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October 12, 2005
Confessions of a Turnit Inner
I've finally done it: I've been inside the Turnitin Machine, and have pressed the buttons and checked a paper. I would have actually done this a long time ago, except that the Turnitin folks discriminate against me (I can't imagine why; could it be something I've written?); when I've tried going to their website and asking for their promotional material, they unaccountably do not respond.
HOWEVER. My university has a trial license (pause for funeral dirge playing as soundtrack here) and today did a demonstration that I was able to attend.
The keynote address that I gave at James Madison University last fall was 59% "unoriginal."
Foster, Andrea L. "Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary." The Chronicle of Higher Education (17 May 2002): A37.
Howard, Rebecca Moore. "Should Educators Use Commercial Services to Combat Plagiarism? No." CQ Researcher 13.32 (19 September 2003): 789.
Howard, Rebecca Moore. "Forget about Policing Plagiarism; Just Teach." The Chronicle of Higher Education (16 November 2001): B24.
Howard, Rebecca Moore. "Cryoauthorship: The Mummy Walks!" Pre/Text
16.1-2 (1995): 38-53.
Posted by senioritis at October 12, 2005 12:03 PM
Comments
i've actually used this software productively and pedagogically. wanna know how? :)
Posted by: tyra at October 12, 2005 06:04 PM
sure.
Posted by: senioritis at October 13, 2005 06:18 AM