VISAYAS State University (VSU) recently announced its partnership with Turnitin—a global education-technology provider of academic integrity and assessment solutions. The partnership is focused on strengthening remote learning and academic integrity practices by integrating Turnitin Feedback Studio into daily classroom operations.
The collaboration comes as a result of a VSU-conducted series of consultation meetings with its administrators, deans, department heads, and faculty members who searched for a solution that would help uphold integrity in assessments and assignments, as well as provide performance data to inform pedagogy. It had to be reliable and flexible to withstand and alleviate challenges of constantly shifting classroom modalities: in-person, remote, and hybrid. Turnitin emerged as the top choice with its insightful reports on student and course trends, as well as effective text similarity-comparison tool as key factors in improving learning outcomes.
Turnitin’s Feedback Studio checks for text similarity, provides writing tips and grammar guidance, plus helps instructors streamline workflows and gives quality, consistent feedback on writing assignments. The tool helps classrooms uphold academic integrity and promote authentic learning and original thinking in all classroom types: in-person, remote, and hybrid. Feedback Studio is one of the few education technologies proven to heighten learning outcomes. Over 800 educators and 18,000 students benefit from its integration with VSU E-Learning.
“We are committed to empowering higher education institutions like the VSU in their efforts to promote original thinking, academic integrity, and fairness,” said Jack Brazel, Turnitin’s head of Business Partnerships for Southeast Asia. “With [the university], we strive to ensure that academic standards are consistent across physical and virtual classrooms, support professors in delivering high-quality education, and improve learning outcomes.”
“Remote learning will have a permanent place in higher education. This partnership furthers the university’s academic standards and strengthens how we conduct remote learning,” said Dr. Edgardo Tulin, president of VSU. “We are proud to be enhancing the learning experience and interactions between professors and students through our partnership with Turnitin.”