Plagiarizing code for computer programming assignments

Plagiarism is a serious issue in education, computer science in particular. It is the deadly combination of a confused student with ease and availability of sample source code, that facilitates such behaviour. I already wrote on the issue of Plagiarism in Education, examining the motives, means, and consequences. Today I am forced to bring up [...]

CS4U @ UWaterloo Day 2006

I know a lot of students have been asking about getting into the University of Waterloo, and Computer Science programs in general. Possibly because UW keeps on top of Maclean’s rankings.

“[University of Waterloo] finished first in the ‘most innovative’ category, second in ‘best overall’ and ‘leaders of tomorrow’, and finished third in ‘highest quality.’”
“Along with [...]

Source Control (plagirism) in Education

After the publication of source code for a widely popular highschool Computer Science project – Forces (which I wrote about before), the author raises the question of plagiarism of programming assignments.

“Do you think posting source code (especially in turing) is a bad idea because so many people may steal it and claim it as their [...]