I dutifully filed many messages about plagiarism on our list over the
past two years and forwarded them to our assistant dean, who was very
concerned about the rise of it on campus. He has now tentatively
decided to contract with Turnitin.com, and the committee that must
approve the deal has asked me to see if I can collect opinions from
people who have used it. Any Turnitin folks out there willing to
comment?
Colleagues: I dutifully filed many messages about plagiarism on our list over the past two years and forwarded them to our assistant dean, who was very ...
Edward J. Gallagher
ejg1@...
Nov 22, 2002 4:48 pm
In a message dated 11/22/02 10:49:29 AM Central Standard Time, ... Roger writes>>Ed. We have a horrid problem with plagiarism here as well. My solution is to...
RogerREasson@...
Nov 22, 2002 5:15 pm
I think Roger's right about tailoring assignments so that plagiarism is impossible -- in composition courses where the teacher has a chance to see essays in...
Margaret M. Barber
barber@...
Nov 22, 2002 7:29 pm
Using a computer class for at least part of the course is a possibility: for research papers, I have students bring in their notes and outlines, already...
I also believe strongly in the value of tailoring research assignments and working individually with students as well as in class to help students learn the...
I don't know what I'm doing wrong or right, but honestly, I can't recall a single instance in my teaching in which I've caught someone with the proverbial red...
... Actually, in a sentence that you cut, Judy says that both students admitted that they plagiarized, one because of not having the time and the other because...
... Oops-- my bad, you're right. ... Well, three quick thoughts: * I didn't jump into this thread until this morning, so I'm not one of those folks you're...
Steve, the case of the student getting her paper from nine sources was a case of plagiarism, pure and simple. She knew what she needed to do to use her sources...
Thank you, Tari, for putting your finger on exactly what it is about this discussion is scary to me. I wish that I'd read your response before I'd posted mine,...
Oops. I meant to save and hit send instead. My unfinished sentence below -- "And to be honest, I'm glad t" -- should have been a few sentences: "And to be...
... Like I said in the message I just sent, I don't mean to imply that I have the answers to this by any stretch of the imagination. All we can really do in...
Steve is right in that turnitin gives some false positives. For instance, if a student types a space between her quote mark and the quoted text, that text will...
Let me say up front, Iıve never used this service. An article in the May 17, 2002, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education (Andrea L. Foster, ³Plagiarism...
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Dan Butcher wrote: Chronicle article Dan mentions: http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm ... This is true of other detection...
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