Elliott CSC435

6.1 Updates:

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The TurnItIn (TII) plagiarism checker limit rules.

Your code submission must produce a valid TII report. If you don't get one, try adding a few blank lines and/or comments at the top and bottom of your submission file. Check for special characters that are making problems. Try one of the other file formats. Re-submit.
90% of the students I fail in the course for plagiarizing on the programming assignments have TII reporting an overlap of more than 30%.
15% of the students who have written their own original code have TII reporting an overlap of more than 30% (from the helper code I provide, and the header information).
It takes a lot time on the part of the course grader, and me, to document all the information for such academic integrity violations. And, of course, students fail the class and get sent to the dean's office.

For this reason I have adopted a maximum TII similarity reporting overlap policy, currently set at 30% for programming assignments. Please note the following:

The rules are one-size-fits all. No Exceptions. If you wrote all your code, but remain above the maximum overlap limit (i.e., are in the 15% group, above), we apologize in advance, but we still will not grade your code for credit. You should use one or more the following remediations to bring your TII overlap rating down:
1. Rewrite my helper code in your own Java style.
2. Remove my comments and write your own, more extensive explanatory, pedagogical comments, within reasonable limits.
3. Add functionality to your code and tell us about it in the "bragging rights" section of your checklist.
ALL OF THE PLAGIARISM RULES STILL APPLY. You are never allowed to electronically copy code from another source (except for official starter code I provide), modify it to disguise the source, and submit it as your own work. That is, you might be at only 20% overlap TII reporting and still fail the course for plagiarism. BE CAREFUL.
The extent of your comments must be within normal bounds. If we decide you have added over-the-top comments simply for the purpose of disguising plagiarism concerns we will not grade your code for credit, but also, all the plagiarism rules still apply.