I’m not usually one to moan or highlight something that annoys me, but when I read this article this morning I had that sinking feeling and face-palm moment! Read this: Essay mills turning out high-quality essays Read More …
Turnitin have produced two infographics on the sources in student writing: “Turnitin’s annual study examines the sources students use in their written work and the implications of their choices. This study was conducted for both Read More …
If you’re involved in any way with Learning Technology or Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) then you ought to spend some time looking through this report – at 149 pages it’s a lot to take in, Read More …
I admit, I’ve been guilty of this too – reinforce the consequences of copying and plagiarism without fully explaining about information literacy and how to correctly reference and cite work. Which is why this video Read More …
Newly updated feature of GradeMark is the ability to set a colour for your highlight/comments: YouTube: Turnitin: Colored Highlights in GradeMark Just having the ability to use a different colour is not important. What will Read More …
How about this infographic from Turnitin to start the week? From a survey of nearly 900 educators (Plagiarism Today) Turnitin are trying to “understand what kinds of plagiarism were the most common in academia and, equally importantly, Read More …
If you’re interested in Turnitin and it’s use with student learning them the facts and figures in this infographic produced by Turnitin might interest you. While the figures cover the US side of Turnitin submissions Read More …
From my observations of some student presentations I invigilated recently I know there are clearly issues with students knowing and understanding what is legal and what is not when you use and re-use content or Read More …
I have been an advocate of the use of plagiarism detection / deterrent software ever since I was shown the benefit. The first time I saw TurnItIn in action was when I had to demonstrate it to a group Read More …
I found this really funny, and quite well put together, video outlining the pitfalls of plagiarising text this morning. You’ll need to press the ‘CC’ button (shown below) to get the captions/translation (unless your Norwegian is better than mine, Read More …