* Explain the nature of the exercise clearly to students
* Specify particular books or websites that must be used as some of the source materials
* Require the submission of a rough draft
* Require an oral presentation on the same topic
* Educate students about good note-taking styles
* Model good practice in course handouts and other material
* Educate about appropriate referencing
* Educate about the boundaries of acceptable practice
* Stress that writing exercises are not just about the final product but about the skills developed along the way
* Carry out some meta-learning activity such as asking students how they found their sources.
Chris Willmott, Tackling Plagiarism in Biology , 2004