Plagiarism goes Social

A recent study by TurnItIn looked at the sources of 110 million content matches over 40 million submissions, and found: 33% of matching text came from Social Networking sites, content sharing sites or question-and-answer sites 25% of matching text came from educational sites 15% of matching text came from cheat sites, and 7% of matchingRead more

Arggh! Where did Elluminate Go?

Anybody logging into the Elluminate website may have been surprised by the changed design. As part of the re-branding of the Elluminate Live! web conferencing package as BlackBoard Collaborate, the home page of the Elluminate website has changed.  Log in and go further, and you’ll find it’s exactly the same as before.  Panic over.Read more

Elluminate update

Current and would-be users of Elluminate Live, the University’s web conferencing tool, will be pleased to know that our licence has just been renewed for another year. New users of Elluminate at Loughborough include the International Office who, as I type this, are conducting a trial run prior to using the tool to deliver online trainingRead more

Turnitin update

Bryan reports that yesterday (Tuesday 3rd May) saw very heavy usage of TurnItIn which led to volume-related problems, including students being unable to upload assignments to a TurnItIn Assignment activity.  The problem was acknowledged by TurnItIn UK, who say it has been resolved.  However it may be prudent for academic colleagues not to set submission deadlines at periodsRead more