University of Wisconsin–Parkside: Governance

Governance

Turnitin Quote Request

PSF 4 07/08

Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:17:57 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)

From: Evelyn H. Zepp <zepp@uwp.edu>

To: Donald Cress <cress@uwp.edu>

Cc: Evelyn H Zepp <Evelyn.Zepp@uwp.edu>, Jerry Greenfield <greenfie@uwp.edu>, Dennis M Rome <Dennis.Rome@uwp.edu>

Subject: Re: FW: Turnitin Quote Request (fwd)

Sounds to me like a topic for the Senate.

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Donald Cress wrote:

> Evelyn:

Please suggest what governance group(s) should ponder Leo Zaibert's suggestion that we subscribe to Turnitin.com, which is designed to identify students who plagiarize. There are policy issues, cost issues, and probably some tech issues associated with this.

> This should be discussed at the university level. Please advise.

> Don

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Donald A. Cress <cress@uwp.edu> (262)-595-2188 office voice

> Professor, Department of Philosophy (262)-595-2530 office fax

> Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

> University of Wisconsin-Parkside

> Kenosha, WI 53141-2000

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:52:58 -0500

> From: Leo Zaibert <lzaibert@gmail.com>

> To: 'Donald Cress' <cress@uwp.edu>

> Subject: FW: Turnitin Quote Request

> Dear Don,

Below is the quote from Turnitin.com. It is pricey, I think, but worth it. They charge a minimum of 1000 students, so we could share this with another department, or do it for the whole campus, or something. Please let me know what to do about this.

> Leo Zaibert

> Associate Professor and Chair

> Department of Philosophy

> University of Wisconsin-Parkside

> Kenosha, WI 53141-2000

> Http://www.uwp.edu/~zaibert

> -----Original Message-----

> From: mbruton@turnitin.com [mailto:mbruton@turnitin.com]

> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:49 PM

> To: Leo Zaibert

> Cc: tbenson@turnitin.com

> Subject: Turnitin Quote Request

> 09/04/2007

> Leo Zaibert

> University of Wisconsin-Parkside

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