Objectives for instruction and expected results and/or skills developed from learning.

Objectives for instruction and expected results and/or skills developed from learning.

Introductory notes.

A list of procedures and steps, or a lecture slide with media.

Objectives for instruction and expected results and/or skills developed from learning.

Objectives for instruction and expected results and/or skills developed from learning.

TurnItIn Workshop summer Institute 2009 Kristy Conger University of Memphis (Advanced Learning Center)

What is plagiarism? The improper use of another’s writing or ideas Inadvertently (Improperly citing a source) Blatantly (Knowingly copying an entire paper)

Statistics According to surveys in U.S. News and World Report: 80% of “high-achieving” high school students admit to cheating 95% of cheating high school students said that they had not been detected 75% of college students admitted cheating, and 90% of college students didn’t believe cheaters would be caught. Almost 85% of college students said cheating was necessary to get ahead.

Purpose of TurnItIn To deter plagiarism To hold students accountable To determine the accuracy of cited sources To enhance teaching and learning

TurnItIn Enhances Teaching Deters plagiarism before it happens Saves time in the investigation of the originality of student work Provides documentation of any alleged plagiarism Provides resources to assist in teaching research and writing skills including proper citation

What Turnitin Searches Every student paper ever submitted to TurnItIn Millions of published works (Checked through various sources including Cengage Academic OneFile). A current and archived copy of the publicly accessible Internet (Web crawlers search through about 200 web pages per second ).

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