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 stages and comment on drafts. In literature
classes it's not always possible to do this oversight, however. For
assignments on anything to do with Shakespeare or widely studied
authors, there are hundreds of papers out there on every conceivable
topic. Even if one includes creative and/or Web projects in the mix,
sooner or later one has to require an essay of traditional critical
analysis of the kind that students can locate online. It would be
nice to be able to draw from a whole range of assignment types, not
just those that can't be plagiarized.

In upper division courses we have small enough classes that the
instructor can get acquainted with students' individual thinking and
writing styles, but an instructor of a large general ed section of,
say, Intro. to Lit., might not have that luxury. Could turnitin.com
help those folks?



Margaret Barber



>There are many things one can do to so tailor the project that plagiarism is
>quite impossible. I think this is both more effective and cheaper than using
>a service such as you suggest.
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>just me
>roger
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>Christian Brothers University
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