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A program that checks your essays for originality?
« on: October 18, 2009, 08:10:27 pm »
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I've been hearing about some program that university lecturers/tutors use to check how original (or if you've plagarised) an essay is.
  • Does it exist? I'm pretty sure it does but please confirm, that would be nice.
  • If so, what's the name of it?
  • Does anyone have it?
  • May I have it? It sounds awesome.
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 08:12:48 pm »
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 08:14:42 pm »
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Quote from: ed_saifa on October 18, 2009, 08:12:48 pm
http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
I think this is it ha

haha, a few of my teachers last year made us submit assignments into that site hah.
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2009, 08:15:59 pm »
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Quote from: ed_saifa on October 18, 2009, 08:12:48 pm
http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
I think this is it ha

By the looks of it, this is probably what Monash uses, considering we definitely already use Blackboard and Moodle which are on their products page.
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2009, 08:20:01 pm »
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Quote from: Toothpaste on October 18, 2009, 08:10:27 pm
I've been hearing about some program that university lecturers/tutors use to check how original (or if you've plagarised) an essay is.
  • Does it exist? I'm pretty sure it does but please confirm, that would be nice.
  • If so, what's the name of it?
  • Does anyone have it?
  • May I have it? It sounds awesome.
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Turnitin
Yes but I think you'd need to be signed up in one of your classes that uses it, to actually use it
It's not awesome, it's stupid and poopy
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2009, 08:22:57 pm »
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Cool, thanks!

Also found this after a quick googling
http://www.monash.edu.au/teaching/academic-integrity/staff/software2.html
http://academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au/turnitin/

Quote from: ninwa on October 18, 2009, 08:20:01 pm
Yes but I think you'd need to be signed up in one of your classes that uses it, to actually use it
It's not awesome, it's stupid and poopy
Damn. Hmm I hear that they use it more on later years as well.
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2009, 08:23:31 pm »
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Apparently, it works too well. Most of your essay will come back plagarised.
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2009, 10:08:54 pm »
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Nah, but it'll waste your time "catching" common phrases and expressions (like "duty of care" and "reasonable foreseeability") and telling you you plagiarised them >_>
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 10:12:12 pm »
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Yes, Monash uses it! When I heard about it i was like phhow, wow! Cool technology. Sucks to be you if you get caught though. Try wriggling your way out of THAT one:P (not directed at any1)
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 02:07:08 am »
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yeah turnitin.com

u got to enrol in a class  or pay i think if u want to use it by yourself

its the most stupidest program ever but i guess they need it to ease their mind even though its not the best thing at checking if uve copied

it catches strings of words and it says uve plagiarised.... like "polymerase basic", "NA", "matrix", "avian influenza", "binds to sialic acid" , "virus does not", "glutamic acid" ... all came back as plagiarized lol so it's not very smart... which is a good thing for students i guess lol
but they say they ignore those things so yeah i guess its alright but in conclusion: its stupid
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 05:34:09 pm »
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THE WORST PROGRAM EVER! Apparently I plagerised off a student paper submitted to Monash in 2006? Hmm. In saying that, it does catch some pretty big plagerisers, and does so with minimal effort/time.

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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 10:42:11 pm »
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Some faculties at Monash also uses a piece of software developed in-house called Damocles.
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2009, 11:06:54 pm »
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Quote from: doboman on October 19, 2009, 05:34:09 pm
THE WORST PROGRAM EVER! Apparently I plagerised off a student paper submitted to Monash in 2006? Hmm.

Haha, apparently I stole 5% of my work from a paper submitted in 2006 in the UK. I should have gotten extra credit for clearly very effective use of research skills in order to find such an obscure work. :D
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Re: A program that checks your essays for originality?
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2009, 11:27:49 pm »
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Quote from: ninwa on October 19, 2009, 11:06:54 pm
Quote from: doboman on October 19, 2009, 05:34:09 pm
THE WORST PROGRAM EVER! Apparently I plagerised off a student paper submitted to Monash in 2006? Hmm.

Haha, apparently I stole 5% of my work from a paper submitted in 2006 in the UK. I should have gotten extra credit for clearly very effective use of research skills in order to find such an obscure work. :D
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