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Thread ID: 114668 2010-12-12 20:00:00 IT students Nomad (952) PC World Chat
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1161202 2010-12-13 21:08:00 The university I went to use static code structure analysers to detect collaboration between students. It found instances where people copied code but changed variable names, and/or moved code around to change how the file looked. utopian201 (6245)
1161203 2010-12-15 18:30:00 Insisting on every few lines of code including comments would help highlight the copy and pasters. Even if they re-wrote the comments there would still be the problem of the comments appearing on the same lines in everyones pastings.

Another option may be a short spot-test of the same skills at the next gathering of the class.
Paul.Cov (425)
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