Abstract
Source code plagiarism is a growing concern in computing related courses. There are a variety of tools to help academics detect suspicious similarity in computer programs. These are purpose-built and necessarily different from the more widely used text-matching tools for plagiarism detection in essays. However, not only is the adoption of these code plagiarism detection tools very modest, the lack of integration of these tools into learning environments means that they are, if used, just intended to identify offending students, rather than as an educational tool to raise their awareness of this sensitive problem. This paper describes the development of a plugin to integrate the two well-known code plagiarism detectors, JPlag and MOSS, into an open source virtual learning environment, Moodle, to address the needs of academics teaching computer programming at an Australian University. A study was carried out to evaluate the benefits offered by such integration for academics and students.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013) |
| Editors | Angela Carbone, Jacqueline Whalley |
| Place of Publication | Sydney NSW Australia |
| Publisher | Australian Computer Society Inc |
| Pages | 155 - 164 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 136 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781921770210 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781921770210 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | Australasian Computing Education Conference 2013 - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 29 Jan 2013 → 1 Feb 2013 Conference number: 15th |
Conference
| Conference | Australasian Computing Education Conference 2013 |
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| Abbreviated title | ACE 2013 |
| Country | Australia |
| City | Adelaide |
| Period | 29/01/13 → 1/02/13 |
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Integrating source code plagiarism into a virtual learning environment: Benefits for students and staff. / Nguyen, Thanh Tri Le; Carbone, Angela; Sheard, Judithe Irene; Schuhmacher, Margot.
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2013). ed. / Angela Carbone; Jacqueline Whalley. Vol. 136 Sydney NSW Australia : Australian Computer Society Inc, 2013. p. 155 - 164.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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