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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is turnitin? Is it part of edline?[/quote]

TurnItIn is a scam that makes money from your child's work. Students submit assignments to TurnItIn. The paper is compared with TurnItIn's entire database of works, which includes professional papers, articles, and also the works of most of the students who submitted assignments to TurnItIn. The teacher receives a report about the originality of the paper. The "similarity index" identifies where the child's paper is similar to other words. There is expected to be some similarity, as research papers and analyses paraphrase or quote other works. The site does a good job of identifying plagiarism.

The issue I have is not with the standard line about copyright infringement. I find it VILE that the site MAKES MONEY based on the words submitted to it. That's right! Your child's writing is used to expand TurnItIn's database, which is a major selling point. You are PAYING TAXES so that the school can PAY TurnItIn to make money on YOUR CHILD's WORK! There is a way to opt out of being in the database, but the child cannot choose this--only the teacher can![/quote]

What would be your alternative to identifying plagiarism?  [/quote]

PP here. I have no problem with TurnItIn if the STUDENT is able to flag papers so that they are not entered into the database--only checked against the other entries in it. That is the only moral alternative.[/quote]

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