Academic honesty and plagiarism
These webpages provide information about the Canvas module on academic honesty, the text-matching tool Ouriginal (formerly Urkund) and other useful resources.
Canvas module on Academic Honesty
The Introduction to Academic Honesty course module is available on the online Canvas learning platform. It is a course designed for students, focusing on writing with support from sources and providing guidance on honest approaches to student writing at the university.
Read more about the Canvas module on Academic Honesty
Advice for teachers
Carina Carlund shares advice for teachers on how they can support students in developing their ability to work with sources.
Canvas and the text-matching system Ouriginal (soon to be replaced by Inspera Originality)
Canvas (the University's learning management system) enables teachers to submit assignments to a text-matching system. This should be done early in the education, so that issues of plagiarism come up for discussion. Please note: On 19 January 2026, the text-matching system Ouriginal will be replaced by Inspera Originality.
Read more about Ouriginal and Inspera Originality (login required)