Re: [CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker

2015-01-23 Thread Andreas Orphanides
My first thought was something like programatically doing a pairwise diff of the files, 5500 times. I was surprised I couldn't find a utility that just does this. But i did find something called diffuse [1], that allows you to graphically compare any number of text files in a diff-like fashion.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker

2015-01-23 Thread Adam Traub
Institute of Technology adam.tr...@rit.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark A. Matienzo Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 9:45 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker I believe Turnitin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker

2015-01-23 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Jan 23, 2015, at 9:44 AM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote: I believe Turnitin and SafeAssign both compare the text of submissions to against external sources (e.g., SafeAssign uses ABI/INFORM, among others). I am not certain if they compare submissions against each other. My understanding of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker

2015-01-23 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
I believe Turnitin and SafeAssign both compare the text of submissions to against external sources (e.g., SafeAssign uses ABI/INFORM, among others). I am not certain if they compare submissions against each other. However, if you're looking for something along the lines of what Dre suggests, you

[CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker

2015-01-23 Thread Judy Meirose
Can anyone recommend a plagiarism checking software besides Turnitin and SafeAssign? I need to compare about 100 student assignments against each other to make sure they don't copy each other's assignments. Thanks. Judy K. Meirose Systems Librarian Florida Coastal School of Law 8787 Baypine