WebLearn team member wins a competition!

At the nLearning Plagiarism conference in Newcastle in June,  a competition was held for attendees to write for slogans warning students against plagiarism. WebLearn team member Dr Jill Fresen submitted 3 slogans and the first one was chosen as a … Continue reading

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New TurnItIn newsletter

There is a brand new TurnItIn newsletter. Topics covered: Reducing the Prevalence of Cheating In The News Upcoming Events Upcoming Webinars and Training Scheduled Maintenance Links Read the newsletter

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TurnItIn2 – overview of changes

This is from the TurnItIn newsletter and refers to the submit.ac.uk service. Turnitin now has a new interface and a number of new features. For many it has been a welcome change, and for others there may be a learning … Continue reading

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WebLearn courses next term

From Michaelmas term, we will be offering a new course ‘WebLearn: Surveys‘ which enables Oxford users to design and deliver online surveys at no charge. If you have materials in the old WebLearn system (Bodington), come and attend the course … Continue reading

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Possible Turnitin Outage Sept 4-5

Just in from iParadigm There will be a special maintenance window for the Turnitin service on September 4th, 2010 in conjunction with our launch of Turnitin2. Schedule Confirmed Maintenance Start Date: Saturday, Sept. 4 at 17:00 GMT Projected Maintenance End … Continue reading

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Times Higher article about a “Plagiarism tariff”

There’s an interesting article in the Times Higher (17 June 2010) which proposes a method of ‘scoring’ plagiarism. The article provides three examples of plagiarism, how these offences are scored, and how a decision on censure is reached. As the … Continue reading

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