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by blue52 2151 days ago
This software was absolutely hated by the students. Not only is it difficult to use for some who have trouble with technology, but it would often score a persons paper with wildly inaccurate remarks to the point that the instructor accused the person of cheating. It made many students cry.

Edit: I'm not sure why my comments are coming up as "dead" but only when logged out. Seems like I am shadowbannned, for some odd reason. Might have to make a new account?

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I returned to university recently after 30 years to do a masters degree, and was shocked when a lecturer told me that he had to go to a plagiarism hearing regarding 10% of the students on the course. I'm beginning to realise that "plagiarism" may not mean the same thing it meant in 1988.
You have slightly negative karma. If you make good comments or submissions so that you collect karma or vouches from other users then the situation will improve. I would not encourage you to make a new account since the newness of an account seems to count against it.
Good to know thanks