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Sharing Syllabi
We shared some of our thoughts on incorporating/addressing academic integrity in your course syllabus. I decided to include some real-life examples from my own course syllabi since we teachers love…
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How to Motivate Originality with Student Book Choice
When we’re teaching writing, it’s important to make reading accessible and intersectional with student interests. In this blog, we’ll examine how and why reading lists are formed throughout a…
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Drastic Measure: A Short Story About Contract Cheating by Julia Tereno
The most powerful voices on contract cheating are from students themselves. With this in mind, Turnitin invited students from the UK and Ireland to share their thoughts on the subject.…
2 wk ago
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How to Address Academic Integrity in your Classroom
Educators are consistently advised to create a “culture of integrity” within our classrooms. So how do we go about establishing such a culture? 1. First things first,…
2 wk ago
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Students Against Contract Cheating: Competition Winners
Creative winners, Rachel Baylis and Alice O'Dowd, share their thoughts on the rising issue of contract cheating. Sometimes known as ghostwriting, contract cheating is the practice of engaging…
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Operation Varsity Blues and the Importance of Integrity
When Jennine Capó Crucet , author of the award-winning novels How to Leave Hialeah and Make Your Home Among Strangers , was admitted to Cornell University,…
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5 Ways to Include Academic Integrity in your Institution's Strategic Plan
Strategic plans for most institutions are structured as follows: FOUNDATION: Mission Statement of Your Institution SUPPORTING STATEMENTS: Your Institution’s Values, Goals,…
2 wk ago
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Don't Put Your Institution's Reputation in Jeopardy
Let’s put it frankly: your institution’s academic reputation is essential to your university community, your credibility, and your financial stability.…
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Why Did You Do It? The Psychology of Contract Cheating
Contract cheating is any work someone does for a student (whether paid or unpaid or as a trade for services) that they then represent as their own. It can be:…
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Straight Talk From an Essay Mill Insider: Part 2 of 2
This is the conclusion of our interview with Dave Tomar , a former essay mill writer, current anti-cheating activist, and author of The Shadow Scholar . Part 1 may be read here .…
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Straight Talk From an Essay Mill Insider: Part 1 of 2
Dave Tomar is an author and journalist who has written extensively on music and education. Tomar catapulted to notoriety with his controversial and eye-opening 2010 article in The Chronicle of…
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How In-Class Writing Assignments Prevent Contract Cheating
Earlier this week, we shared a list of tactics crowdsourced from our teacher network, aimed at fighting back against contract cheating. We discovered that in-class writing assignments,…
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Proven Tactics that Combat Contract Cheating
In recent years, an egregious form of plagiarism has been on the rise: contract cheating, the practice of engaging a third-party to complete assignments.…
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How Do You Give Thanks for Teachers?
The season of giving has arrived, but expressing heartfelt thanks can sometimes prove to be a challenge. Whether you’re a student, parent, admin, or a teacher yourself,…
4 mths ago
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A Similarity Report to be Proud of
The trick is in the training If you’ve ever suspected that a student has submitted someone else's work, but their paper hasn’t matched against our database, you aren’t alone.…
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Take a Stand Against Contract Cheating
Today marks the 3rd Annual International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating , an event inspired by the unethical practice of contract cheating and ICAI’s unwavering determination to combat…
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A Student's Perspective on Contract Cheating
It’s easy for students these days to feel like they are drowning in tasks. College, and even high school workloads, can be completely overwhelming, and I have often felt like it is impossible for me…
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Integrity Starts with YOU!
Contract cheating, or the practice of engaging a third-party complete assignments, is on the rise, but how concerned should we be? It turns out, very: a recent study sought to investigate the…
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Best 2018 Summer Reads for Educators
As the classroom environment continues to change, teaching must change along with it. With new challenges and obstacles arising every day, it can be hard to keep up.…
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End of Year Reflections
The arrival of summer signals the end of the school year across the northern hemisphere. Restless students, ready for adventures outside the classroom,…
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Calling All Canvas Users!
Calling all Canvas users! Prepare to experience Canvas and Turnitin in a whole new way with the new Plagiarism Framework. This optimized integration allows Turnitin’s trusted similarity features to…
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TAs: The Unsung Heroes Using Turnitin
Turnitin is used by 15,000 institutions across the globe. Typically, when we characterize individuals using Feedback Studio or Revision Assistant, we talk about educators and students.…
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Apps and Resources for Students on the Spectrum
April is World Autism Month, helping to spread awareness about a disorder that affects around 1 in every 160 children worldwide. While there is still so much that can be learned about Autism…
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Top Ten Reasons to Love a Library
Did you know that Americans check out more than 2 billion items each year from their public libraries ? It’s true! Over 68% of the people in this country have a library card.…
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The Power of Presentation Skills
Cultivating confidence and calm when speaking to an audience is important for students and teachers alike. Public-speaking ability can make the difference between a successful presentation and a…
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