eSubmission

eSubmission is defined as the online submission of an assignment.

The recommend software for eSubmission is Turnitin for text and studentcentral for non-text assignments.

Students

Guidelines:
Guidelines for students which have been approved by the Learning and Teaching Committee and Academic Board and can be found here

Using Turnitin at the University of Brighton:

Detailed instructions of how to implement Turnitin can be found at http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/ACSservices/tii/

Plagiarism:
The University guidelines on plagiarism can be found within its Academic Misconduct Policy.
ASC have endorsed 3 revised ways for the use of the TurnitinUK Plagiarism Detection service. Further information can be found here

Support:
Students can receive help with technical difficulties from the Service Desk, including out-of-hours support.

Staff

Guidelines:
Guidelines for staff which have been approved by Learning and Teaching Committee and Academic Board can be found here

Using Turnitin at the University of Brighton:
Detailed instructions of how to implement Turnitin can be found at http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/ACSservices/tii/

Plagiarism

Awareness:
The University has issued a Plagiarism Awareness Pack for staff to use as the basis of a workshop with students at an early stage of each course, to help raise awareness of the issues relating to academic honesty, and the importance of correct referencing.

Support:
Support for staff is provided centrally through Information Services and staff should contact their Learning Technology Adviser who can explain the process in a one to one, or to the course/module team or with written/video instructions. Students and staff can receive help with technical difficulties from the Service Desk, including out-of-hours support.

Regulations

Information about the regulations is available:

eSubmission
http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/xpedio/groups/Public/documents/staffcentral/doc012398.pdf

Academic misconduct (GEAR)
http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/xpedio/groups/Public/documents/staffcentral/doc012409.pdf

last updated 5th October 2011
Academic Standards and Partnership
AcademicStandards@brighton.ac.uk 
primary target audience: staff