With tools like Turnitin, professors and teaching assistants can dedicate their time to providing feedback and working with students on an individual basis rather than wasting hours poring over essays looking for rare instances of plagiarism.Ĭhris Anson, chairman of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, said he doesn’t use Turnitin because it does not foster the environment of trust that he finds essential in the classroom.Īnson said that subjecting all students to plagiarism detection software is to treat every student as if he or she were a cheater. While it may be simple to offer alternatives to plagiarism detection software at small universities, Turnitin provides vital support for UCLA faculty who teach lectures of hundreds of students.
Most students click the submit button on Turnitin without a second thought, but some detractors within the Conference on College Composition and Communication would urge students and professors to pause before using the plagiarism detection software.Ī group of members within the organization passed a resolution last month that condemned software like Turnitin as detrimental to the relationship between professor and student.
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