Product Overview
	Plagiarism Detection
	Assignment Management
	Scriptum Assignment Archive
	System Requirements

Product Overview

Save time and deter cheating

All instructors know how time-consuming and tedious managing student assignments can be, especially with large classes. Making sure that student work is indeed their own adds significantly more time to this process.

With Scriptum in place, you'll have more time for what you do best - teaching, guiding students, enhancing your course materials, building new modules, or simply enjoying a well-earned weekend! Plus, you can use Scriptum's Plagiarism Detector to deter students from cheating on assignments, which raises the quality of work for your course. Watch a demo of Scriptum >

"I have tried search engines like Google to detect plagiarism without much success, perhaps from students altering a word here and there. I even found Turnitin.com to be more time consuming than the Scriptum plagiarism detector."

Read what other instructors say about Scriptum >

• Scriptum is really easy to use: You can implement Scriptum for your next course in a matter of minutes! Students appreciate how easy Scriptum is for them to track assignments too.
  
  
• Deter students from cheating: Instructors can see at a glance assignments that are original and ones that contain content copied from the Internet. This offers fairness for students who spend time to compose their own work, and reduces cheating. More >
  
  
• Streamlined marking and feedback: Add any comments, annotations, and in-line editing that you need to. Since your notes are typed in, they're faster to write and easy to read. Scriptum converts all student assignments to PDFs - no more incompatible file types with your system.
  
  
• More convenient: By storing assignments on the Internet and moving away from paper, you can mark assignments wherever you are - no more delays because the papers are in the office and you're at home. More >
  
  
• Improved communication with your students: See at a glance who has handed in their assignments and who hasn't. Marked up assignments and grades are returned to students with the click of a button.
  
  
• Friendly, prompt support: Scriptum is easy to use, but for those times when you do have questions, our comprehensive online help or highly praised support services are available.
  
  

WebCT Campus Edition

Scriptum is also integrated with WebCT Campus Edition, for streamlined and efficiently managed online courses.

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Plagiarism Detection

Make it easier to track copying

As an instructor, plagiarism can be very disheartening. Yet it's something instructors are faced with every day when marking assignments, especially with the quantity of information freely available on the Internet.

Surveys across North America show that more than 75% of students admit to cheating. Surveys also show that less than half of instructors report cheating, likely because it can be so time-consuming to prove.

Yet without concrete proof, it can be difficult to deal with this problem. Scriptum's Plagiarism Detector changes all this.

All the work is done for you
With Scriptum in place, all the work is done for you. Scriptum comes with built-in plagiarism detection, so that you'll know whenever work has been copied, and from where.

A fair evaluation process for everyone
Scriptum works with you to ensure that students get the message that you don't accept plagiarism. And by catching cheaters, Scriptum plagiarism detection guarantees the fairness of the evaluation process for everyone. Students who cheat are no longer rewarded alongside students who work hard to complete their assignments properly.

Deterrent to plagiarism
Scriptum is a strong deterrent to plagiarism. Incidents of plagiarism drop after one or two assignments, as students learn how to research and properly cite references. Use Scriptum to educate your students about plagiarism and the importance of properly referencing their sources.

Here's how it works:

1. Every time a student uploads an assignment, Scriptum's plagiarism detector compares it against content found on the Internet. Scriptum's plagiarism detector looks at word-for-word content as well as content that has been changed slightly (such as changing verbs and using synonyms).
   
   
2. You'll receive a note in your assignment inbox telling you that a similarity report is ready.
   
   
3. The similarity report highlights sections of the assignment that has been copied from content on the Internet, so that you can clearly see which parts were copied. The report also provides links to the original site.
   
   

View a sample report >

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Assignment Management

Making better use of your time

Having someone track assignments for you - receiving, grouping them by class, helping you mark, and returning them to students - could save you several valuable hours each week.

That's exactly what Scriptum does. Scriptum's Assignment Management process is like having an extra course assistant to help you tackle assignments. As Peter van Bodegom, an instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) expresses it, "The use of Scriptum for gathering, marking and returning students assignments simplifies a tedious process for most instructors."

Let Scriptum manage all your assignments. Here's why:

• Save time: Scriptum makes managing assignments easier and faster, so that you spend less time marking and more time guiding students or just enjoying free time.
  
  
• Less hassle: With student assignments automatically organized in one place, you no longer have to hunt for assignments in your email inbox.
  
  
• Convenience: Scriptum gives you the freedom to access (and mark) assignments anywhere - so that you can easily grab time between classes to finish marking, without having to lug paper folders around or forward emails.
  
  

Why students like Scriptum:

• Scriptum lets students pick up their marked assignments from the same place, helping to streamline feedback.
  
  
• Students can quickly check the status of all their course assignments and grades, without having to email their instructor
  
  
• Students can submit all their assignments using their favorite word processor, without issues of compatibility with the instructor's system.
  
  

Here's how Scriptum works:

1. Students submit their documents online in any word processing format through Scriptum. Scriptum then converts these documents to PDF, so that you never have file compatibility issues.
   
   
2. Instructors access the PDF documents from anywhere - home, office or school. This frees you from having to manage hundreds of paper copies or email attachments. Assignments are neatly grouped by course ID, ideal for people who teach more than one course.
   
   
3. Instructors then mark and add their typed comments to the students' assignments.
   
   
4. When the assignments are ready, Scriptum automatically delivers them to the student.
   
   

Virus scanning too
Student assignments are scanned first for viruses, ensuring that instructors will never have to worry about being infected by a student's document.

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Scriptum Assignment Archive

Make it easier to track assignment copying

Instructors can not only detect material copied from the Internet, but now with the Scriptum Assignment Archive, assignment collaboration and copying can be detected as well.

The Scriptum Assignment Archive is a server based product that is installed on your campus.  The archive keeps a growing database of submitted assignments and interacts with the Scriptum online service to compare submitted assignments against the database of documents at your institution.

Why institutions like the Scriptum Assignment Archive:

• Deterrent: Students are deterred from recycling previously submitted assignments
  
  
• Ownership: The growing database of assignments is owned and maintained by the institution
  
  
• Privacy: The assignment archive is only used to compare assignments submitted at your institution
  
  
• Intellectual Property Rights: IP issues can be avoided since the submitted assignments are owned by the institution and stored on campus
  
  
• Integrity: A third party corporation is not using your students' assignments for their own use and profit
  
  
• Low cost: Contact  for a quote for your institution!
  
  

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System Requirements

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