SAFEASSIGN – TOOL FOR TEACHING & MATCHING CONTENT
SafeAssign is a software program designed as a tool to help instructor and students identify matching content between submitted papers and existing works, and to help students learn to properly cite sources.
While it can be used as a tool to identify possible plagiarism, its strength is as a teaching/learning tool for proper attribution of source material. The matching content indentified in the SafeAssign reports should not be the sole measure of potential plagiarism but rather as items to review to ensure sources are cited properly.
SafeAssign Frequently Asked Questions
Known Issues
-Configure Safari 4 to work with SafeAssign
-Configure Internet Explorer 8 to work with SafeAssign
Students - How To Use SafeAssign
Instructors - How To Use SafeAssign in RamCT
Instructors - How to use SafeAssign's Direct Submit Feature
-Instructors can manually submit papers for inclusion in CSU's SafeAssign database and can choose to have a SafeAssign report created for those papers.
OPEN PILOT – SUMMER & FALL 2009
As of summer 2009 SafeAssign is built into RamCT and is available to all instructors as an open pilot. Instructors, please let the RamCT team know (ramctsupport@colostate.edu) if you decide to use it so we can be ready to provide support. We want to know what works well (and what doesn’t!) for you and your students.PLAGIARISM POLICY
Colorado State University’s position on plagiarism is that it is a form of academic dishonesty and is subject to University disciplinary action. See http://www.catalog.colostate.edu/front/policies.aspxINSTRUCTORS’ CHOICE
Using SafeAssign is an instructor’s choice. Instructors who plan to use SafeAssign are encouraged to inform students in their syllabus and by other means so students will know that the program will be used in the course.Bb SafeAssign Maintenance Updates:
https://behind.blackboard.com/s/rss/SafeAssignUpdates.aspx
