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Amanda Marksdottir
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18 May 2009 @ 21:56
Digital eyes!  
I now have a working flatbed scanner with a USB port, so it'll talk to my laptop (unlike our previous scanner, which only had firewire).

::eyes gigantic stack of notes and photocopies from dissertation research::

It came with OCR software, and if I can get it to work, I wouldn't have to re-key student papers or require only electronic assignment submissions in order to run them through the plagiarism checker software package the college provides. I think I might like this evil plan.
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thirteenletters[info]thirteenletters on 19th May 2009 03:53 (UTC)
Yay for evil, digitally-enabled plans!
drmcsexypants[info]drmcsexypants on 19th May 2009 10:35 (UTC)
I say require electronic submission. Better that you catch the electronic docs, complete with file modification time, metadata, and such, than run the risk that an OCR error allows a kid to skate by freely because it no longer perfectly matches something.

DrMcS. Hardass.
Heather[info]magdelane on 19th May 2009 12:30 (UTC)
I must second this.
Do require it.
paleolithical[info]paleolithical on 19th May 2009 18:15 (UTC)
At least the checker we use will catch "matches with minor differences". I've seen papers that consist of "change a word here and there" style "writing".
catlin: owl eyes[info]catlins2busy on 19th May 2009 10:53 (UTC)
Yay for computer stuff that works! Have fun with your nefarious plans.

(Gawd, I can't wait to get my new computer/music reading glasses. I'm barely able to read your entry. Well, in the words of Granny, "This old-age crap's for the birds!)