Date of Award:
5-2024
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Computer Science
Committee Chair(s)
John Edwards
Committee
John Edwards
Committee
Vicki Allan
Committee
Hamid Karimi
Abstract
The following paper addresses student attitudes towards keystroke logging and plagiarism prevention measures. Specifically, the paper concerns itself with changes made to the “ShowYourWork” plugin, which was implemented to log the keystrokes of students in Utah State University’s introductory Computer Science course, CS1400. Recent work performed by the Edwards Lab provided insights into students’ feelings towards keystroke logging as a measure of deterring plagiarism. As a result of that research, we have concluded that measures need to be taken to enable students to have more control over their data and assist students to feel more comfortable with keystroke logging. This paper introduces the work done to enhance student privacy and feelings of security and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the changes made to ShowYourWork.
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Syndergaard, Caleb, "A Review of Student Attitudes Towards Keystroke Logging and Plagiarism Detection in Introductory Computer Science Courses" (2024). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 142.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/142
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