Turnitin’s tagline is, “Prevent Plagiarism. Engage Students.” We get a lot of comments via our Blog, Twitter, and through other outlets about how Turnitin engages students.
Instructors and students are most familiar with the Turnitin Originality Checking part of the service. The originality reports provide an opportunity for instructors to connect with students to show them proper citation, to identify motivations for improper citation, and to address academic integrity. In other words, it gives instructors a teaching moment.
The PeerMark peer review service allows students to evaluate and learn from one another’s work. PeerMark provides an opportunity for students to develop critical thinking and writing skills through collaboration.
The GradeMark paperless grading service empowers instructors to give students meaningful and legible feedback, not confined to red ink scrawled in the margins of a paper. By providing richer feedback, students can better apply that feedback to their writing.
With Turnitin, there are new opportunities to engage students, better ways to involve them in the writing process, better ways to help them internalize what they are taught. Learn more about engaging students through our WriteCycle Academy series of webinars. Sign up for a live webinar or download previously recorded sessions at:
http://turnitin.com/static/writecycle_academy.html
How do you engage your students with Turnitin? Share your story in the comments section.
Don’t have PeerMark or GradeMark activated yet? Talk to your Turnitin account administrator and let them know you want it!