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Date Created/Modified
I am a College Instructor and I know that there are many tools/methods out
there for students to use to change the date created to an earlier date to "show that the document that they weren't "able to submit" had been created prior to the due date. Is there any method/tool out there to see if the student used a tool or manipulated the date created. |
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Your own good judgement!
"tjb" wrote in message ... I am a College Instructor and I know that there are many tools/methods out there for students to use to change the date created to an earlier date to "show that the document that they weren't "able to submit" had been created prior to the due date. Is there any method/tool out there to see if the student used a tool or manipulated the date created. |
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Date Created/Modified
I am a College Instructor and I know that there are many
tools/methods out there for students to use to change the date created to an earlier date to "show that the document that they weren't "able to submit" had been created prior to the due date. Is there any method/tool out there to see if the student used a tool or manipulated the date created. No. It's too easy to change and leaves no traces unless they do something really stupid. And, neither of those dates are necessarily accurate either. Copying a file normally creates a new "created" date, meaning the "created date" will be when the file was "created" on THAT disk! That's how you can actually find some create dates to be LATER than the Modified dates, which don't change during a copy process! Besides, "create" date is only when they "started", not finished, and "modified" is simply the last time they changed something in the file. You can change the Created date easily by simply changing the computer clock momentarily, saving the file using that old date, and the put the clock back to the right date. Or use an application to do it; one is called "touch" and there are many others. In fact, some OS's include the ability to change the date stamps. You . can . not . depend . on . those . dates . unless you have absolute control of the computers and they are locked down from making changes like that. If the computers aren't under your control, you can not do it. Now "able to submit" to me, is no different than not handing in paper work on time either; both should receive the same or weighted penalties. There's always the mail if it's needed in an emergency; the post office doesn't lie about postmark dates. HTH |
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