Has anyone been privy to recent debates on how the content of student
papers is handled and stored by turnitin? I remember a few years ago
that there was concern about various agencies having access to thousands
of students' work once it was run through turnitin, a US company (I
believe?) which would be subject to US law (ie. Homeland Security- and I
don't mean Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull). This was while I was in
Canada, perhaps it wasn't and isn't an issue in the UK and elsewhere?
What about in the US itself? Other places?
Aaron Franks
Lambert, D wrote:
> Dear Paul,
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> The program doesn't. It's just a tool that aids a human being who knows
> the field to do the actual investigation into a possible plagiarism
> case. (I speak as a chair of exams who has used it a lot.)
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> Regards,
> David
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> Dr David Lambert
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> *Subject:* Re: Turnitin
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> Great question. How does the program differentiate between cliche
> phrases and often entextualized discourse and actual plagiarism? What
> portion of the final score is actual plagiarism?
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> Paul
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> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:50:04 +0100
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> Can anyone advise me what is the current collective wisdom on Turnitin?
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> (Shame there’s not a programme called Leaveitout, I reckon)
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