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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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- Sigurbjörg Jóhannesdótti1 yr ago
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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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How to Address Academic Integrity in Your Syllabus
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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- Cara McEldowney9 mths ago
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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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- Christine Lee1 yr ago
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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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- Christine Lee1 yr ago
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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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- Christine Lee1 yr ago
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7 Ways to Celebrate Educators Remotely
Near and far, educators and administrators, tutors and teaching assistants have been working hard to make the most of an online school year. It hasn’t been easy; in fact, far from it.…
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How to Uphold the Value of Paper Assessment in Remote Learning
Paper assessment (when students complete handwritten assignments) is, for many, the most trusted way for students to communicate what they’ve learned and for educators to understand the nuances of…
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Why is Student Authorial Voice Important to Academic Integrity?
“Every person has a unique voice.” One instructor, when met with dubious looks from her students after sharing the above statement, pointed out that if they generated a transcript of their class…
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Evaluating the Credibility of Sources in the Age of COVID-19
“Digital literacy skills focus on preparing students to succeed in the global, competitive, and connected world in which we live.” ( Education Technology UK ) This was a core message from Turnitin’s…
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No, Not Everyone is Committing Plagiarism
When looking at the statistics on academic integrity, it’s very easy to believe that literally everyone is cheating in one way or another. And with remote learning and asynchronous instruction the…
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Together While Apart: Assessment
As a 20-year, public education veteran, most of my friends have been or are educators, which means I spend most of my time with teachers. Recently, as this pandemic has upended the world,…
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Together While Apart: Instruction
Well, here we are in this new world with teachers learning new methods and tools to achieve the same great outcomes they had in the classroom, and students learning new ways to learn.…
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How to Build Community in an Online Classroom
Once students are in an online classroom and the rules of videoconferencing etiquette are sorted out, how do you give students a sense of belonging? As we’ve stated before,…
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Together While Apart: Classroom Communication
By their very nature, pandemics shake the systems of society, and that is certainly true for the global educational system right now. Institutions have had to adjust their entire structures,…
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Helping You to Minimize Disruption from COVID-19
This is a difficult time and we want to acknowledge all of you who are working hard to manage the disruptions COVID-19 has imposed on your classrooms and institutional functions.…
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How Will I Assess Students Remotely?
The work educators are doing in the wake of COVID-19 is a model of collaboration and generosity and resilience during this period of change. At Turnitin and Gradescope,…
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How to Uphold Academic Integrity in Remote Learning
As the world responds to COVID-19, many schools are transitioning to remote learning and online assessment . We at Turnitin see and commend educators for ensuring that learning is taking place in…
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How to Support Learning Differences in Remote Classrooms
Our current climate is ever-changing, which means students are moving through unexpected, unfamiliar changes at home and in their schooling. For those with learning difficulties or disabilities,…
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9 Books to Read for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
As we wrap up May, which is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in North America, we want to remind you of this reading list. The Asian diaspora is large and diverse,…
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How Much Do You Know About Turnitin's Content?
How much do you know about our content? Here are some facts and figures. Check out the blog post .
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15 IRL Student Excuses for Missing Class
It's good to find humor in setbacks. Here's a humorous listicle with 15 IRL student excuses for missing class. Check out the listicle on the blog .
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How to Pick the Best Plagiarism Checker
At Turnitin, we believe the best solution to plagiarism is deterrence and to turn instances of plagiarism into opportunities to facilitate original thinking.…
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7 Ideas for the Last Day of Class
Whether you're in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere or Eastern or Western--there's always a last day of class. Here are some ideas to help wrap up your academic year.…
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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,…
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