Over the years, many colleges have adopted automated plagiarism detection tools in their Learning Management System to help faculty verify that students are submitting authentic coursework. WPI uses Turnitin Similarity and AI detection tools to achieve this in Canvas assignments. But how do these types of tools even work? Is there value in enabling them…Continue Reading Should I use AI and plagiarism detection tools in my course?
Introducing SimCheck: New Plagiarism Detection Software
New for E-Term! SimCheck is a new plagiarism detection software integrated into Canvas that checks your students written work against our institutional repository, the web, library databases and journals, textbook publishers, homework help sites, and books. SimCheck has been integrated into Canvas Assignments as an optional tool for instructors. It serves as a replacement for…Continue Reading Introducing SimCheck: New Plagiarism Detection Software