Ugghh?
The Turnitin software would still detect by matching whole sections
irrespective of whether single letters, words or even whole sentences or
sections are different or deleted.
John Mottley
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of George
MacDonald Ross
Sent: 08 July 2004 11:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Promoting best practice and plagiarism prevention.
On the other hand, students might discover that they have to change only one
character in every 8 words for their plagiarism to go undetected (they could
claim to be dyslexic).
George.
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of E.V.Brack
Sent: 08 July 2004 10:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Promoting best practice and plagiarism prevention.
> Turnitin acts as a powerful tool for students to assess
> their own work.
Feedback from my students also supports this - they use it to check their
work before final submission and are very grateful for anything that
highlights text they might have forgotten to reference. It also helps remind
the lazier ones that they do need to include references...!
It also means that assignments are of a better
> quality and almost all are in on time.
This has been an unexpected bonus for me - the fact that I can set a deadline
for submission that they can't talk their way round has concentrated their
minds wonderfully!
Verity
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University of Sheffield
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