Overview

URKUND offers a fully-automated system for handling plagiarism. Plagiarism refers to the copying of someone else's material and using it as if it were one's own work, without citing a quotation or stating a source. 

URKUND works will European languages, also cyrillic characters. Arabic works too but the layout is left to right.

HOW IT WORKS

STUDENTS - Students send their documents via e-mail, web upload or LMS to their teachers/professors. With the e-mail option, no software needs to be installed.

URKUND - When the documents arrive at URKUND, they are analysed against the content of three source areas: content published on the internet, publisher's content, and student material. When the analyses are finished, the documents and generated reports are forwarded to the teachers.

TEACHERS - The result of the analyses and the student documents are forwarded to the teacher's e-mail address of choice, straight into an LMS or the URKUND web-based inbox. The analysis overview contains the necessary information for the teacher to determine if plagiarism has occurred.

subject coverage

URKUND can search material of any subject.

features

• Easy to use: URKUND does not require any software installation, use of complex interfaces or login to a website; neither for the student nor the teacher. This means that the service is very easy to use and introduce into an organization.
• Less work involved: URKUND's e-mail-based system automatically checks all submitted documents with no extra effort required on the part of the teacher. 
• Discovery: URKUND screens all submitted documents at every instance of submission. This maximizes the discovery rate. 
• Preventing plagiarism: URKUND has a very strong preventative effect. Implementing a system like URKUND sends a clear signal that plagiarism is unacceptable and that the resources to address the problem are in place.
• URKUND matches submitted text against material from three source areas:
  1. The internet 
  2. Previously submitted student texts (over 23 million)
  3. Publisher's content: URKUND has formed strategic partnerships with a number of leading information providers, such as DIVA (Digital Scientific Archive), Iustus and ProQuest.

further information

• Take a look at a sample report
• URKUND quick start guide
• URKUND support
• Slides of the URKUND training webinar (27th April 2017) PDF and Powerpoint
• Watch the recording of the URKUND webinar held on 27th April 2017
• Testimonials from Copenhagen Business School and University of Canberra