Transcript Reducing Plagiarism through Student Empowerment: Turnitin in the

Academic Plagiarism &
Turnitin
Doug Thomson
Humber College
[email protected]
Problem
• Internet has made it very easy to “borrow”
work.
• Penalties for academic misconduct can be
severe.
• How do we encourage academic honesty
and maintain a check on student work?
Write Draft
Set up Turnitin
Check on submissions
Rewrite
Submit to Turnitin
Final Submission to Turnitin
Read grade and comments
Grade and give feedback.
Check for problems
Questions?
• Yes it is easy
• Yes the students like it
–
–
–
–
Backup of papers
No one can steal their work
They can submit electronically
They can read my comments
• About $6 per student per year
• Has increased the number of misconduct cases,
but has made these cases easy to deal with