Turnitin Acquires LightSide Labs to Support Formative Feedback on Student Writing

Turnitin has been the gold standard for a long time for plagiarism detection. But when you couple that with the possibility of also having Revision Assistant helping along earlier in that process, that’s exciting.

Turnitin is excited to announced that we have acquired LightSide Labs, an educational technology company dedicated to improving student writing skills. LightsSide Labs' flagship product, Revision Assistant, incorporates automated assessment and feedback into the writing process for students. This feedback is trained on the behavior of real instructors and provides personalized, positive, and constructive support for student writers.

The companies plan on incorporating Revision Assistant into Turnitin to deliver a writing platform that meets the needs of 21st century classrooms. The combined products will provide educators with an integrated platform that manages formative and summative writing assignments with a range of feedback tools, including automated feedback, originality check, online grading and peer review. Our vision is to deliver a solution that improves student writing, saves instructors' time and enhances the quality of feedback to student and provides institutions with insights into how students learn over time.

Engage Students in the Writing Process

  • Allows students to work at their own pace during the writing process

  • Engages students by providing instant feedback on writing

  • Delivers positive and constructive feedback to encourage students in the writing process

Support Teachers in the Classroom

  • Feedback is based on what aspects of a written work instructors feel are important

  • Allows instructors to see student effort and the individual student writing process

  • Increases the amount of feedback to students during the writing process

Inform Administrators with Performance and Progress Over Time

  • Aligned to Common Core State Standards

  • Deliver insights into student effort and progress across the writing process

  • To be integrated with Turnitin's leading writing evaluation tools

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