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Turnitin plugin - DavidGood - 08-24-2024
Quick Tech Q re TURNITIN -
Does anyone use this?
Is it worth messing with?
Does anyone run / has anyone ran any other AI / plagiarism checkers?
I use Grammarly for, well, grammar and find those darned sentences in passive voice that plague me. I ignore the other suggestions.
I most certainly don't use any AI to write my documents, but maybe I should be checking my work with something. Thoughts?
Thanks bunches.
David
RE: Turnitin plugin - bjcheung77 - 08-25-2024
Institutions use that on their end... They have other platforms or services that will check plagiarism. Grammarly and other freebies are good enough, I use word counters just to make sure I have more than the required number. I usually don't pay for extra features unless you really need them... Most of the time, the freebie versions work just fine for my case use...
RE: Turnitin plugin - DavidGood - 08-25-2024
(08-25-2024, 10:57 AM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Institutions use that on their end... They have other platforms or services that will check plagiarism. Grammarly and other freebies are good enough, I use word counters just to make sure I have more than the required number. I usually don't pay for extra features unless you really need them... Most of the time, the freebie versions work just fine for my case use...Yeah that’s what I was thinking.
They mention a plug-in for word, but I’d rather not mess with it.
RE: Turnitin plugin - Kjnova - 08-27-2024
I don't. UMPI runs it on work you turn in. You can see the Turnitin score below the other feedback you receive.
I glanced at the percentage it showed for entertainment purposes. It can naturally fluctuate, especially for different forms of writing, eg bullet-point lists vs longform writing. But I never worried about it, and no instructor ever mentioned it.