Essay jumbler ?

[Fear345]

Anyone heard of such a thing as a essay jumbler ? I heard a discussion on a radio program that students have been known to use such a program to jumble up a essay so it reads different when submitted.

[supraman54]

I believe the same sort of program was used by internet marketers to make an article different multiple times..
When it's submitted to an article site or blog multiple times it increases Googles pickup and so gives the marketer a better presence on the
web
This was a few years ago though so likely Googles more wise to it now..
anyway that was the software you speak of I think..

supe

[Teajunkie]

Plagiarism.
there's many tools online to check for it so don't try it you will get caught.
a student at my daughters college got thrown out for doing just that.

http://www.redferret.net/?p=12169

[ek247]

Turnitin is what most colleges and universities use. Extremely effective at finiding where content was copied from.

[Bobby Bouché]

Do not bother trying to use Jumble software. Get caught and it's sticks like mud at an academic level. Career over before it's even begun.

Like ek247 says they use Turnitin.

I am currently in Uni myself and we are warned if we are caught its pretty much game over.

[beansontoast]

I was told about some French students who translated a copied assignment into French and then back to English to try to get past turnitin. What they ended up submitting was gibberish.

[Zippeyrude]

Turnitin was also used at my old uni.

Just as above, its game over if you get caught which you probably will.

Nothing wrong with using sources, but make sure they are appropriately referenced. Depending on the discipline, this could give you credit for having carried out research.

[ivrytwr3]

We use turnitin at my uni, however, it also gives the person submitting the results too. Therefore if it scores too highly you can re-edit and resubmit. I used as a guide it's a useful tool!

[AspectUK]

Years ago when I was in Uni I used this .. http://www.scanmyessay.com/

I work at a Uni (used to lecture, now in marketing) and they give you a warning the first time you get caught and ask you to redo the assignment as referred work capped at 40% then second time you get an official warning and a mark on your academic record - asked to do the work again and capped at 40% .. third time you're out. (Different Uni's may have different tolerances).

Even if the essay is jumbled up - Turnitin looks for similar sources, not exact sources, so it can generally tell if people have copied and pasted and lists exactly where it thinks the text was taken from. I believe there is now a Turnitin version that will do programming source code too!

I found the easiest way was to quote the source text in the body of the essay and then explain what you think it means relevant to your research in your own words.

They're not looking for you to reinvent the wheel, they're looking for you to research the subject, find articles that explain it and then put it into your own words to show that you've understood it and learnt it.

So what I used to do is research on the web/journals - copy and paste a load of quotes into a Word doc and then write around them explaining my thoughts on the subject.

[AspectUK]

We use turnitin at my uni, however, it also gives the person submitting the results too. Therefore if it scores too highly you can re-edit and resubmit. I used as a guide it's a useful tool!

As a lecturer setting the assignment it is up to them whether you get multiple chances to submit the assignment. Don't expect every lecturer to do this.
Personally, I was a cnut and made sure they only got one chance to upload

[consoles]

just read a paragraph then write it in your own words rinse repeat