Game Design: Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism in Academics

This project outlines the design of a game aimed at helping students understand and avoid plagiarism in academic writing. The game involves having students rewrite essays in their own words, with the system providing feedback on originality and identifying instances of direct copying. The game aims to enhance students' comprehension of academic integrity and improve their ability to paraphrase effectively. The project includes the game's instructions, reflection on the skills developed, and the importance of academic integrity. The game's design focuses on promoting critical thinking, innovative ideas, and effective communication skills. The project also emphasizes the significance of academic integrity for universities and the development of student skills and knowledge. The game is designed to be a tool for students to learn strategies for avoiding plagiarism and academic misconduct. References to relevant academic literature are provided.

Enhancing values and beliefs of students is one of the most important
function played by academic institution. Students needs high level of
academic integrity that supplies foundation of these values
(Cortinovis and Van der Wouden., 2021). There is a high problem of
plagiarism in universities. There are some requirements that are to be
achieved. Today's researcher teach ethical way to cite sources and
avoid plagiarism. This poster covers designing of game that
develops strategies for avoiding plagiarism and academic
misconduct. Also it covers instruction of game and explanation of
why academic integrity is important. It covers reflection summary of
skills.
Instructions of playing a game
This game is first played by students. In this game, one
essay should be given to the students. They should write it in own
words. First of all in that students needs to read the whole essay then
should write it in own words. This will be conducted on the screen.
Students are given time and they should write that essay or topic in
their language. This will helps them in understanding topic carefully
and develop their skills. This can be played by one person at a time
on one screen. This is somewhat type a test to a students. As students
write one line then screen will show it in green line as this line is
right and if students write same as mentioned paragraph then there
could be red line shown on that. Then students needs to correct that
accordingly. This game will at last provides points to every green
line and there is a deduction in every red line. Then person who
receives more points will be a winner in the end.
Plagiarism is basically a using of someone else words in your proper
documentation. It can be copying of some portion (Engelstein, 2020.).
It is serious topic as when anyone talk about a students writing. It
makes sense when as a teacher they should talk about plagiarism in
relation with evaluating and responding to students. There can be some
activities or game that can be used by students to reduce plagiarism and
academic misconduct. As university instructor may provides certain
strategies that can be deal with plagiarism. The instructor should create
certain activities that can help student in avoiding plagiarism. Students
can do paraphrasing activities which will helps them in reducing
academic misconduct. Students should read a sentence first and then
write it in own language. This will results in bring new ideas and
innovative ideas and also helps in reducing plagiarism. There can be
game can be which reduce misconduct among students. In the game
instructor could make such activities like paraphrasing activity and
developing discipline writing activities that encourage students and
children to learn and understand the topic of the field. Teachers can
conduct day to day conferences with students where they can learn
about new skills and capabilities. In this students are given sometime to
complete writing assignments. Then instructor can talk regularly with
the students about their papers and involve new ideas for their paper.
Regular dialogue can helps the students in developing new skills of
writing and thinking and this results in avoiding of plagiarisms. Hook:
Idea of game is to avoid plagiarism so that students can avoid cheating
in the university. In this students can read a paragraph, understand that
and can results in writing it in own words,. There activity helps the
students in making appropriate decisions.
Game Design
Introduction
References
Cortinovis, N. and Van der Wouden, F., 2021. Better by design? Collaboration
and performance in the board-game industry (No. 2104). Utrecht University,
Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic
Geography.
Engelstein, G., 2020. Achievement relocked: Loss aversion and game design.
MIT Press.
Mora, A.B., 2020. Gamification for Classroom Management: An
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Newton, K.J and et.al., 2020. Informal STEM: Learning with robotics and game
design in an urban context. Journal of Research on Technology in Education,
52(2), pp.129-147.
Rankin, Y.A. and Irish, I., 2020. A Seat at the Table: Black Feminist Thought as
a Critical Framework for Inclusive Game Design. Proceedings of the ACM on
Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW2), pp.1-26.
Design of game Reflection
From the above game is I have enhance my thinking and creative
skills. As I have made a game which helps students in learning new
skills and capabilities. This will helps them in feeling confidence while
they done their graduation. By invention of the game, I will be able to
conduct certain activities and games which helps students in reducing
their plagiarism. I will be able to think critically and innovatively. I
will be performing various activities related to students knowledge.
Enhancing my communication and decision making skills I will be able
to make better decisions and communicate with anyone else very
effectively. I have also worked on my strength and weaknesses. This
will helps me in providing better sources to the universities and
develop skills among students also.
Academic integrity is most important for every university as it innovate
new ideas and innovations ( Mora, 2020). As university needs to be
honest and trustworthy in its standards of course and assessments. This
is done because students who are graduating and post graduating from
the university will get confidence in them. They could develop certain
knowledge and skills in them which will helps them in their future in
getting job. That is why universities take issues and problems related
with misconduct and plagiarism very seriously. It is important to feel
proud that a students has done graduation from university and getting
efficient knowledge and skills. This is required for developing new
ideas and innovations. That is why university takes appropriate sources
for the reports and projects. Academic integrity is also important to let
mark a person his work and see where the ideas and innovations are
come from. It shows path for how knowledge has build in the mind of
students.
Academic integrity
Conclusion
In the above poster it has been mentioned a game which helps students
in avoiding plagiarism from their report to topic. This can be done by
using paraphrasing work or understanding a topic or question carefully
and writing it in own words. Plagiarism can be a biggest issue in
universities now a days. Also in the poster there is a development of
various skills and capabilities in a student. It is shown that academic
integrity is most important for universities because they helps students
in developing their thinking knowledge and skills. So if plagiarism is
removed then it will helps universities in achieving there goals and
objectives.