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Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl
my nephew (and an associate) in america , wrote a program to check exam papers against the course content and associated reading for plagiarism.
they sold it for a modest sum and it is now used in many universities and colleges (especially the one he works at)
from what i remember him saying, the program read in any text book content and associated reading suggested for the applicable course and checked exam papers for direct usage of any phrasing or wording.
geoff
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The program of which you speak may be TurnItIn - a very useful method of identifying plagiarised material. I encountered the problem extensively when running postgrad courses for overseas students. The message got through after a while - mainly because of a nil-tolerance policy I imposed, backed up by aggressive academic misconduct proceedings against offenders. But it is rife and is hard to eradicate.
Peter