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December 11th, 2020
catnik 5:35pm
7 papers left
catnik 5:35pm
so close
earldebuke 5:39pm
nod Let's hope no one else does the plagiarism thing
catnik 5:46pm
4, 4 papers!
catnik 5:46pm
I have some kids that use blockquotes, but they CITE them
catnik 5:46pm
so
catnik 5:47pm
they lose points, but ain't gonna fail them
earldebuke 5:48pm
RIght. Big diff
robinrahne 5:52pm
Ugh...sorry about the plagiarism, Catnik.
catnik 5:53pm
Yeah
catnik 5:53pm
there's a form and you need to have a conference, do a process
catnik 5:53pm
since giving a flat 0 on the assignment is a "sanction"
catnik 5:53pm
especially when THAT 0 knocks them to a 56% overall
catnik 5:54pm
but holy hell, I've never gotten a 100% result on Safe Assign before
robinrahne 5:57pm
Oh, that's a well-earned zero. You're 100% justified. Sorry that it means more paperwork.
catnik 5:57pm
yeah
catnik 5:57pm
but oh, thank you Other Student
catnik 5:57pm
current paper is SO GOOD
catnik 5:57pm
he's comparing modern comic archetypes to commedia stock characters
catnik 5:57pm
WITH EXAMPLES
robinrahne 5:58pm
Oh, PERFECT. Easy, but meaningful.
catnik 5:58pm
and beautiful citations and varied sources
robinrahne 5:58pm
Aren't papers like that delicious?
catnik 5:58pm
and he found a lovely neil gaiman essay that I might need to check out
catnik 5:58pm
yes
catnik 5:58pm
this one and the torelli one restore my faith
robinrahne 5:58pm
How do you check for plagiarism?
catnik 5:58pm
Lexi, bless, turned in 13 of seven pages
robinrahne 5:59pm
Ha! She got excited.
catnik 5:59pm
we have an app called "safe assign"
robinrahne 5:59pm
Do you do it for all papers, or just suspicious papers?
catnik 5:59pm
and it'll show you side by side the problematic passage with the internet source
catnik 5:59pm
all of them
catnik 5:59pm
I only run a big report if the score is over 10%
catnik 6:00pm
my kids like block quotes a bit much, and don't always re-word as well as they should
shadylady 6:00pm
Please do not hold game for me. Not home yet. Just leaving the area of work, and I still have to get gas.
robinrahne 6:00pm
Hugs Shady!
rae 6:02pm
Drive safe!
robinrahne 6:03pm
I find teaching them how to embed quotes smoothly is incredibly difficult.
rae 6:03pm
Am researching net out, but have phone
catnik 6:03pm
Yup
rae 6:03pm
Doot dee doo, your call is important to us!
catnik 6:03pm
And if they CITE stuff, I am more lenient
catnik 6:03pm
at least they are trying!
robinrahne 6:04pm
I'm glad you care! I sometimes wonder if I'm holding my students to unrealistic standards.
robinrahne 6:04pm
Like, how much do college professors check the stuff that I check?
robinrahne 6:05pm
Outage at home, Rae?
rae 6:06pm
No! That’s the annoying part!
rae 6:06pm
We just want to try a new modem and they need to push a button
rae 6:06pm
But I guess they might have outage elsewhere tying up the lines