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I think that it would be productive to reframe the usage of plagiarism-detection services such as Turnitin away from a "gotcha" on cheating towards teaching stu
by 0wnr 15y ago
I think that it would be productive to reframe the usage of plagiarism-detection services such as Turnitin away from a "gotcha" on cheating towards teaching students to properly cite their academic work. For example, I have heard of professors requiring their students to print out the originality reports themselves and turn them in with the assignment in order to promote accountability.
In addition, the turnitin service itself has its own quirks. I remember when we used it back in high school, it would pick up direct quotes even if they were in quotation marks and use those matching strings to contribute to the total "originality score."