I actually had someone PM me before the HSC exam asking if they could use my creative I posted. You know, the creative that I WAS ALSO USING. Shut that one down pretty quick haha.
I don't know the ins and outs of it haha, but I know that if its published online, then teachers also have access to it as well, so if anyone copied someone elses work, it wouldn't be hard for a teacher to find out. A lot of teachers use plagarism checkers, where they just need to type in a few sentences. I'm assuming ATARnotes would pop up in this as well.
Very correct! I'll add that the user who messaged you (I believe) pulled that behaviour on a few people; if it's the same person I'm thinking of, we made sure they couldn't see anyones work pretty bloody quick. We take that very seriously
All essay marking is public; the feedback is helpful to others beyond just the person who wrote the piece. It can help people identify issues in their own work. Kind of like one of those books of past essay responses you can buy from BOSTES; except ours is free and covers a range of skill levels. There are Band 6 essays in the threads, there are also Band 2 essays in the threads. The feedback we provide can reveal which is which and potentially give you a better view of your own work
We've done essay marking in NSW for nearly a year now; we had no issues in 2016! And as I mentioned; we take plagiarism very seriously. And that's for everyone; we actually had a few people submit
plagiarised essays for feedback last year. And I'm just sitting here like, "Why?"