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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Turnitin Launches Service Designed to Improve Student Writing - David Nagel, THE Journal
Turnitin, best known in education circles for its technology designed to detect plagiarism in students' papers, has launched a new tool that aims to improve those students' papers during the writing process. According to Turnitin, the technology, called Turnitin Revision Assistant, goes beyond simple grammar and spelling checks and instead provide "actionable comments" on demand, offering feedback on such aspects of their writing as "focus, use of evidence or organization, among many others," according to the company.
https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/01/21/turnitin-launches-service-designed-to-improve-student-writing.aspx