Faculty Resources > Preventing Plagiarism > Plagiarism Detection Services
|
STRUCTURE
This resource page is divided into two parts:
1) Overview of topic.
2) Select list of annotated resources for more in-depth coverage of this topic.
If you know of additional material to include, please feel free to add or edit. Keep in mind that we are more interested in providing annotated links to the best resources on a topic rather than a long list of resources of various quality and coverage. All links should lead to freely accessible resource material unless otherwise indicated. |
Plagiarism Detection Services
One strategy faculty can use to deter plagiarism in a course is to use a plagiarism detection service to evaluate the originality of the writing.
Turnitin
One services that has received the most attention--both good and bad--is Turnitin.com Turnitin offers four products and services. The most discussed and controversial is the Plagiarism Prevention tool where students submit papers to the Turnitin database and the paper receives an originality report rating the paper against, web sites, commercial databases of journals and periodicals, and previously submitted student papers. Turnitin has three other lesser known services: peer review tool, tool for grading and marking papers online, and an online gradebook system.
The Turnitin.com site offers training material for faculty and students, including videos, comprehensive manuals, and short guides.
Resources on Turnitin.com Controversy
This is an early piece written about plagiarism detection software when Turnitin was still housed and called Plagiarism.org. Many of the complaints against the service and other such services such as EVE are still the same today.
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.