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S19-08-Akademia

Software Profile | Description | Pros & Cons | Coverage results | Usability results | Screenshots

Software Profile

NumberS19-08
ProductAkademia
CompanyAddress:
Ahmet Krasniqi,
Arbëri, Prishtinë
Republika e Kosovës
Email: info@akademia.al
Phone: +383 44 114 596
Web-Sitehttps://www.akademia.al/
Software-TypeOnline
Costs
(04.05.2020.)		Contact sales
Test DateNovember 2018 – November 2019

Description

The Akademia system presents itself as an anti-plagiarism system. It is intended for use at all levels of educational institutions and also for commercial institutions. The primary focus is on the region of Kosovo and Albania. The system was introduced in 2018. It is run by the company Sh.PK Academy Platform located in Pristina, Kosovo (Innovation Centre Kosovo, 2018).

Pros & Cons

  • While uploading the documents, can select document language and language to which translate the document.
  • Are shown MLPlag and CrossPlag results in percentages, system fails to create PDF report for CrossPlag – when user presses on CrossPlag and downloads PDF report, the document is corrupted and can’t be opened.
  • In PDF reports found sources are listed, but if they are too many and does not fit in one page, then the rest of sources are not shown, cropped in the bottom of the page.

Coverage results

Single source

Multi source

Usability results

Workflow process usability

  • Can upload and test multiple documents together
  • Auto-fill metadata for documents
  • The system uses original file names for report
  • There are no word limit for the testing document
  • The system display text in the chosen language only
  • The system can process large documents (for example, a bachelor thesis)

Result presentation usability

  • Reports are downloadable
  • Results are saved in the user’s account and can be reviewed afterwards
  • Matched passages are highlighted in the online report
  • Matched passages are highlighted in the downloaded report (offline)
  • Evidence of similarity is demonstrated side-by-side with the source in the online report
  • Evidence of similarity is demonstrated side-by-side with the source in the downloaded report
  • Document formatting is not changed in the report
  • Document page numbers are shown in the report
  • The report is not spoiled by false positives

Other usability aspects

  • System costs are clearly stated in the system homepage
  • Information about a free system trial version is advertised on the web-page
  • The system can be integrated as an API to a learning management system
  • The system can be integrated with the Moodle platform
  • The system provides call support
  • The call support is provided in English
  • English is properly used on the website and reports
  • There are no external advertisements

Screenshots

  • Login page
  • Document upload
  • Result page
  • Online report

References

Innovation Centre Kosovo (2018). An Albanian Academic Database and a Qualitative Anti-Plagiarism System created by Akademia. Retrieved from https://ickosovo.com/news/post/an-albanian-academic-database-and-a-qualitative-anti-plagiarism-system-crea

Company Statement

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