Turnitin is a helpful third place to point to when having conversations with students about plagiarism.   It can help keep these often uncomfortable conversations focused on learning, and can help students become the effective Digital Citizens our world needs.

Why do students cheat?  The primary reasons are ususally a lack of time, or a lack of faith in their ability to complete the work.  However, some people are starting to suspect that the remix/reshare nature of social media is beginning to change the way students think about plagarism in the first place.  The following resources explore these thoughts:

Exploring Causes of Plagiarism | Edutopia 

Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age - The New York Times (nytimes.com) 

How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It) | EdSurge News 

How the internet gets people to plagiarize each other - Vox Though this article focuses specifically on plagiarism within social media, it sheds light on the world that students are living in, and factors that might be influencing their thinking around plagiarism.