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42 Lines, a leader in custom edtechdevelopment and creator
of the Harmonize online discussion platform, today
announced its partnership with Unicheck, a leader in academic integrity and
originality checking services. Through this partnership, Harmonize will
integrate Unicheck, allowing educators to check the authenticity of their
students’ discussion posts and other assignments within the online discussion
platform. Unicheck’s plagiarism prevention software compares student work against
more than 40 billion web pages, educational databases, and institutional
library files to generate comprehensive similarity reports.
Harmonize elevates the online learning experience by providing
world-class technology solutions that improve student engagement and retention.
With a visually appealing user interface that mimics social media platforms
already familiar to students and the ability to transfer drafts fluidly from
mobile to desktop and back again, Harmonize is easy to use regardless of
location or device. Asynchronous one-on-one and group chats and live chats with
the ability to annotate images and videos allow students and instructors to
engage in academic conversations bolstered by rich media for deeper learning.
Instructors have access to data on student participation, course
progress, and engagement, saving time on grading. Featuring integrations with
leading learning management systems such as Canvas by Instructure, Brightspace,
D2L, Blackboard, and Moodle, Harmonize fits seamlessly within the ecosystem
students, instructors, and administrators are already using.
“Meaningful online conversations, like conversations anywhere else, are
built on trust and good faith,” said Marcus Popetz, co-founder and CEO of 42
Lines. “The integration with Unicheck ensures that trust and good faith,
allowing meaningful academic discourse to flourish and inspiring deeper
learning, right inside the platform where discussions are happening.”
With the Unicheck integration, instructors using Harmonize will have
access to best-in-class plagiarism prevention that combines technological
excellence with intuitive design that helps to achieve authenticity instead of
merely pointing out similarity—all without leaving the Harmonize platform where
instructors and students collaborate and share content.
“We’re excited about this new partnership with 42 Lines, as now Unicheck
will help advance original thinking within a robust online discussion
solution,” said Serhii Tkachenko, CEO of Unicheck. “Integrated through API,
Unicheck will show an originality score upon submission of each new comment and
provide a complete online report with highlighted matches, quotes, and replaced
characters (if any). Together with 42 Lines, we’ll motivate original
contributions to academic discourse in the classroom and online.”
“Open platforms like Canvas thrive when great technologies work
together,” said Jared Stein, VP of higher education strategy at Instructure.
“Harmonize and Unicheck working together demonstrates this and gives teachers
and students more options to engage in deep discussions where authorship and
originality are key.”
Visit Harmonize.42lines.net to learn more.
About 42 Lines
42 Lines has more than a decade of experience developing innovative
education technology solutions for higher education institutions and
organizations looking to surpass industry standards. Created in response to
educator and student feedback, the Harmonize platform seamlessly integrates
with learning management systems to create an engaging, collaborative community
for dynamic academic discussion, creative and analytical thinking, and in-depth
feedback that drives improved learning outcomes. To learn more about 42 Lines,
visit 42lines.net. To learn more about Harmonize,
visit harmonize.42lines.net.
About Unicheck
Unicheck creates personal learning moments that help students improve. We
provide technology solutions in the areas of plagiarism checking, academic
cheating prevention, authorship verification, and unoriginal source code
detection. As a cloud-based system, Unicheck is reliable (99.95% uptime), scalable,
and secure (FERPA, COPPA, and GDPR compliant). Focusing on the needs of
educators, administrators, and students, we strive to make each feature work
seamlessly inside an LMS or other e-learning platform. Unicheck partners with
trusted technology leaders to make each system update work fast, intuitively,
and reliably. Learn more about Unicheck at unicheck.com or email us via partnership@unicheck.com.
