Plagiarism Minimisation and Detection
In order to prevent and detect students from plagiarism, Turnitin, a plagiarism detection program incorporated in Moodle, has been instituted as a mandatory platform for submitting writing assignments for all courses at Lingnan, starting from Term 2, 2016-17.
Teachers are required to create writing assignments of their courses with Turnitin for students’ submission. Below are some related resources:
- How to create assignments with Turnitin (link)
- How to read Turnitin originality reports (link)
- Workshop on Plagiarism and Turnitin (video recording)
- Hands-on Guide #1 – Turnitin, Plagiarism and Assessment (link)
- TurnItIn official Instructor Manual (link)
Citation Verification
“This tool assists in verifying the authenticity of citations within academic papers: it extracts bibliographic data, parses references, and validates their accuracy.” (Wang, Y., n.d.)
Source: Wang, Y. (n.d.). VeriExCite Citation Verification Tool. Available at: https://veriexcite.streamlit.app/ (Accessed: 12 November 2025)
Online Tutorial on Plagiarism Awareness
In order to enhance students’ understanding of plagiarism, all new undergraduate students starting from 2016-17 intake are required to complete this online tutorial by the end of their first year in Lingnan. Completion will be indicated by ticking the check-box at the end of the course. Students will be blocked from course registration for the coming academic year if they have not studied the materials by the end of the academic year.
All research postgraduate (RPg) and taught postgraduate (TPg) students admitted from the 2017-18 intake are required to complete this online tutorial; students from 2026-2027 intake are required to complete by the end of the first month of their studies in Lingnan. Completion will be indicated by ticking a check-box at the end of the course. If students fail to complete the requirement by the end of the first month of their studies, the Programme Office concerned may delete their courses registered in the second term.
The students will be blocked from the next course registration if they have not completed the ‘Online Tutorial on Plagiarism Awareness’. They can check their status on this requirement in Degree Works under the tab ‘Plagiarism Awareness’. (Only those students who are required to complete the course will have the tab shown.)
Contacts:
Turnitin and Moodle: ITSC (Tel: 2616-7995, email: [email protected])