CETL Teaching Tips
Turnitin #1 Workshop 10/23/06
Evaluation Results 

The goals of the workshop are:
bulletIdentify different types of plagiarism
bulletList various ways to use Turnitin
bulletShow example of results from Turnitin
bulletExplain sources Turnitin uses to check against paper being evaluated
bulletDiscuss tips on using Turnitin website
bulletIdentify myths students operate under when negotiating Turnitin
bulletDemonstrate how to combine or change pictures using the group/ungroup tool
 
Number of workshop participants = 3
Number of evaluation respondents = 1
Original survey can be viewed at http://hercules.gcsu.edu/agrubb/TurnitinEval.htm
   
    100% of respondents are Assistant Professors
   
  100% of respondents are in School of Liberal Arts & Sciences

100% of participants agreed the workshop content was relevant to them. (3 out of 4)

100% of participants agreed the workshop pace was appropriate. (3 out of 4)

100% of participants strongly disagreed the workshop material was too difficult. (1 out of 4)

100% of participants disagreed the workshop material was too easy (2 out of 4)

100% of participants agreed they would employ workshop content in their teaching. (3 out of 4)

100% of participants agreed the facilitator was effective. (3 out of 4)

100% of participants agreed they would recommend this workshop to others. (3 out of 4)

100% of participants agreed they felt confident they could employ skills learned. (3 out of 4)

Note - Scoring was based on a 4-point scale:
1=Strongly Disagree
2=Disagree
3=Agree
4=Strongly Agree

When asked to  "describe one aspect of the workshop you will incorporate into your teaching," respondents identified the following:

bullet

Utilizing Turnitin as a method for students to check their work before turning it in to me.

Respondents indicated the following incidental learning as a result of the workshop:

bullet

How many English 1101 sections there are!

Respondents offered the following input regarding their learning needs at the end of the workshop:

bulletNone.

Respondents offered the following suggestions to improve the workshop:

bulletNone.