James Cook University

SafeAssign Originality Report

JCU students are required to keep their originality report in the "Green" band

• Low: Scores below 15 percent:

  • These papers typically include some quotes and few common phrases or blocks of text that match other documents. Typically, these papers don't require further analysis as there is no evidence of plagiarism.

• Medium: Scores between 15 percent and 40 percent:

  • These papers include extensive quoted or paraphrased material, or they include plagiarism. Review these papers to determine if the matching text is properly referenced.

• High: Scores over 40 percent:

  • A very high probability exists that text in these papers was copied from other sources. These papers include quoted or paraphrased text in excess, and need to be reviewed for plagiarism.