to write their assignment by pen, they cannot |
| plagiarism. There is too many resources and places | | | | copy and paste their assignment straight from the |
| where students can plagiarize without getting caught. | | | | internet. |
| But there are ways to stop it! Here are 3 secret | | | | 3. Cite your sources |
| ways to stop plagiarism! | | | | Most assignments and essays require you to cite or |
| 1. Ask your student to write a draft and then hand | | | | reference your sources. The majority of plagiarism |
| them up with the assignment or essay | | | | cases don't site their resources at all. This is very |
| Whenever you get your students to do an | | | | true in the case of people who plagiarize from the |
| assignment, ask them to write a draft of their | | | | internet. Most essays on the internet do not have |
| assignment along with their finished draft. This can | | | | references for their sources. So if you have a |
| combat cheating because they are showing that they | | | | student who don't site their sources, then you can |
| are doing the work and also copied plagiarized work | | | | fail them and report that they are plagiarizing! |