Plagiarism Detection Solution

REQUESING aGENCY. Department of the Air Force (AF), Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air University (AU), A6 Communications, 55 LeMay Plaza So., Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6334 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES . HQ Air University has a requirement to provide its faculty and students with a plagiarism detection solution that will be used to evaluate all coursework written submissions for plagiarized content. | BACKGROUND. The focus for an adequate plagiarism detection or content similarity tool is to locate and identify instances of plagiarism or copyright infringement. The ability to plagiarize work has been made easier with the use of the internet. AU holds its students to a high ethical standard. A tool that will detect plagiarism and content similarity will assist in maintaining our high standards of excellence. SCOPE . The following are required for any plagiarism detection tool provided as a solution for use within The Air University. The Plagiarism Detection Tool solution must: Evaluate manuscript submission against academic databases from universities and global databases Evaluate papers to detect similarity with internet resources Evaluate papers to detect similarity to other AU submissions Produce an Originality Report and score based on matching text (which includes references) Provide a comprehensive citation-based plagiarism detections analysis Provide a comparative analysis of content similarity Produce a similarity score outcome of the content similarity analysis Be Internet browser and device agnostic Support the use of search engines for further comparative analysis Display the percentage of plagiarism, the percentage of uniqueness, and the text relevant to the plagiarized content to diminish the effects of plagiarism Produce a plagiarism report Provide user tutorials Provide 1,000 FTE faculty accounts Provide 12,000 FTE student accounts Track and analyze academic writing for plagiarism infractions Identify when students have manipulated text to circumvent similarity checks Report detailing the percentage of written material matched other sources Include publications from all leading peer-reviewed journals in similarity check Check for unauthorized sharing of work between students within the institution and across different institutions. Provide resources that equip educators to address underlying skill gaps leading to plagiarism Private repository that prevents submissions from being shared outside of the Air University node Connect with typical STEM journals (~100), to ensure student have not plagiarized work that has been published in these technical publications Provide all functionality of the tool in a Software as a Service (SaaS) Commercial Cloud Environment Be available 24/7/365 to AU users Provide Technical Support for AU user issues Allow AU Faculty and Staff the ability to remove AU submitted documents and associated plagiarism report data from cloud storage locations at any time GENERAL INFORMATION: Period of performance (POP) – 1 Mar 23 thru 29 Apr 28 Air university/A6 point of contact (POC) for this contracted effort is Mr. Mark Roy (334) 953-9095, [email protected] Air university/A6 technical point of contact (TPOC) for support service is Mr. Kevin Frasier, (334) 953-4441, [email protected]