Plagarism

eveamp · 05-05-2011 03:12PM #1

I was thinking of using an online plagarism checker to be sure I've not accidentally copied anything and was wondering can anyone recommend anything? I was thinking of turnitin but not sure how useful it is?

postgrad89 · 14-05-2011 11:21AM

turnitin is very good it checks everything from online and from other colleges around the world

swizzle123 · 14-05-2011 11:25AM

turnitin is quiet popular and is actually used in a lot of colleges around Ireland!

FloatingVoter · 14-05-2011 11:32AM

I use WriteCheck to make sure Turnitin won't catch me out. I've often found sections I forgot to reference correctly thanks to it. Though it is a paid-for service.

http://www.writecheck.com/static/home.html

16-05-2011 01:09AM

I have being using turnitin all year in my college.

I use Viper, before I submit any assignment, project, etc.

mono627 · 16-05-2011 04:35PM

Do you not need some sort of enrollment password to use turnitin? Can you get this from the college?

FloatingVoter · 16-05-2011 07:27PM

mono627 wrote: »

Do you not need some sort of enrollment password to use turnitin? Can you get this from the college?

In my experience Turnitin is set up by the lecturer assigning the task. It involves enrolling in a class using a given password (by him/her).

Turnitin is for the benefit of the lecturer. It produces a percentage of material sourced / not referenced - ie. plagiarised. Getting to the result before the lecturer gives the innocent student / little thief a distinct advantage.

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