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Turnitin.com Getting Much Needed Attention

March 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Topics Of Interest

Last week I was extremely pleased to see that Mike’s press for more information on Turnitin.com was getting some rather public attention from the Gazette. Unfortunately the responses to concerns thus far have been less helpful than I’d hoped. The quotes in the article responding to student concerns are really a shame. [...]

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Turnitin.com at Dalhousie – A Discussion

March 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Topics Of Interest

It would seem that in my absence some very constructive discussions over turnitin.com at Dalhousie University are occurring. You can find some of the discussion at

Comments posted to my blog entry on turnitin.com and intellectual property
The flurry of activity at Mike Smit’s Blog

Copyright and “fingerprints”
TurnItIn.com: what do they save?
TurnItIn.com: it is not all their [...]

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Turnitin.com Consumption of Student Intellectual Property

March 9th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Rants

Based on Mount Saint Vincent’s recent senate ruling banning the use of turnitin.com, I sent the following to those responsible for the program at Dalhousie University. I had sent a similar letter of concern when the program was instituted hoping to get a response to my concerns but was met with silence. This [...]

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