Teaching with technology: Turn it in
ASSISTANCE: Lecturers can tap into website applications that will assist them to identify plagiarism
Friday, 27 May 2016
Wondering if your student came up with that bright idea or simply copied it word for word from another source?
Thanks to developments in technology, lecturers can now tap into website applications that will assist them to identify plagiarism.
Dr Corrie Uys, a statistician at the Centre for Postgraduate Studies, recently shared the benefits of using technology for research purposes at the 2016 Teaching and Learning with Technology Day, hosted by the Knowledge Information Technology Services.
Uys says lectures can make use of a website application called turnitin.com, which assists with the electronic process of submitting, tracking and checking papers.
The process is straightforward, says Uys.
Lecturers or students submit the paper via a file upload to turnitin.com. The paper is then checked for matching text against a database of approximately 12 billion pages of digital content, 110 million student papers and 80 000 academic journals and publications.
Turnitin.com will highlight similar text and also provide the link to the source. Lecturers can then check if it is a case of plagiarism, or if the text merely needed to be cited.
However, apart from using it as tool to identify plagiarism, Uys says the website application can also be used a developmental tool, whereby lecturers can show students how to paraphrase and reference correctly.
- To make use of this technology as an educational tool, go to www.turnitin.com
Written by Candes Keating
Email: keatingc@cput.ac.za
Provides coverage for the Engineering and Applied Sciences Faculties; the Bellville and Wellington Campuses, and research and innovation news.
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