In this case, we explore how PlagiarismCheck.org can enhance the institutions’ aspirations for maintaining academic integrity, accelerating teachers’ routines, and helping students develop their skills. Al Zahra College for Women aims to support their learners in educating themselves on originality importance and proper citing while providing the faculty with a reliable tool to detect plagiarism and AI misuse.
Al Zahra College for Women, Muscat, Oman
Al Zahra College for Women is the first and only private college in the Sultanate of Oman for female students. The institution was established in 1999 and aspires to the goal of empowering women through high-quality academic programs. With a commitment to fostering integrity and critical thinking, they emphasize the importance of academic honesty in all aspects of learning.
The College includes 5 academic departments and offers 1 master’s, 6 diploma, and 10 bachelor programs, boasting more than 5000 graduates and 49 international students.
Challenge
Being concerned about academic honesty, Al Zahra College was looking for a way to ensure students produce original work with proper citations. Moreover, the goal was “to educate students about plagiarism,” and “assist faculty in efficiently grading assignments while identifying intentional plagiarism and misuse of AI tools.” So, the institution was in search of efficient tools that could complement the existing teachers’ routines and allow students to develop critical thinking skills while maintaining the originality of their writing.
Solution
PlagiarismCheck.org originality checker, AI detector, and Authorship Verification tool have become a solution to all the College’s requests. The faculty members considered the price, ease-of-use, and integration capabilities of various products, and PlagiarismCheck.org has checked all the boxes.
“It integrates seamlessly with our learning management system, and the support team is highly responsive and effective. It offers the functionalities we need at a reasonable cost. And the features like the browser extension and Fingerprint Authorship Verification are unique and highly valuable to us,” shares the Al Zahra College representative.
While testing the PlagiarismCheck.org toolkit, the College teachers appreciated the ease of its implementation and the comprehensive AI and originality check report. They also noted the responsiveness of customer support.
“The most valued aspects of PlagiarismCheck are user-friendly interface; quick and detailed plagiarism reports with easy access to source links; the AI and authorship checks; seamless integration with our LMS and excellent customer service,” share the teachers.
As a result, educators have more time and energy for creative work instead of being snowed up under assignments, as the plagiarism checker has accelerated the assessment process. At the same time, they ensure the safeguarding of academic integrity and the College’s reputation through fast and accurate detection of plagiarism and AI misuse. Moreover, students are more motivated to submit authentic work and develop their writing skills, becoming more confident in fact-checking, expressing their ideas, and attributing the sources.
“PlagiarismCheck has greatly supported our faculty by ensuring students submit original work; streamlining grading processes; providing insights into assignment authenticity, reducing incidents of plagiarism and misuse of AI tools; and encouraging students to improve their citation skills and critical thinking,” say Al Zahra faculty members.
