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The "Similarity or Plagiarism?" debate series
This 2 part series examining how SIMILARITY does not equal PLAGIARISM, by Patti West-Smith is a fantastic #read for #educators at all levels. Part 1 & Part 2
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What does a cheater look like? How to help at-risk students
As instructors, we welcome a new cohort of students into our classrooms, whether they are virtual or in-person with each passing cycle. Each term starts with a clean slate;…
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2Nov
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Similarity in the classroom
In our first post in this series, we attempted to truly tease out the distinctions between plagiarism and similarity while squarely placing Turnitin in the similarity arena.…
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Painless Paraphrasing: Giving Students the Support They Need To Be Successful
Paraphrasing pain is REAL! This is a complex concept & a complex skill for young writers to master and teaching paraphrasing can sometimes feel like a painful task!…
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How to harness the power of our new education community
The shift to remote and/or hybrid learning environments around the world has modified our definition of community. For many, “community” prior to the pandemic was based on in-person support,…
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Academic Integrity Series: Why do students engage in academic misconduct, and how can they avoid it?
This is the final part of a five-part series on Academic Integrity and Honor Committees. See the first four posts in the Supporting Academic Integrity board of Turnitin Educators Network!…
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Feedback, Feedback, Feedback…everyone gets feedback!
Having students give each other feedback allows students to understand what is involved in giving insightful comments & finding areas of opportunity. In my experience,…
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25Oct
EDUCAUSE 2022
Tue Oct 25 2022 - Fri Oct 28 2022Colorado Convention Center, 14th Street, Denver, CO, USA1 going -
Academic Integrity Series: What kinds of decisions do Honor Committees make?
This is part four of five in a series of posts on Honor Code Committees. High school students often hear from chagrined teachers, “When you go to college, _ won’t fly!”.…
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Academic Integrity Series: What is academic misconduct?
This is part three of a five part series on academic integrity committees. High school students often hear from chagrined teachers, “When you go to college, _ won’t fly!”.…
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Sailing through the day
Watching my child take sailing lessons this summer brought it’s fair share of frightening moments and near misses. On this particularly windy day, she set her sails and her course,…
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23Nov
Online Educa Berlin (OEB) 2022
Wed Nov 23 2022 - Fri Nov 25 2022InterContinental Berlin, an IHG Hotel, Budapester Straße, Berlin, Germany1 going -
20Oct
Time for action: the challenge of contract cheating
Thu Oct 20 2022Ilia State University, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi, Georgia2 going -
Academic Integrity Series: What goes on in an Honor Committee Meeting?
This is part two of a five part series on academic integrity committees. High school students often hear from chagrined teachers, “When you go to college, _ won’t fly!”.…
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The International Day of Action on Contract Cheating 2022
Wednesday 19 October is the 7th International Day of Action (IDoA) Against Contract Cheating, a global call to action to raise awareness of the use of essay mills and other contact cheating services…
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Video: Understanding text similarity for students
Would you like your learners to become more adept at interpreting their similarity? This video will help your learners better understand their similarity report and therefore,…
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remove my paper from database
Sir when i use first Turnitin ,wrongly choosed setting instead of no repository i have choose standard repository and checked my 3 paper it shows similarity index 24 percent and remove from inbox…
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Stupid matches
Hi I've just run a student's paper through TurnItIn, and it marks "et al." as possibly copied text. I have gone into the filters setting and told it to ignore matches with less than 3 words.…
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Is it plagiarism or similarity?
This week's post on the Turnitin blog discusses the issues of plagiarism or similarity in part one of our debate series on the subject. Of course we know that plagiarism isn't acceptable,…
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Is it plagiarism or similarity?
This week's post on the Turnitin blog discusses the issues of plagiarism or similarity in part one of our debate series on the subject. Of course we know that plagiarism isn't acceptable,…
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Preliminary pages similarity
Hey Team, Usually, preliminary pages, especially in various University theses, tend to be very similar due to the students' guides that require certain information in a given way.…
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Table of contents similarity report
Hullo, Team, Why would a table of content appear as attached? What do the field codes imply? Why the page 'correction' (50 49)? Kindly assist Thank you
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Does Turnitin detect plagiarism?
Similarity does not equal plagiarism. The two concepts are not the same. There, I said it. This might ruffle some feathers and challenge some notions, but we need to clear the air.…
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Socratic Seminars: Deepening comprehension levels
Socratic seminars, as a summative assessment or a formative learning experience, allow students to interact with one another, the text/topic, and examine their own point of view.…
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