Forum Discussion
What information does "INFO" provide?
I second the information provided by Lenka_Kerumova. The information revealed by File Properties cannot be relied on. However if you see something like the following where the Last Saved by name is that of the student, but the author is someone else, you might question why that has happened.
Well spotted! Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
In my opinion, all this looking into computer information is a road to a disaster. There are so many variables. Just the assumption that every student has their own personal computer is dubious, or that they don't work on each other's machines...
There are better ways of proving whether they are authors.
One of them is machines (softwares, Plagiarism Checkers) which actually test texts for plagiarism. You upload the text, it is compared to whatever is on the internet (mostly in academic sites), and give you a report.
Or, more time consuming, let the students write a shorter thesis in a class, or in an hour, and then compare the language, syntax, structure of arguments, etc.
I was once warned that my text might be considered plagiarism just because I didn't put quotations - although correctly and clearly marked in the text - in quotation marks.
L.