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Detecting Plagiarism in Student Programs – A Pilot Study

Plagiarism in academic courses proves to be a frustrating and serious issue for course instructors. Plagiarism is not only a problem in written work, but it is also a prevailing issue in software. Therefore, professors need a tool that aids them in detecting plagiarizers. This paper presents a tool that monitors potential plagiarism for each assignment while providing a history across assignments throughout the course. Results from using the tool in a course are presented.