Turnitin® Use at a Canadian University
While the text-matching tool, Turnitin®, has traditionally been used to deter and detect plagiarism, more recently, instructors have started to use this tool for formative self-assessment. To describe Turnitin®’s use in practice and to explore perceptions of this tool, we surveyed 940 students, te...
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Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2018-10-01
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| description | While the text-matching tool, Turnitin®, has traditionally been used to deter and detect plagiarism, more
recently, instructors have started to use this tool for formative self-assessment. To describe Turnitin®’s use in
practice and to explore perceptions of this tool, we surveyed 940 students, teaching assistants, and instructors
at a Canadian university. Our findings indicate that Turnitin® was more commonly used for plagiarism
detection than for formative self-assessment. The majority of respondents had positive views of Turnitin®, and
70% of students stated that they had no concerns about using this tool. Despite these positive findings,
content analysis of open-ended responses indicate that students experience increased anxiety of being falsely
accused of plagiarism and have concerns about their work being stored in the Turnitin® database. Our findings
lead us to conclude that there is a need for more information and improved communication about Turnitin®
for all three groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6d78983b73243ca91fae637a56b23ed2022-12-22T01:36:20ZengSociety for Teaching and Learning in Higher EducationCanadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1918-29021918-29022018-10-0192https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2018.2.4Turnitin® Use at a Canadian UniversityChristine Zaza0Amanda McKenzie1University of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooWhile the text-matching tool, Turnitin®, has traditionally been used to deter and detect plagiarism, more recently, instructors have started to use this tool for formative self-assessment. To describe Turnitin®’s use in practice and to explore perceptions of this tool, we surveyed 940 students, teaching assistants, and instructors at a Canadian university. Our findings indicate that Turnitin® was more commonly used for plagiarism detection than for formative self-assessment. The majority of respondents had positive views of Turnitin®, and 70% of students stated that they had no concerns about using this tool. Despite these positive findings, content analysis of open-ended responses indicate that students experience increased anxiety of being falsely accused of plagiarism and have concerns about their work being stored in the Turnitin® database. Our findings lead us to conclude that there is a need for more information and improved communication about Turnitin® for all three groups.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol9/iss2/4Turnitin®plagiarismacademic integrityformative self-assessment |
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| title | Turnitin® Use at a Canadian University |
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| topic | Turnitin® plagiarism academic integrity formative self-assessment |
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