Volume 5, No 1, 2008

Deterring digital plagiarism, how effective is the digital detection process?


Jayati Chaudhuri

Abstract

Academic dishonesty or plagiarism is a growing problem in today's digital world. Use of plagiarism detection tools can assist faculty to combat this form of academic dishonesty. In this article, a special emphasis is given to text-matching software called SafeAssignmentTM. The advantages and disadvantages of using automated text matching software's are discussed and analyzed in detail. The advantages and disadvantages of using automated text matching software's are discussed and analyzed in detail.


Pages: 1-10

Keywords: Academic dishonesty; Plagiarism; Plagiarism Detection Tool; Text Matching Software; SafeAssignmentTM; Safe AssignTM

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