The document discusses PACPlagi, a plagiarism detection tool developed for teachers and students. It aims to find non-original work, encourage proper use of third-party information through teaching, and establish protocols for handling copying cases. While the tool has helped identify plagiarism, further steps are needed like prevention over just detection and supporting regulations on copying through management mechanisms. Next steps include rolling out tools and protocols, improving cross-language detection, and aiding writing through indicators to prevent plagiarism.

1. PACPlagi: a plagiarism detection
tool for both teachers and students
Jordi Duran Cals
Marcel Mateu Vilaseca,
Jordi Garcia Albero
Office of Learning Technologies
Law and Political Science Department
jdurancal@uoc.edu
mmateuvi@uoc.edu
jgarciaalbe@uoc.edu

2. Objectives
• Finding mechanisms to detect non-original work in the
assignments handed in
• Encouraging, through the teaching, proper use of
third-party information
• Establishing protocols to handle cases of copying

3. Results

4. Conclusions
• The tool has aided faculty in their tasks and has made
evident that there is plagiarism.
• It has identified the need for future management
mechanisms to provide support for the regulations
• on copying.
• Further steps are required with a more pedagogical
focus: prevention versus detection.

5. Next Steps
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
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protocols
action in cases of copying
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PREVENTION ACTIVITIES
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indicators of copying