Students must be informed at the start of the course that the instructor will be using (from the FAQ: “This ensures that students can opt out of using the program – something that we allow for here without penalty“).If and when students object to its use on principle, a reasonable offline alternative must be offered.The use of by our instructors is completely voluntary.I Googled a bit and on the Office of Teaching Support and Innovation website (basically, they support pedagogy at the University) found this: I wanted to know what the University officially says about Turnitin. I popped by the ASSU office with the above email and the rep took one look at it and seethed, “ This is wrong, wrong, wrong.” Apparently, they met with the Dean just last week to ensure that students are not forced to use Turnitin if they don’t want to. Basically, profs can use it or not use it. I emailed askastudent for help and Aska told me that there really isn’t a policy per se. Now, my TA won’t even mark my essay if I don’t submit it? What is the Turnitin policy? I have to hand in my essay to Turnitin? I remember all these posters at the beginning of the year that said that you didn’t have to if you didn’t want to (unfortunately, the ones I remember seeing are now gone or plastered over from the recent elections). Here’s the thing that bothered me: “ TAs will not grade/return your paper if it is not also submitted online.” While I was slaving working on an essay for a PoliSci class, this beauty dropped into my inbox *:
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