Copyright and Educational Use: Do you know the rules?
“If it’s an educational use, then it’s fair use.” Perhaps you’ve heard teachers or students say something like that, or maybe you’ve even said or thought it yourself when considering whether or not to use copyrighted material. If so, you’re not [read more...]
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Checking the Plagiarism Checkers
2020-02-05Checking the Plagiarism Checkers
What those Similarity Reports might not be telling you...
Plagiarism is not a new phenomenon in education, but the widespread use of plagiarism checking tools by students, teachers, and institutions is fairly recent. It used to be up to teachers to discover [read more...]
Making the Most of Virtual Office Hours
2018-05-16Austin Community College Speech professor Tasha Davis, Ph.D., shares her experience with hosting virtual office hours and ways to maximize your one-on-one time with students.
Each semester I establish a set schedule to hold office hours and communicate to students both in the course syllabus and [read more...]