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Apr 12 11 tweets 8 min read
Essay mills now using blackmail, whistleblowing and the use of phantom references and ‘Easter eggs’ in commisioned essays. #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Easter eggs are snippets of text within a an essay that reveal that it was commisioned #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Essay mills are no longer the preserve of wealthy students, but this has not got through to all staff #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Essay mill writers can upload their commisioned work to Turnitin and use the originality reports to identify customers and their institutions to facilitate blackmail and whistleblowing #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Essay mill agents infiltrate pre-sessional student social media groups, wait for the assessments to be issued and then recommend their services #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Whistleblowing e-mail inboxes for staff to report essay mill comms, blocking e-mails from known sites, cease-and-desist orders can all help. IP blocking is ineffective and resource-intensive, incomplerte and ultimately ineffective #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Proliferation of third-party agents offering plagairism checking, grammar checking, writing coaching etc. Any students using these are effectivley giving their work away and risk it being used by esaay mills/banks #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
You can’t design out cheating….but you can make it harder #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
It takes a lot of effort to make cheating harder but so does dealing with the outcomes of cheating #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
QAA advice: Identify a strategic lead with repsonsibility for staff training; don’t assume that assignments are cheatproof; combine use of tech & knowing your students; understand that most students don't cheat but some are more vulnerable #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin
Students can provide essay mill agents with their insitutional log-ins in order to access VLE materials ahead of writing a commissioned essay - this could undermine the advantages of using blockchain in support of academic integrity #contractcheating #webinar #turnitin

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