Development of iCU: A Plagiarism Detection Software

Abstract — In this paper, we present the design, development and deployment of iCU – a plagiarism detection software. iCU is a software system designed for the detection of plagiarized works. It comprises three main modules with different functions. The first module named file comparison module is designed for use only when there is a contention about two documents that have exactly or nearly the same content. The second module is named the similarity detection module, it is used when an individual is almost certain of the source of a text and works like a search engine. While the third module named global comparison module is meant for checking the extent to which a given piece of work is similar in content to already published works. The developed software works well both online and offline and is easily deployable in an academic environment. Index Term – Plagiarism; plagiarism detection; similarity check; copy detection;Turnitin; MOSS; Jplag