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Animation of a PlagTrace check: an essay is uploaded, compared with the open web, PlagTrace's source memory, your library and the rest of the cohort, and a similarity report of 19% is produced.
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Why campuses choose PlagTrace

Evidence, not verdicts

Numbered highlights beside each source. Your staff make the call.

Built for assignments

Check a whole cohort at once and spot students sharing work.

Fits your systems

Use it on its own or connect your VLE through our API.

Your data stays yours

EU storage, automatic deletion, never shared between institutions.

The report

Every match, side by side with its source

  • Word-for-word copying
  • Copied text with small edits
  • Possible rewording, flagged for review
  • Students sharing work in a cohort
  • Hidden characters and look-alike letters
  • Quotes, references and the brief excluded
How checks work
Sample reportHIST101 · Assignment 2 · S-1207
19%
Text overlap
1 passage
Possible rewording
Complete
Coverage

Question 2: Explain how steam power changed the location of British factories between 1780 and 1850. Before the late eighteenth century most mills depended on fast-flowing water. [1]Steam power enabled factories to operate independently of rivers, which allowed owners to build them close to coalfields, ports and growing towns. This mattered because workers no longer had to be housed in remote valleys. [2]Moving production into towns lowered the cost of bringing in raw cotton and sending finished cloth to market. Manchester is the clearest example. [3]By 1830 the city contained dozens of steam-driven spinning mills clustered along its canals. In my view the change was gradual rather than sudden, and water power remained common in some regions for decades.

  1. 1Public web page
    industrial-history.example/steam-and-mills
    38 words
  2. 2Your library
    HIST204 essay, 2025 cohort
    Possible rewording
  3. 3Same assignment
    Submission S-1182
    21 words
  4. Assignment brief text is excluded from the score.

For lecturers and quality teams

Upload essays or a whole assignment, keep a private library of past work, and print evidence reports for moderation.

For campus software teams

A simple REST API with signed webhooks, so checks run behind your existing submission process. Talk to us about integration.

Questions

What does PlagTrace check against?

The open web (billions of public pages, searched live), PlagTrace's memory of pages matched in earlier scans, your institution's private library, and every other submission in the same assignment.

Does it decide whether a student has plagiarised?

No. It shows where text matches other sources and how closely. Deciding whether that is plagiarism, poor referencing or acceptable use is always your staff's judgement.

Is our students' work shared with anyone?

No. Your library and submissions are only compared within your own institution. Files are stored in the EU and originals are deleted after 30 days by default.

Can we try it first?

Yes. Request a free 14-day campus trial with real checks. We set up every trial personally and help you run your first report.

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