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Everything you've ever wanted to know about "Where to Next?" feedback ...
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today I'm sharing a resource that you may already be familiar with: Turnitin's whitepaper discussing our research with Dr. John Hattie on "Where to Next?" feedback.…
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A brief introduction to Turnitin's instructional resource packs
Not to overwhelm, but today I'm not focusing on a single resource, but Turnitin's Teaching and Learning Innovation team's instructional resource packs. Why the word "pack," you might ask.…
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How does paraphrasing go from "hero" to "zero?"
A teammate once described paraphrasing as the “literacy hero we should all care about” in this most excellent blog, which is, in part, why we chose this particular resource to feature this week.…
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What does Source Credibility look like with AI-generated text?
Back to school when generative-AI is being hotly debated in educator circles definitely adds to back to school stress -- for educators, admin, and students alike.…
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Peer review and feedback educator self-reflection tool
If, like me, you struggle(d) with peer review, the educator self-reflection tool is a good starting point! This is a fairly simple reflection tool and can be used individually or as part of…
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Sentence starters - Peer review and feedback
It shouldn't surprise anyone that there are a lot of former educators working at Turnitin; it just makes sense at an educational technology company! So when the Teaching and Learning Innovations team…
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AI paraphrasing detection launched 16 July!
Important information and resources Our AI paraphrasing detection capabilities went live 16 July! The enhancement was rolled out to all customers that have AI writing detection licensed and enabled.…
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Happy 1 year anniversary to Turnitin's AI detection feature
Earlier in April, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of Turnitin’s AI writing detection capabilities. We're curious to know how you have used this feature to improve instruction in your…
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Navigating the AI writing puzzle
I think we would all agree that AI writing presents the education sector with a complex puzzle for ensuring the integrity of student work. Indeed, many aspects of academic integrity are complicated,…
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AI writing tools: where are we now?
As classes resume in some parts of the world, and the academic year continues in others, how are views on the use of AI writing tools evolving as we learn to embrace the potential and capabilities…
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Further guidance on understanding the false positive rate
Annie Chechitelli, Turnitin's Chief Technology Officer gives further updates on understanding metrics for false positives at both the document and sentence level. Read Annie's update here.
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Updates on AI writing detection
Turnitin's Chief Product Officer, Annie Chechitelli gives an update on key learnings from the first seven weeks since the launch of our AI writing detection tool and gives details of planned…
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Conversations with students about AI use
Inevitably with the widespread use of AI writing tools there will be occasions where educators will need to discuss their misuse with students. The following three resources,…
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Turnitin launches AI writing detection!
Turnitin is delighted to announce the launch of our new AI writing detection capabilities today! The following blog post from Chris Caren, Turnitin CEO outlines the journey to get to this point and…
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It's never too early to think about policy updates...
As AI writing technologies rapidly evolve, it’s very likely that your institution is either strongly thinking about, or has already made steps to update its academic misconduct policies.…
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Should we ban AI writing tools in universities?
Those of you who attended the ICAI Annual Conference a few weekends ago I'm sure like my colleague, Verena Kunz-Gehrmann, writing here, would have heard many discussions about how universities and…
Most educators need some help from time to time so here are links to instructional resources prepared for educators by educators.