Urkund by Ouriginal

At the forefront of plagiarism detection for nearly 20 years

Our story begins in a Swedish classroom during the late 90s. The Internet starts to make it easier to copy-paste texts for assignments and teachers feel increasingly frustrated over the fact that too much time is spent on manually catching or dismissing plagiarism. Time that could be better spent on helping students, preparing lectures, or doing research. Now, two decades later, this system is aiding teachers across the globe to prevent plagiarism in a pedagogical way. It helps students to learn how to work with references, research correctly, and to develop their own thinking – rather than copying others. Going back to the original challenge, it lets teachers teach by doing a part of the work for them. At Urkund, we want to see the best in people and we strongly believe in an approach that coaches rather than punishes students in order to prevent plagiarism. We want to contribute to a more original and innovative world.