[Teaching_Composition] Turnitin.com -- ethical/legal questions

[Robbin Zeff]

Janine,

Kariosnews (a blog associated with the online journal "Kairos") engaged in a conversation with Michael Bruton from Turniton on this and many other faculty concerns. You can follow this thoughtful exchange at http://kairosnews.org/turnitins-response-to-recent-posts-discu

Or, you might want to go through the many posts on plagiarism and Turnitin on Kariosnews http://kairosnews.org/taxonomy/term/337

Best,
Robbin

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Robbin Zeff | rzeff@gwu.edu
Assistant Professor of Writing and Professional Technology Fellow
University Writing Program [www.gwu.edu/~uwp]
The George Washington University

----- Original Message -----
From: janine utell <jmutell@hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:05 pm
Subject: [Teaching_Composition] Turnitin.com -- ethical/legal questions
To: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com


> Hi everyone:
>  
>  A colleague of mine recently received a complaint from a student who 
> argued 
>  that Turnitin.com violated her rights.  So I wanted to hear from 
> others who 
>  might have had students raise similar objections -- or who might have 
> 
>  similar objections of their own.
>  
>  So, I guess this is a quick survey for those who wouldn't mind replying:
>  
>  1.  Do you use Turnitin.com?  If you've considered it and decided 
> against 
>  it, why?
>  2.  If you do use it, have you ever had a student raise such 
> objections?  If 
>  so, how did you respond?
>  3.  Would a student who claimed that Turnitin.com violated his/her 
> rights 
>  have a legal leg to stand on?
>  
>  Thanks in advance to any who might respond.
>  Best,
>  Janine Utell
>  Assistant Professor of English
>  Widener University
>  Chester, PA
>  
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