Feel free to use this presentation, I would like a reference to http://cybercheats.blogspot.com/ if you do This is my "original" CyberCheats presentation which I have been presenting on and off since @2000, this is the most recent update, my last few presentations have been using the Plagiarism Prevention PowerPoint, but this one contains the ever popular "Terrible Timmy's Tale"

1. Plagiarism and the Internet Workshop Agenda : Introduction and Background The Problem Possible Solutions Conclusion NOTE: Please ask questions as needed Steve Garwood Rutgers University - SCILS

2. Cybercheats Part 1: The Problem

3. Cybercheats - Q&A (data from 1998 Who’s Who in American High School Student’s survey) Answers Almost everybody does it Fairly Common Pretty Rare Never Happens No Answer Question: How common is cheating at your school? Responses 21.8% 60.9% 16.5% 0.4% 0.3%

4. Cybercheats - Q&A (data from 1998 Who’s Who in American High School Student’s survey) Answers Competition for good grades Didn’t seem like a big deal Didn’t think I’d get caught Not interested in the subject To get into a good college Question: If you have cheated…why? Responses 55.6% 53% 23.6% 28.9% 14.4%

5. Cybercheats - Q&A (data from 1998 Who’s Who in American High School Student’s survey) Answers Very difficult Somewhat difficult Not very difficult Easy Question: How easy would it be for you to obtain test questions or answers at your school? Responses 14.9% 25.5% 28.2% 30%

6. Cybercheats - Q&A (data from 1998 Who’s Who in American High School Student’s survey) Answers I was caught and punished I was caught but not punished I was not caught Question: If you have cheated what happened? Responses 6.2% 6.4% 95.1%

7. Cybercheats - Q&A Answers: In a recent survey of almost 50,000 undergraduates conducted by the Center for Academic Integrity, 70 percent admitted to some cheating, whether on written assignments, or during exams. More than three-quarters said they did not think that copying off the internet was a serious issue. From: Cut and Paste Plagiarism February 14, 2006 from Talk of the Nation (NPR) Question: Think this has gotten any better since ’98?

8. Cybercheats - Q&A Answers: To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own Question: What is Plagiarism? … So that I do not get accused of Plagiarism the above was taken verbatim from page 888 of Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10 th edition. Make sure students know…don’t assume

9. CyberCheats Terrible Timmy’s Tale

10. Cybercheats Timmy’s Homework Assignment: Write about 500 words on: The Theme of Madness in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. (Note: This is all of the assignment, no source requirements, no research instructions, etc. Think of it as a first paper assignment.) Other areas often seen at the library: biomes, literature terms, global warming, drug abuse/treatment, pros/cons such as driving age, voting age, biographical assignments…

12. Cybercheats Timmy ponders how to do his assignment One of those Term paper sites? – Hmmm, maybe. Note these are free sites and all had Hamlet essays - many with bibliographies: http://www.schoolbytes.com/ http://allfreeessays.com/ http://www.4freeessays.com/ There are more…

13. Cybercheats Timmy ponders how to do his assignment Some notes on the free sites: Content: Submit one/Get one Plenty out there (Students posting to web) Very much like fraternity test/paper files Some papers good/some stink “ Ethics”: Some are blatant (go ahead…sue…they’ll love you) Ownership: Many of these sites are owned by the same person therefore lots of repetition

14. Cybercheats Timmy ponders how to do his assignment One of those Term paper sites? – Hmmm, maybe. Note these are pay sites some of which will write an original paper : https://www.snrinfo.com/geniuspapers/ http://www.cheathouse.com/ http://www.termpapers-on-file.com/ http://www.papermasters.com/ There are more…

15. Cybercheats Timmy ponders how to do his assignment Some notes on the pay sites: Money: Subscription Some pay by page Some both Guarantees: Some will guarantee the grade Content: Some prewritten/some individualized College kids will do anything for money “ Reminds me”: Of the ads in the back of Rolling Stone

16. Cybercheats Timmy ponders how to do his assignment Search Engines? – Let me try that first. I’ve heard that Google is pretty good.

17. Cybercheats Timmy searches Google

18. Cybercheats Timmy sees novelguide.com info

19. Cybercheats Timmy copies and pastes to Word

20. Cybercheats Timmy adds fluff and a fake citation making work his own.

21. Cybercheats Is Timmy alone???? NOPE…Remember… “ 4 out of 5 high achievers surveyed in 1998 admitted to cheating on school work and more than ½ of those said such cheating was “no big deal”, and practically none got caught.” - Who’s Who Among American High School Students Actually Timmy might be less terrible THAN typical

22. Cybercheats Is there a way to catch Timmy???? In this case yes. Since Timmy was lazy and didn’t try to change the work he got very much. A “phrase search” in Alta Vista, Google or a MetaSearch engine will find his work. More about this in a lil bit However…more enterprising Timmy’s will be hard to catch…

24. Cybercheats Part 2 : Possible Solutions

34. Cybercheats Get ‘em: Before and After (Tools to catch the cheaters)

40. Cybercheats Conclusion and Resources

43. Cybercheats Cody (my dog) says: This presentation available at: http://www.stevegarwood.com/classes