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If you submit a word document, is there some way to detect if the words were typed out, how long the document was open etc? Basically trying to detect if the st
by giarc 3y ago
If you submit a word document, is there some way to detect if the words were typed out, how long the document was open etc? Basically trying to detect if the student pasted the text? Obviously students would get around this simply by typing it out word for word, but could work here.
- alwayslikethis 3y agoI'm against using surveillance as a means to combat AI. It can just as easily be fabricated.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoNo, there's no mechanism in the Word file format itself to store this information. There's the file system metadata (Created/Accessed/Modified time) which tells you for how long the file was open before being saved. However, file system metadata is likely to be lost when you submit the document. Ultimately, you could not prevent this timer from being spoofed unless you installed rootkits on the students' computers, and unfortunately (for the security and privacy of students) rootkits are what is often used.
- lozenge 3y agoIf you use Google Docs, the edit history would pretty clearly the progress and different drafts. I guess eventually somebody will prompt ChatGPT in the right way to create realistic drafts and edits as well.