How do I flag a submission for plagiarism/refer it to SIRT?

If you become aware of a potential breach of the Academic Conduct regulations, please complete the following steps:

Step 1. Flag the submission in the assessment submission dropbox:

To flag a submission for plagiarism:

1. Go to the settings of the Coursework dropbox.
2. Navigate to the ‘Submissions‘ section.
3. Set ‘Enable Plagiarism flagging‘ to Yes.

Return to the submission dropbox, locate the assessment you wish to flag and click the Flag plagiarism button.

A new window will open, select the Initial Investigation (marks will be withheld) status, add any relevant comments, and then click Save.

Step 2. Use ‘Switch role to…’ to un-mask the student names

If your Coursework activity has blind marking enabled, student names will appear as ‘hidden’. Therefore, in order to identify a student’s submission for your referral form you will need to first switch into a role that has permission to view students’ names temporarily.

1. Go to the Coursework dropbox.
2. Click your initials or profile photo from the top right corner of Moodle.
3. Click Switch role to…
4. In ‘Switch role to..’ scroll to the bottom of the list of roles and choose Coursework Un-Mask Names.
5. This will allow you to temporarily reveal student identities and make note of the student’s name and submission ID for the referral form.
6. To return to your normal role, click your initials or profile photo from the top right corner of Moodle. (Note: the type of role you have temporarily switched into will appear in this corner as well in this case ‘Coursework Un-Mask Names’.)
7. Click Return to my normal role.

Note: You can not change or edit the activity settings, add any additional flags, nor can you change or edit marks and feedback with this role.

Step 3. Complete the Academic Conduct Referral form:

Complete the Academic Conduct Referral Form in ServiceNow.

The form will be sent to the Student Investigation and Resolution Team (SIRT). 

Note: Most of the time you will have a response back from SIRT before you have to transfer (queue) student marks into Banner, so you can change the mark accordingly. If not, please select  ‘Deferred Disciplinary’ in the comments dropdown under the ‘Grade Reason’ column.