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Hi Stephen We've been using Turnitin as an educationla tool for teh past two years. My paper for teh 3rd International Plagiarism Conference at http://www.plagiarismconference.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view= article&id=35:shaw&catid=7:presenters&Itemid=78 refers. Happy to discuss further if you wish to do so. Best wishes Lynn Lynn J Shaw Head of Operational Management and Development Undergraduate Programmes ________________________________ From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bailey, Carol Sent: 08 January 2009 21:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: SafeAssign Hi Stephen I don't know anything about SafeAssign but there's a fascinating article on Turnitin (peer review function) by Ledwith and Risquez (2008, Studies in Higher Education) and there were several excellent papers on using Turnitin as a teaching tool at the JISC/N-Learning 2008 Plagiarism conference . At a less exalted level, I've been trialling Turnitin as a teaching aid for three semesters (including one semester using the online assessment/feedback function GradeMark) with my international (EFL) students and would be happy to discuss if it helps. Carol Carol Bailey Senior Lecturer in EFL University of Wolverhampton [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Plagiarism on behalf of Williams, Stephen Sent: Fri 02/01/2009 11:22 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: SafeAssign And a Happy New Year to you also Mike. My reasons? I am writing up my MA dissertation on the use of plagairism detection software as a teaching tool (as opposed to a big stick). I am aware of the differences, but can't find anything in the literature which would be good to include. All very simple and no hidden agenda! Stephen ________________________________________ From: Plagiarism [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Reddy [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 01 January 2009 16:05 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: SafeAssign Stephen Williams asked: > My institution has adopted SafeAssign as its plagiarism detection > software. Does anybody know of any published comparisons between > this piece of free (to Blackboard users) software and Turnitin please? Happy New Year! Can I play Devil's Advocate a bit and ask your reasoning? Presumably your institution has made this decision primarily on cost grounds. In which case any comparison is futile, as TurnitinUk is no longer free; and never was really because it was funded by JISC. My own pretty anecdotal view is you get what you pay for - including the training and support - or in your case, maybe you don't. Your comment "free (to Blackboard users)" is indicative. 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