Being primarily an online instructor I wanted to express the importance of retention in that environment as well. Being online we are sometimes disconnected from the campus and the students. We don't get to see them on a daily or weekly basis - so we rely on monitoring their participation and assignment submissions. Further it is harder to identify students whom are struggling or having a hard time if they don't express it. Because just because they are handing in their work, etc. doesn't mean they are having a positive and enriched experience. As an online instructor it is very… >>>

I have found the utilization of Turn-It-In to greatly reduce the ability for students to cheat on assignment and research papers. It also assists in catching students who copy and paste material from the internet and plagiarize. One neat feature that Turn-It-In does is upon submitting an assignment it reviewes to see not only if the students response was copied from the internet but also from other students current/past responses. This has allowed me to capture many times where a student tries to submit the same research paper for multiple classes and in one circumstance where a student was turning… >>>