Post 15: Plagiarism checkers

Dear All,

To help you check your works for plagiarism I'm inviting you to check one of them available at

https://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers

Choose one and test how it works.

In the thread add the following information

a) name and address of the tool
b) what exactly it allows you to do
c) is it easy to use
d) does it have a limit of how many times you can use it during the day
e) additional comments

A technical Note: It'd be good  if you remembered to use one of the URL shorteners which shortenes URLs. Whya is it advisable to do it? To make your text easier to read

Compare:


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The 8 Best URL Shortener Services

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  1. Natalia EydelmanNovember 29, 2018 at 11:57 PM

    Dear All,

    I'm hoping that by completing this task you will become familiar with a number of tools to check your works for plagiarism. I'm encouraging you to start using the one that is easier and gives you more information about your work. It'd be great if you also got acquainted with the reports of your peers about the plagiarism checkers they have tried to use for this activity. It can provide you with the information to make a more conscious choice.

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    1. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:00 AM

      I'm looking forward to your reports and hope your peers wiil find the
      information you have provided useful.

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    3. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:03 AM

      Also, I'd like to ask you to reflect on how useful you have found this activity: what did it help you to learn?

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  2. DashaNovember 30, 2018 at 12:04 AM

    Hello, everyone!
    I'd like to tell you about one of the plagiarism checkers I've tried. It is named 'Dupli Checker' and you can find it if you'll follow this link: https://www.duplichecker.com/?utm_campaign=elearningindustry.com&utm_source=%2Ftop-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers&utm_medium=link .
    It allows you to check the originality of the text and prevent some unpleasent situations. For example, if you don't check the informatiom you'd like to use, the real author won't like it.
    It's very easy to use, you just need to copy the text and press the button, so information will be checked.
    DupliChecker is completely free and available 24/7, so that is the real reason why I like it.
    Also I like the idea that you can download a document, so you don't need to copy it all the time.
    In my opinion, plagiarism checkers are also necessary because you need to track down similar sentences.

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    1. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:24 AM

      Dasha,

      Thanks for your informative post. You have managed to explain really well the features of this plagiariam checker because of which you prefer it. It is good to know too that you used it before and I hope you'll continue using it.

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  3. Kirill KrыжanovskiйNovember 30, 2018 at 12:15 AM

    Hello there!
    Recently, I've tested one plagiarism checker tool - COPYLEAKS. https://bit.ly/2E62dGx
    There are some benefits.
    This tool is suitable for education an business.
    It can also check files of different formats (doc, pdf, html, txt and more).
    It can offer you a mobile app and an MS Oficce add-on.

    And there are some disadvantages.
    If you want your files to be checked you have to create an account and only then you'll be able to check them.
    Moreover, there is a restriction that allows you to check only 10 pages for free, after 10 pages you have to buy a subscription that costs about $10.

    In addition, this is a quality tool, it searches for plagiarism well, but you have to pay to check more than 10 pages. If you are able to pay some money and you want a quality plagiarism checker, so you can use this one.

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    1. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:49 AM

      Thanks for the information you have provided. It gives a good idea about the affordances of this tool. And here is an explanation of what an affordance is https://blog.teamtreehouse.com/affordances-web-design

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  4. DashaNovember 30, 2018 at 12:31 AM

    Thank you for this information, because I found some new plagiarism checkers which I didnt know. And these shortener services are the real thing, I didn't know about such apps before our lessons!

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    1. Natalia EydelmanDecember 1, 2018 at 1:36 AM

      I'm glad you learned smth useful during the lesson and hope you will use one or serval plagiarism checkers. It'd be interesting if some time later you shared your impressions about using some more tools if you do it.

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  5. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:33 AM

    I'd like to share with you some information about common patterns of text organisation, which will help you to organise your writing more logically. Here is the information about the 2 most common patterns:

    https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/page.cfm?pageid=564&guideid=29

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    1. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:38 AM

      This is in more detail about the patterns of text organisation:

      http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/impo.htm

      Could you read it and we'll discuss it later during the class

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    2. Natalia EydelmanNovember 30, 2018 at 12:41 AM

      And here is another resource discussing the patterns of text organisation with some examples:

      http://ourenglishclass.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/01/text_structures.pdf

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  6. DashaDecember 6, 2018 at 8:37 PM

    Hello guys! I'd like to share a list of the British newspapers with you. I guess, you probably know most of them but I'd like to refresh your knowledge.

    the Positive News
    The Evening Standard
    The Independent
    The Daily Mail
    The Mirror
    The Sun
    The Oxford Time
    The Morning Star

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