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Developing an Ideal Online Learning Environment
With preparation, online teaching can be as effective as traditional methods. Some of the difficulties teachers experience are the inability to complete assignments ...
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Featured blogSeptember 11, 2026Read time 9 mins
How to Check a Google Doc for Plagiarism and AI Content (Step-by-Step)
Key Pointers Google Docs has no built-in plagiarism checker or AI content detector. The originality reports feature exists only in Google Workspace for Education edi...
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Avoiding Plagiarism in Online Learning
One of the most disheartening scenarios as a teacher takes place when you discover that a student plagiarized. The repercussions from reporting the student’s academi...
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Tips for New Graduate TAs
Teaching undergraduate students is one of the most exciting and important things we do as academics—and also potentially the most nerve-wracking. Here are six great ...
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Common Writing Mistakes Found in College Papers
Are dangling modifiers sabotaging your work? Comma splices undermining your ideas? As a graduate Teaching Assistant, I hate to see otherwise good papers plagued by b...
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Writing tips for people who hate writing
Writing is an activity that, for some, is both invigorating and cathartic. However, not everybody has the same thoughts on the subject. If you are one of those peopl...
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Preventing Plagiarism in the Classroom: 4-Step Guide
As most English and Writing teachers know; student success and their outlook on the writing process in general can be greatly affected by the skills and habits estab...
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Is Self-Plagiarism Really a Problem?
Short answer: yes. Read on to learn when and why to be concerned about plagiarizing yourself, how a plagiarism checker can help, and strategies to avoid crossing eth...
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Avoiding Block Quote Overload
Whenever I’m writing a paper, I know I’m getting tired when I start putting in tons of quotations with very little of my own writing and analysis in between. As a te...
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Becoming a Better English Teacher
Can we all just take a moment and remember dear, old Ms. Monotonous and the cranky, grump Mr. Stale? You probably know them, had them, or heard about them. They are ...
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Does Cryptomnesia Excuse Plagiarism?
Recently, I heard a bizarre story highlighting how far some students have gone to pass off someone else’s work as their own. A high school English teacher had approa...
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