Moodle 2.2 has a free plagiarism checker, using a block call crot. It
relies on cron to call it. Shows percentage of assignment that's
plagiarised from the web, and can also compare to local files.

I have it working at home, but waiting to upgrade at school.

Paul

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Mr Robert Fifoot
<[email protected]>wrote:

>  Only the cost has discouraged us from using Turnitin.  Not only does it
> frequently identify occurrences of plagiarism, but students can be
> encouraged to use it as well, before their assignment reaches the teacher.
> This allows the student to find unintended plagiarism, where they simply
> failed to reference a quote correctly.
>
>
>
> Bob Fifoot
>
> HoD (IT)
>
> Lockyer District High School
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* [email protected] [
> [email protected]] on behalf of Drew Semple [
> [email protected]]
> *Sent:* Sunday, 24 June 2012 7:09 AM
> *To:* QSITE ICT Teachers
> *Cc:* QSITE ICT Teachers
> *Subject:* Re: [qsiteict] Laptops and Copyright
>
>   Turnitin would have to be the most popular. It can be incorporated into
> the assignment submission procedures in both Blackboard and Moodle.
> In Blackboard, you just create a "Turnitin" item. The teacher then just
> gets a plagiarism report after the students upload their assignments.
> Works very well- if a little slow.
>
> Drew Semple
> Head of IT and Digital Pedagogy
> Brisbane Boys' College
>  W: 3309 3655
>
> On 22/06/2012, at 2:32 PM, "Maria WILLIAMSON" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>   Hi
>
>  I have 2 questions or favours.
>
>  Does anyone have a laptop borrowing document that they give to students
> who take school owned laptops home overnight?
>
>  And secondly, I am aware there are many types of software around that
> can check students work for plagarised sections.  Can anyone recommend the
> ones that they use at school, which they think are worthwhile.
>
>  Thanks,
>
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