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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Faculty,</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As part of our ongoing evaluation of academic technology at East Texas A&M University, Innovative Digital Learning (IDL) is assessing the current use of <b>Turnitin
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">While recent institutional data indicates strong engagement with basic similarity checking, we want
to understand your day-to-day digital grading workflows better. Specifically, we are gathering direct input on how you use premium grading features—such as QuickMarks, Rubrics, and PeerMark—and evaluating whether the native feedback tools in D2L Brightspace
can effectively support your pedagogical needs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Your feedback is critical. It will ensure that actual faculty requirements strictly drive our future
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baguet Script";color:#00386C">Samuel Bachert<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#4F5352">Director of Innovative Digital Learning</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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