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| company_type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[McGraw-Hill Companies]] |
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| foundation = [[New York City]] (2007) |
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| location = [[New York City]] |
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| key_people = Emily Sawtell |
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| area_served = US, UK |
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'''GradeGuru'''.com, by McGraw-Hill Higher Education was a free study network where college students can share and find class-specific study notes, learn collaboratively, and build an academic reputations to earn rewards, internships and career opportunities. |
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The site was started in Great Britain in August 2007 by the [[McGraw-Hill Companies]] as a study tool, and launched in the United States in June 2008.On the 27th March 2012 it was announced via their Facebook page that GradeGuru would be closing down on the 29th April.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/gradeguru}}</ref>. The company suggested those interested could continue to share their notes and connections in Chegg’s [[Notehall]] and [[Unigo]]. <ref>Nick DeSantis, "Social-studying network to close", ''Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 2012[http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/social-studying-network-gradeguru-to-close/36002?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en]</ref> |
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==Purpose== |
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It was created to proviie an environment where students can engage with one another and offer peer-feedback while accessing study materials that support their learning styles. GradeGuru's development was also based on a status system, recognizing students for their thought leadership and involvement with the GradeGuru community by awarding them status badges. Status badges are publicly displayed and also grant the student access to exclusive Guru Privileges. Guru privileges includes access to GradeGuru's Guru Careers Program, which connects students with recruiters and organizations for internships and entry level positions. |
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Since exiting its beta stage, Gradeguru has implemented features within the platform to continue fostering student collaboration and knowledge sharing.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} GradeGuru launched its University Specific Community Pages to offer students the ability to search for school specific study materials, school specific courses and classmates to form online study groups. |
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GradeGuru has also introduced GradeGuru Tools, a digital app store, as an additional resource center for students and academics alike. Offered in the GradeGuru Tools app store is the GradeGuru Citation Manager which manages references for papers, essays and assignments: Citation Manager automatically captures a students citations as they use online resources at the click of a button. As well as GradeGuru Link List, a time-saving tool for instructors and students. Instructors can easily create annotated reading lists with a single shortened URL to share with their students. Students can then access the assignment with one link. Students can create reference lists with notes to share with group members or to track their own references while doing research. |
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==Operation== |
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The site comprises university- and class-specific communities, to provide a social learning environment for students at universities in the US, UK and Canada .<ref>http://mcgraw-hill.presslift.com/gradeguru-on-campus</ref>. Students can search for study materials shared by a classmate. Those who share their study notes with points and Status Badges. Points are awarded on the basis of the number of views each file shared by a student receives; the points can be traded in for rewards in the GradeGuru rewards store. <ref name=upenn>{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/01/20/News/Perspective.NoteSharing.Site.Lets.Students.Cash.In.On.Class.Notes-3589323.shtml#more |title= Note-sharing site lets students cash in on class notes |author=Himeles, Sara |accessdate=January 20, 2009 }} {{En icon}}</ref>. Rewards include gift cards from popular vendors like Best Buy, iTunes, and Starbucks, or can be used to make a charitable donation. |
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The site's content is monitored by its users. Its members review and rate the information, and the top-rated notes have a higher chance of being returned by the search engine so that students can easily access the most prominent resources. |
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===Plagiarism concerns=== |
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GradeGuru’s Community Standards try to prevent [[plagiarism]], emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances. The site offers advice about plagiarism – what it means and how to ensure all sources are correctly referenced. In order to combat the potential for inappropriate use of the site’s content, the site works with [[Turnitin|TurnItin]], the leading anti-plagiarism detection tool.<ref name=fsbs>{{Cite web|url=http://learntechgalway.blogspot.com/2008/05/gradeguru-notes-sharing-by-students-for.html |title= GradeGuru – notes sharing by students, for students |author=Sharon |accessdate=May 9, 2008 }} {{En icon}}</ref> GradeGuru also emphasizes that all content must be totally student created.<ref name=dce>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/Growing-number-of-Web-sites-offer-students-money-for-class-notes39104227.html |title= Growing number of Web sites offer students money for class notes |author=Fabel, Leah |accessdate=February 5, 2009 }} {{En icon}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.gradeguru.com/sps/?page=notloggedhome&country=US GradeGuru USA] |
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* [http://www.gradeguru.com/sps/?page=notloggedhome&country=UK GradeGuru UK] |
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[[Category:Notetaking]] |
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[[Category:Tertiary educational websites]] |
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[[Category:Virtual learning environments]] |
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[[Category:Student culture]] |
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