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Grammarly@edu
Pros: Lots of great bonuses, like the plagiarism editor, plus detailed explanations of correct grammar choices make this a super-helpful tool.
Cons: There are similar programs that do almost as good a job but without the cost.
Bottom Line: It's a great tool for students who are doing a ton of writing; the site's feedback will help them learn and improve.
There are a few obvious uses for teachers. First, teachers can easily run all appropriate student assignments through the plagiarism scan, which is very handy. If they trust Grammarly@edu's editor (and it's pretty thorough), they can also mark up student papers with the tool and then review them afterward to see if there are still issues to address. If a teacher's school can afford a schoolwide subscription, kids can edit their own work during class, making sure they're noting why mistakes were made and how to avoid them next time.
Grammarly@edu is a website that acts as an automated grammar tutor; it will mark up any document with corrections. Users log in to the site and then upload the document they'd like to edit. (They can also download it as an add-on that works with their computer's Word program.) It'll appear on the screen, with a left and right sidebar. On the left, there are a few icons. Click on the pencil for grammar and spelling corrections, which will be highlighted in the text and explained in further detail in the right-hand sidebar. Click the set of quotes for a plagiarism scan and the open book for what they call “enhancement": It's like a thesaurus, offering alternate words where appropriate.
With a robot's eye for detail and the warm explanations of a human, Grammarly@edu is a very helpful package. Students who have real difficulty with grammar should be happy to see the clear descriptions of why they might want to make a change, and it will surprise them by catching mistakes they didn't know existed. These explanations are what sets Grammarly@edu apart from basic spell-checking programs; there's potential for lasting learning. To ensure learning, though, it's key that students pay attention to what the site has to say instead of just clicking through and approving all the suggested changes.
There's not a ton of navigational help once students start editing a document, which is a little tricky if they have questions. And this excellent editing does come at a price; in order to make the monthly fee worth it, a user will want to make sure there's a lot of grammar to be checked in their life.
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A productive tool to encourage and automatize proper writing and originality among students.
This is a great tool that saves teachers time checking for plagiarism, in addition to supporting the Grammar and writing overall. As much as it saves time, it will never be a replacement for a teacher's judgement and personalized feedback to the students. It is very useful for individual work. Students have the opportunity to review and be re-taught some of the most important grammatical, structural, and lexical principles.