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URKUND's fully-automated system for handling plagiarism from three sources, internet, published material and student material.
Lower pricing than directly from supplier
Agreement start date: 1 February 2017
Agreement end date: 31 January 2020
For each subsequent year, Sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement on 1 November 2017 and 1 November 2018.
Licences are co-terminus with the agreement.
Site licence
This is a 3 year Agreement. Institutions may participate in the Agreement at any time during its life, but shall be bound by its Terms and Conditions, including payments, until the end of the Agreement.
A two week trial (or ten documents) is available. Please contact Chest Help with the following information:
This Agreement is open to Institutions of Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland and Associated Sites.
Owner: Prio Infocenter AB, Primusgatan 20, Box 3217, SE-103 64 Stockholm, Sweden
Checking students' work for plagiarism requires time and resources. URKUND offers a fully-automated system for handling plagiarism that is easy to use and introduce into a university or college as it can be used via Moodle, Blackboard, D2L, Canvas (among other VLEs) or by email.
Students send their documents to their teachers. Along the electronic route between student and teacher, the documents are checked against three central source areas: Internet, published material and student material. If any document displays similarities with the content in the three sources, the system will flag it for possible plagiarism. A simplified analysis overview is generated and sent by email to the teacher concerned who can then determine if plagiarism has occurred.
Easy to use
URKUND does not require any software installation, no use of complex interfaces and no login to any website for the student nor the teacher. This means that the service is very easy to use and introduce into an organisation.
Integrated system
It is important to differentiate between URKUND's email based system and other tools, that require the teacher to log in to a website and upload the students' documents for checking.
The most important differences are listed below:
URKUND's email based system automatically checks all submitted documents with no extra effort required on the part of the teacher. In other systems that require teachers to select and upload documents, the extra workload on the part of many different teachers, means that there is a chance not all documents will be checked.
URKUND's system does not require teachers to select documents; all documents are checked at the point of submission. This maximises the discovery frequency and at the same time it avoids arbitrary and random selection of documents for checking. Other tools that require a teacher to select and upload documents only those that they consider to be plagiarised are checked, as well as any documents chosen for random screening.
URKUND screens all submitted documents at every instance of submission. This maximises the discovery rate. All systems requiring the screening of only a selection of the submitted documents have a lower rate of discovery.
A two week trial (or ten documents) is available. Please contact Chest Help with the following information:
Feasibility studies lasting several weeks / months are chargeable - please contact Chest Help in the first instance.
Sample reports are also available from the URKUND website
User manuals are available for download.
Authorised Users may download and/or print out copies of the documentation supplied with and forming part of the service for training purposes.
Making copies of training materials for teaching purposes is permitted.
Making copies of training materials for teaching purposes is permitted.
Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:
Students upload their material according to the university’s instructions. This tends to be via the VLE (URKUND is integrated into Moodle, Canvas, D2L, Blackboard) but can also be via email or upload to the teacher's account. As URKUND is purchased via a licence, clients can use all three methods.
The University of Canberra see the use of URKUND to identify textual similarities in work submitted by students to be a helpful pedagogical tool rather than a punitive detection system - read more.
Plagiarism detection has increased awareness at Copenhagen Business School. Most teachers use URKUND’s plagiarism reports as a basis for discussion with the students about plagiarism - read more.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for URKUND Plagiarism service . You are advised to read the licence in full.
Copying of the Software is allowed in accordance with the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
This agreement is of 3 years duration, commencing 1 February 2017 and terminating 31 January 2020.
On receipt a completed Order plus an Institution Purchase Order made payable to Eduserv, sites will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.
For each subsequent year, Sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement on 1 November 2017 and 1 November 2018.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to JISC, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB.
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
At the end of a Licence period the service is discontinued unless renewed via Chest or directly with the licensor.
It is the intention of Chest and Prio Infocenter AB to renew this 3 year Agreement. If the Agreement is renewed or extended then new conditions may apply. If the Agreement is not renewed then any extension is a matter between institutions and Prio Infocenter AB.
The product(s) may be used by any Authorised User of the Licensee for Educational Purposes which includes the administration and management of the licensee’s educational and research operations.
| Students | Yes |
| Academic Staff | Yes |
| Non-Academic Staff | Yes |
| Administration and management | Yes |
| Staff home use rights | Yes |
| Student home use rights | Yes |
| Installation on Hosted Server | Yes |
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for URKUND Plagiarism service . You are advised to read the licence in full.
Currency: All prices are in GBP and exclude VAT
Fees: The are based upon the Licensee’s Student FTE (Full Time Equivalent) Count (using the latest available HESA stats or equivalent) subject to a minimum applicable fee of £900 per Licensee per Licence Year.
Fees will be rounded up to the nearest whole pound.
Monthly pro-rata pricing is available in the year of signing the licence.
Please email Chest Help with your Student FTE number when you place your order and they will confirm the value of your initial invoice. If you do not know your Student FTE number then contact Chest Help.
Payment terms are shown on the Terms and Conditions tab.
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