New Bulgarian University - A Different Light on Academic Integrity

"PlagScan treats all parts of academic community – teachers and students - equally which is great for the Academic spirit. "

- Hristo Chkurliev

Why do you need a plagiarism software?

In New Bulgarian University we use software against plagiarism since 2010. We started using it for the needs of our part-time students in distant and e-learning programs. PlagScan is part of the mechanisms which we use to give more integrity in the learning process.

What do you like about PlagScan?

PlagScan is simple for use, quick and works under Cyrillic alphabet.

How do you use PlagScan?

  • Do you use the browser interface or a Learning Management System?
  • Are you checking papers of all enrolled students in your university or do you use PlagScan just for some random checks?

We use PlagScan as part of our Moodle – which is the e-learning platform for the hole university. PlagScan is obligatory for all part-time students. But more and more teachers in regular programs find the benefits of using anti-plagiarism software.

In which regard, can you say that using PlagScan paid off?

PlagScan works well under Moodle and the cost comparing to Turnitin is good.

In which way is PlagScan helping your organization every day?

PlagScan puts the integrity question in very different light. As online based product with almost unlimited functionality to prevent plagiarism from internet PlagScan treats all parts of academic community – teachers and students - equally which is great for the academic spirit.