Academic Plagiarism & Turnitin Doug Thomson Humber College

Problem Internet has made it very easy to “borrow” work. Penalties for academic misconduct can be severe. How do we encourage academic honesty and maintain a check on student work?

Write Draft Submit to Turnitin Rewrite Final Submission to Turnitin Set up Turnitin Check on submissions Grade and give feedback. Check for problems Read grade and comments

Questions? Yes it is easy Yes the students like it –Backup of papers –No one can steal their work –They can submit electronically –They can read my comments About $6 per student per year Has increased the number of misconduct cases, but has made these cases easy to deal with