# View remix history **URL:** \ **Category:** Website and Tools Questions\ **Tags:** applab\ **Created:** [January 24, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284 "2019-01-24T03:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dana.deuitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dana.deuitch](https://forum.code.org/u/dana.deuitch)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/1 "2019-01-24T03:53:09Z")
Is it possible to view the remix history of student projects? I suspect a student of academic dishonesty. Thanks! -Dana ---
**Author:** ![bhatnagars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bhatnagars/32/4919_2.png) [@bhatnagars](https://forum.code.org/u/bhatnagars)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/2 "2019-01-24T14:52:03Z")
I would suggest you post this question to [support@code.org](mailto:support@code.org). I don’t think it is possible but they could add this request in the future. ---
**Author:** ![dana.deuitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dana.deuitch](https://forum.code.org/u/dana.deuitch)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/3 "2019-01-24T21:21:03Z")
Thank you. I will do that. ---
**Author:** ![sjlindsay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/sjlindsay/32/7043_2.png) [@sjlindsay](https://forum.code.org/u/sjlindsay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/4 "2019-06-11T16:08:53Z")
Hi, Has this been resolved? ---
**Author:** ![dana.deuitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dana.deuitch](https://forum.code.org/u/dana.deuitch)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/5 "2019-06-11T16:27:20Z")
At the current time it is not possible to view the remix history. The word Remix: appears in the title of the app, but the student is able to remove it. I’ve sent it on to [support@code.org](mailto:support@code.org). Hopefully they will add something in the future. -Dana ---
**Author:** ![demetere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@demetere](https://forum.code.org/u/demetere)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/6 "2023-01-23T16:13:02Z")
It is now Jan '22 - has there been any progress with this? I have a student who remixed a lesson: I had checked her code in the lesson and then went over the answers together. She was working during this time, but I assumed she was finishing the homework. Later I looked and it was still incomplete: I asked her where her work was, and she said she showed me she had remixed it as a project. (we had started with partners). Now there is no way for me to verify what was done before class. I don’t see any way that I can check - am I missing something? Has no update been done for? ---
**Author:** ![bhatnagars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bhatnagars/32/4919_2.png) [@bhatnagars](https://forum.code.org/u/bhatnagars)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/7 "2023-01-23T17:06:02Z")
Sorry, I don’t think there has been any changes to AppLab. ---
**Author:** ![fullerm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@fullerm](https://forum.code.org/u/fullerm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/view-remix-history/24284/8 "2024-02-21T15:39:08Z")
One tool that can help spot cheating is to look at the version history of their apps on App Studio. The web-based tool will autosave very often as they work. The version history will show how they approach a problem, how they go back and fix errors, etc. When the version history shows that at the start there is no code, and then 1 second later lots of code instantly appears, it indicates the code was pasted from another source. This does not directly imply plagiarism, but it is an indicator. When I have doubts, I simply challenge the students to explain line by line the code they wrote. Usually, the ones who plagiarize are unable to do this. A few repeat offenders that have been caught due to a combination of the above 2 things try and get fancy and paste 1 line of code at a time, or slowly type it. However, nobody codes a lengthy program from top to bottom in perfect order with no mistakes or going back and making changes. They may make the version history spread out over a lot of auto-saves, but the keyboarding is too perfect. At some point though, I have to accept that some students will go to great lengths to cheat and find many creative ways of bypassing tools designed to catch this. I find it interesting that some people will spend more time try to get away with cheating rather than just learn the material.