Are you interested in a technology tool to aid your students (and you) to improve grammar skills and to help detect plagiarism? If so, Grammarly may be the perfect solution for you. Grammarly is a digital writing tool that uses artificial intelligence through machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Depending on the level of service purchased, Grammarly offers grammar checking, spell checking, and plagiarism detection services.
Grammarly’s online writing assistance and plagiarism tools encourage good grammar and a more professional writing style. In addition, Grammarly’s integrated plagiarism checker instantly catches plagiarism from over 16 billion websites. From grammar and spelling to style and tone, Grammarly helps users eliminate errors and find the perfect words to express themselves.
Grammarly can provide real-time edits while writing or the live edit can be disabled, which then only provides feedback during the revision portion of the writing process. This option allows an update as a final check for errors and inconsistencies. Other features available include Goals and Performance. Goals launches whenever you import a new document and it helps Grammarly adjust its edits based on the context of your writing. The Performance score informs a user how accurate the new document is compared to documents written by other Grammarly users who set the same goals.
Currently, Grammarly Is Trusted by Over 1000 Educational Institutions. Research has shown that a high number of high school graduates do not possess successful writing skills. Grammarly can help younger students prepare for college-level writing. In addition, many college freshmen are not adequately prepared for college-level writing courses. Grammarly can work one-on-one with students to develop essential writing skills, reinforce proper revision habits, and prevent plagiarism. Each week, Grammarly can send an email recapping a user’s writing activity, called Grammarly Insights. The recap has the ability to provide a list of the three most common errors made and the number of unique words used.
Cathy and I have utilized Grammarly as a teaching tool for our students. In the past, we have required students to submit written assignments to the following free Grammarly plagiarism detection link: https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker before the assignment is submitted to us. The link provides students with feedback regarding how much of their written assignment is possibly plagiarized. The premium service provides additional details regarding what specifically is plagiarized, which we can view as premium subscription instructors.
A great benefit of Grammarly is that it works in many places across your daily workflow. Grammarly works seamlessly across several platforms including Gmail, Outlook, Messenger, Yahoo, Twitter, Google Docs, Slack, LinkedIn, Facebook plus many more.
Currently, there are a few improvements to Grammarly that could make it more appealing. The premium plan is not free, but it can be purchased for under $12 per month. Also, there is not an offline editing mode and there is not support for Office on Mac. In our opinion, the benefits of using Grammarly greatly out weigh our noted limitations. Furthermore, our students have greatly benefited from developing better writing skills by utilizing Grammarly.
For more information about Grammarly go to the following link: https://www.grammarly.com/
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