General Discussion

It's called Turn It In, and assignments are run through it automatically.

It processes your paper and highlights any passages that are lifted or appear lifted. Fortunately for me - because I am not a plagiarist - the only things in my papers that ever get highlighted are quotes and properly cited materials. It's almost impressive sometimes, because I really go digging in the data bases sometimes out of boredom to find the most esoteric citation possible. "It's a journal article from 1937! You'll never find it. Succccck itttt, computer!" Newp. It highlights the thing.

If I had not properly cited my work, well, I imagine no one would be offering me faculty positions anywhere. Maybe. Seeing all these apologias for what Gay did, I'm starting to give academia a little bit of a side eye about what standards they're holding their faculties and administrations to.