Reply #1: My experience with turnitin....

[Maddy McCall]

We use it in my department (history), but it is shit for catching plagiarism.

I have more luck googling phrases from papers that jump out at me.

I required my students to do turnitin one semester. After that, I didn't require it of any later classes.

I usually bust 12 or more for plagiarism out of classes of 60 students. Using just google.