Synonym Spinners and Paper Mills: It's a New World Out There

Abstract

Synonym Spinners and Paper Mills: It’s a New World Out There The explosion of online paraphrasing tools and contract cheating websites has created significant threats to academic integrity. This poster is tutorial: Its aims are to create awareness of these tools and to demonstrate forms of detecting their use. However, prevention also is key, and the literature provides some guidance for creating student assignments and structuring written work. (From FSC 2018 program)