Plagiarizing Detecting Technology Turnitin'com

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Plagiarizing Detecting Technology- Turnitin.com

• David Guerriero
• Research
• Melanie Howard
• Design

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Description

• Accepts online submissions of student papers
• Detects levels of plagiarism by a color coding
  system
• Developed in 1994
• Indexes 4.5 billion Internet pages
• Adds and updates 40 million pages a day
• Archives documents up to 2 MB in size

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Benefits

• for Students
• Works as a deterrent
• Strengthens honor codes
• Builds academic integrity
• Students can anonymously read and review peers
  assignments

• for Teachers
• Allows creation of multiple classes and
  assignments
• Can customize level of authenticity
• Raises academic standards
• Grade book options

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Examples for the Classroom

• Teachers can display syllabus and rubrics for
  class to access
• Students can save and submit papers online
• Can print and save the originality report

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Skills Needed

• Basic computer skills
• Typing
• Email Knowledge
• Internet Access
• How to upload and submit papers electronically
• Interpretation of originality reports
• Ability to participate in discussion boards

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The Incidentals

• Costs vary depending on software options
• Computers or PDAs necessary to upload and
  access software
• No negative safety issues