ACRS Section B, Group C

Description of our project:

  At Parami University, students have to submit their written assignments through a portal called “Canvas.” Recently, alongside the plagiarism issue, students using AI technologies for assignments have been concerned by faculty members and the university. Therefore, Parami University applies a software called “Copyleaks” to assess the originality of a student's written works. Copyleaks has the ability to detect both plagiarism and the use of AI in writing assignments.  However, the accuracy of the software becomes questionable when some students face false accusations of plagiarism and AI detection by the software. Some professors have also disclosed that they need to manually review the students' assignments. Therefore, the Copyleaks software became a rising issue within the university. In our research, we intend to investigate students' experience regarding the Copyleaks software, specifically examining whether they have encountered false accusations of plagiarism or AI detection by the software, and how faculty members responded to such cases. Moreover, our study plans to explore the perceptions of professors towards the application of Copyleaks in assessing the originality of students' works, their level of trust in the software, and the strategies they have taken to address the weakness of software in its functionality.