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OAKLAND, Calif., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- iParadigms, the creator of Turnitin and the world leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, today announced the selection of a new CFO, George Mazzotta, to lead the company's finance team. Former CFO Melissa Lipscomb will continue with iParadigms as VP of Business Affairs. Mazzotta has held executive positions in finance and operations with leading companies in the interactive media and retail industries. He was previously CFO at...
OAKLAND, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- iParadigms, the creator of Turnitin and the world leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Systems Link International, a leading supplier of educational tools for research and development to Latin American institutions. Under the agreement, Systems Link has become the exclusive distributor of iParadigms' industry-leading Turnitin and WriteCycle software services to Latin...
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- iParadigms, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, announced that its Turnitin WriteCycle solution has been adopted by the Milwaukee School District. WriteCycle's web-based writing management tools will play an important role in Milwaukee's efforts to integrate writing across its high-school curricula."WriteCycle will help our teachers implement best practices in writing instruction while saving significant time and effort,"...
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- iParadigms today announced PeerMark, its next-generation peer review product for educators. This web-based collaborative tool enables high school and college instructors to quickly create and manage peer review assignments in which students read and provide substantive comments on each other's work. "PeerMark is the most powerful and complete peer review system we've ever developed," said Dr. John Barrie, the company's product strategist. "It...
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- iParadigms LLC, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention services, announced that Chris Caren has been appointed president and CEO of the company. He has been serving in that capacity since early September, 2009. Caren comes to iParadigms with broad management, product and strategic experience in the software industry. Chris joined from Microsoft where he was a General Manager in Microsoft Business Solutions and in the Microsoft...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, announced availability of its award-winning Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark(TM) services in Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Thai and Bahasa Melayu. The company has working relationships with hundreds of educational institutions across the Asia-Pacific region. Worldwide, Turnitin and GradeMark are used in over 109 countries. "This is in...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, today announced the release of over a dozen new features, language options and frequently-requested improvements, greatly enhancing its award-winning services. Highlights include: An option to exclude quoted (and bibliographic) material from papers' Similarity Indexes for an entire assignment -- not just for individual papers. An option to exclude small matches in Originality...
OAKLAND, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, today announced availability of its award-winning Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark services in the German language. To date, the company has working relationships with dozens of educational institutions in European Union countries with significant populations of German-speaking students including Germany, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. Worldwide, Turnitin and...
OAKLAND, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, the leader in originality checking & plagiarism prevention, today announced availability of its award-winning Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark services in French. To date, the company has working relationships with hundreds of educational institutions in Canada and countries throughout the European Union and Africa with significant populations of French-speaking students. Worldwide, Turnitin and GradeMark are used in over 108...
Company Releases Turnitin Originality Checking & GradeMark Services for Spanish Speakers in the EU, Latin American and Global Markets OAKLAND, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, today announced availability of its award-winning Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark services in Spanish. To date, the company has working relationships with Spanish-language institutions in most Latin American countries and Spain....
