Teaching Toolbox Workshop: Turnitin, Plagiarism, and AI Writing Detection in Canvas

Date & Time:  

July 10, 2024 – 12:05 pm – 1:00 pm

Workshop Facilitator:

John Scigliano, Faculty Trainer- Learning and Educational Center

Description:

If you have writing assignments in your course, you already know that plagiarism can be a problem. This workshop will present the tool, Turnitin, which helps identify instances of potential plagiarism along with the newly added function of AI writing detection. During the workshop, you will learn about the various ways in which Turnitin can be used in your Canvas course so that you can begin screening writing assignments for plagiarism, grammatical errors, and detecting AI-written essays.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Define plagiarism.
2. Interpret similarity report generated by Turnitin with AI writing detection.
3. Create an assignment that utilizes the Turnitin tool in a sample Canvas course.
4. Distinguish the differences between using the external tool and using the plagiarism framework in Canvas when setting up a Turnitin assignment.
5. Discuss the limitations of Turnitin and AI detectors.

Location:

Online Zoom

Registration:

To Register for the course, visit –https://nova.traincaster.com/app/Login.pm?course_code=LECturnitin07102024 select Traincaster, log in, and then click on Classroom Schedule.

 

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