Date posted: August 24, 2020
Review the eLearning SimCheck Guide. SimCheck is a new plagiarism detection software integrated into Canvas that checks your student’s submissions with sources available on the web, in our institutional repository, homework help sites, and books. VeriCite has been replaced with a new program called SimCheck. SimCheck is an optional tool for instructors. It serves as ...more about SimCheck has replaced VeriCite
Date posted: February 18, 2018
Teaching with Canvas: Canvas 101 Canvas 101 is perfect for new online instructors, and it is modular so instructors with varied backgrounds and experience can select the order of the modules that best apply to their needs. This online based workshop is intended to introduce instructors to the available tools in Canvas. It is self-paced, project-based, and guided–a facilitator will be available to answer ...more about Canvas 101: Teaching with Canvas, Accessibility 101: Principles of Inclusive Design and Copyright Information for Educators
Date posted: August 16, 2017
As part of his "Visual Explanations: Making ideas clear and Accessible with Images" workshops, Bruce Wolcott maintains a pretty exhaustive list of websites that provide free/Creative Commons/open source images. By popular demand, we are happy to provide a reference to Bruce's document, hosted in his OneDrive. Click here to see Bruce's list of free, open-source images: ...more about Free, Open-Source Images
Date posted: October 10, 2016
“The point is this – contract cheating providers exist, they exist to serve your students, and your students are using them. Brad Wolverton, in “The New Economy of Cheating” (Chronicle of Higher Education, August 28, 2016, subscription required), estimates that the annual revenue for one of the largest contract cheating providers is “in the millions”. The UK’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) “Plagiarism in Higher Education” (August 2016) report also posits that the industry is expansive, likely involving thousands of students every year.” – Tricia Bertram Gallant, Ph.D.
Date posted: August 31, 2016
VeriCite will be discontinued at the end of the summer quarter. It will be replaced with a similar tool called SimCheck. Plagiarism tool VeriCite is the plagiarism used at the college – VeriCite - https://www.vericite.com/. This VeriCite link now takes you to the Turnitin site as Turnitin has purchased VeriCite. Our contract has not changed ...more about VeriCite
