Turnitin Newsletter January 2011

FEATURED ARTICLES Accidental Plagiarists There is little doubt that a large part of plagiarism incidents are intentional attempts to cheat, perhaps an equal proportion of incidents stems from students that are uninformed or unaware of proper citation and plagiarism. According … Continue reading

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Training materials from the Turnitin Academy

The UK Turnitin Team has made available various training materials to help instructors use Turnitin more effectively. The materials will help you to integrate Turnitin into your curriculum to check for potential plagiarism, conduct peer reviews, and evaluate written work. … Continue reading

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Turnitin lunch time course Hilary Term 2011

Here are the details for the lunch time course Plagiarism: WebLearn and Turnitin during Hilary Term 2011. Course details are available on the courses database and bookings open 30 days in advance: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/. Plagiarism: WebLearn and Turnitin Wednesday 2 Feb 12:20-13:30 (week 3)

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Reducing the prevalence of cheating

This article is from the October 2010 Turnitin Newsletter. October 2010 Turnitin Newsletter   Reducing the Prevalence of Cheating What steps can educators take to reduce the prevalence of cheating? Recent research published in Mid-Western Educational Researcher looked at high school … Continue reading

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Turnitin2 – overview of changes

This is from the TurnItIn Sept 2010 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 … Continue reading

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