Inspera, an Oslo, Norway-based provider of digital assessment solutions, acquired Crossplag, a Kosovo-based provider of a tool for originality checking and AI authorship detection.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Led by Andrew Cons, Global CEO, Inspera provides a cloud-based assessment ecosystem that offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities for seamless assessments. Starting with planning and design, through to delivery, and grading across various formats. Assessment types include formative, summative, and diagnostic exams, coursework, tests, quizzes, term papers, and more. Founded in 1999, Inspera serves active users in over 160 countries across five continents. The company’s end-to-end ecosystem and remote proctoring services integrate with key education technology platforms such as Anthology’s Blackboard Learn, Instructure Canvas, Brightspace by D2L, and Moodle. Inspera has global offices in Oslo, Chicago, London, Lisbon, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm, Brisbane and Berlin.
Led by Besart Kunushevci, Founder, CEO & Head of Products, Crossplag provides a plagiarism detection tool that works across a large number of languages, including translations. This means student submissions can be checked for cross-language matching and originality.
By incorporating Crossplag’s expertise and technology, Inspera aims to further enhance its solutions, each of which empower educators and institutions to deliver authentic assessments with ease.
With the full incorporation of Crossplag into the Inspera digital assessment and remote proctoring ecosystem, clients can expect tighter integration of originality checking and AI writing detection capabilities.
As a result of this acquisition, Inspera will introduce new product offerings in the near future.
FinSMEs
31/07/2023