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I always try to advise students against online plagiarism checking… at best they’re getting false assurance that their work is “plagiarism free” because the databases of such services are inevitably impoverished when compared to something like Turnitin. Not to mention that there’s essentially no risk of accidental plagiarism if a student isn’t using questionable practises (copying and pasting then editing etc) in the first place. I’ve just had a long and entertaining web chat with “Oleg” from UnPlag.com. From what he says, this site basically seems to be a fancy way of googling your essays and checking for matches. It wouldn’t detect matches between the essays of different students for example. In a nutshell it wouldn’t assist cheating particularly, but it is exploitative to the extent that they’re charging for nothing of any real value. Ed Auckland Academic Adviser The Advice Place EUSA, The Potterrow, 5/2 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL Tel: +44 (0)131 650 9225 Web: http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/adviceplace Text for advice to 07537402004 Twitter: @TheAdvicePlace If you would like to give us feedback you can complete our short survey and enter a prize draw to win a £25 Amazon voucher: http://bit.ly/advice_feedback. Thank you for taking the time to tell us your thoughts. Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) is a charity (SC015800) and a company limited by guarantee (SC429897) registered in Scotland. Registered Office: Potterrow, 5/2 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr. Mike Reddy Sent: 15 March 2016 05:51 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Unplag.com Unplag.com<https://unplag.com/pricing-for-individual-clients/> Complete with fake testimonials from non-academics; check out "as an small ovoid -- WiMii? ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************