[njb311]

I’m sure that’s true, but if you have poor teachers or poor administrative policies/systems then you have a much bigger problem.

As a lecturer that has used TurnItIn (because it was an automated part of electronic submission), I would have to say that anyone who just looks at the score is not actually using it. TurnItIn marks up the submitted essay so while grading it I can see exactly where the student has cited other work and where they might be claiming copy/pasted text as their own. I don’t think it should be used for screening essays such that they aren’t actually marked at all, after all that would mean the educator wasn’t doing the work they’re paid for and they wouldn’t be able to give feedback to the student.

I’m not even saying it’s good at it’s job, but in the end anything can be misused so we have to keep it in perspective.