Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/759650214665679/
Have any of you used Urkund, the plagiarism check tool? How did you find it?
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more on plagiarism in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=plagiarism
link to the “Grammarly” thread:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/717390118891689/
Hi all, I don’t use Grammarly, but I hear that a lot of people find it useful. I am also hearing that some instructors/universities find its use problematic. Several years ago, a student that I knew was not a good writer was accused of plagiarism by another instructor. She claimed that her nearly flawless papers were written with the help of Grammarly. I am curious to know if you encourage or prohibit Grammarly in your classes and if your department or university has a policy concerning its use.
My summation of this thread:
naturally, opinions are for and against:
pros –
it helps/forces students understand the need to proofread
partially replaces the very initial work of instructor
cons –
algorithms/technology are/is not perfect
it does not replace a living person (sic!!!)
e.g. it detect passive voice, but does not teach the replacement
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more on grammarly in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=grammarly
Will teachers use @Google‘s new anti-plagiarism tool to target cheaters—or tee up teachable moments about fair use and proper citation?https://t.co/1pDnqutyNt
— Education Week (@educationweek) August 31, 2019
Will teachers use @Google's new anti-plagiarism tool to target cheaters—or tee up teachable moments about fair use and proper citation?https://t.co/1pDnqutyNt
— Education Week (@educationweek) August 31, 2019
Ed-tech historian and critic Audrey Watters, for example, said plagiarism-detection software in general frames all writers as potential cheaters, undermining the trust that is essential to strong student-teacher relationships. She said the companies making the software tend to accept as given that most writing assignments are so cookie-cutter that students can reasonably consider copying someone else’s work a viable strategy.
My note: the paragraph above reflects my deep personal belief and most of the information and notes in this blog regarding the “automation” of plagiarism detection
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more on plagiarism in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=plagiarism
Do we need to pay for services such as Turnitin?
Are there comparable services for free?
Do we need services such as those ones or we rather have faculty and students educated on plagiarism and faculty trained to detect plagiarism?
Is it supposed to be a “mechanical” process or educational activity?
These questions following a posting of today from the Educause Blended and Online Learning Group
At Ursinus, we use PlagScan, which is affordable and meets our needs.
We haven’t been able to get it to fully integrate within our LMS yet but hopefully we will be able to soon.
Christine Iannicelli
Instructional Technology Librarian
Library and IT
Library 124
Phone: 610-409-3466
ciannicelli@ursinus.edu
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more on TurnitIn in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=turnitin
more on alternatives and Grammarly
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=grammarly
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/08/16/grammarly-alternatives/
DISCOURAGING & DETECTING PLAGIARISM
concepts of plagiarism,
http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/05/
http://ahi.commons.uaa.alaska.edu/
intellectual property,
copyright,
collaboration, and
fair dealing.
Teach students how to quote, paraphrase, https://youtu.be/MiL4H09v0gU
and cite correctly:
Rubrics to help avoid Plagiarism:
http://wehs.westex.libguides.com/content.php?pid=345788&sid=3018138
Free Plagiarism checker:
https://www.paperrater.com/plagiarism_checker
https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker
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more on plagiarism in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=plagiarism