Plagiarism Prevention Tools

SafeAssign: plagiarism prevention software

SafeAssign can help prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers. SafeAssign checks all submitted papers against the following databases: Internet, ProQuest ABI/Inform database, Institutional document archives - containing all papers submitted to SafeAssign by users in their respective institutions, Global Reference Database - containing papers that were volunteered by students from Blackboard client institutions to help prevent cross-institutional plagiarism.

SafeAssign is integrated with the Blackboard system and requires access to Blackboard.

• If you are not a current Blackboard user, contact IT help desk at helpdesk@coloradomtn.edu to get started.
• SafeAssign Training Videos
  If you are already using Blackboard, watch SafeAssign Training Videos to learn how to incorporate SafeAssign tools.

Synchronizing SafeAssign Software
Creating SafeAssign Assignments
Direct Submit Tool

Proactive Strategies for Writing Assignments

• Anti-plagiarism Ideas: Results from Summit Campus Brown Bag Discussion
• Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices

Student Guide & Exercise

• Avoiding Plagiarism: Guide and Exercise – Developed by Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Citation Guides

• Landmarks Citation Machine - Automatically formats citations, using MLA & APA styles.
  Created by David Warlick.
• Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper - A comprehensive resource on citing sources within your paper, utilizing any of the four most frequently used citation styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian. Prepared by Duke University Libraries.