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Uni cheats to be prey of internet "robots".
Australasian Business Intelligence, January, 2003
Jan 14, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX)
The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) will utilise computer software to analyse Internet documents to prevent cheating. Staff at the university voted to install the software, which uses "web crawler" robots to analyse millions of Internet documents and detect plagiarism among students who cut and paste information from that source for personal presentation in course work. Plagiarism has become a significant problem. Academics can use the software, termed "Turnitin.com", on a case-by-case basis or across a full class group. In addition, students' work is scanned and retained, a process that also reduces copying. However, in New South Wales only Macquarie University and the University of New South...
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