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Turnitin is primarily available through Blackboard.

there can be delays (up to 24 hours) in producing the originality report, particularly at busy times.

the database is more limited for languages other than English.

it has limited coverage of password-protected/subscription sites (though Turnitin say that they regularly negotiate with providers to try to widen the coverage of their database).

it may highlight "false positives", eg standard discipline-specific phrases, common sentences which - although not original - probably would not be considered plagiarism, or where a student has made a genuine mistake in referencing.

it will not detect similarities in graphical materials, such as diagrams, images or equations.

it only checks against selected electronic sources (not printed books).

results need to be interpreted by academic staff with subject expertise.

While Turnitin has a number of benefits, staff also need to bear in mind a range of considerations and limitations, which include:

It is integrated with Blackboard, so it can be easily incorporated in an online submission and marking workflow.

It can play a part in helping to deter and detect plagiarism, and provides a systematic, quick and easy way for staff to identify matching text.

It can support academic integrity, helping students to improve their writing, and reinforcing appropriate ways to use and cite source material.

Turnitin also includes Feedback Studio (previously called Grademark) for online marking and Peermark for peer review. For further information on academic integrity see the University policy on academic integrity.

It is most effectively used as part of an overall strategy for supporting academic integrity, including for example - raising student awareness, supporting development of study skills, and considering what forms of assessment may reduce opportunities for plagiarism. The system can also be used formatively to help students develop their academic writing. Once matching text has been flagged up by the system, academic staff can then determine if the content has been used inappropriately. A similarity report is automatically produced, which highlights any text matching a source in the database and provides links to the sources of these matches. When assignments are submitted to Turnitin, the text is compared with sources in the Turnitin database, which include websites, online journals, newspapers and e-books, as well as student work submitted either at Bristol or other institutions. Turnitin is a text-comparison system which is available through Blackboard. You can also view Turnitin's own service status and opt to subscribe to their status updates at. The Digital Education Office monitors Turnitin service status and will notify our users, via the Digital Education Office blog, of any planned maintenance, or when significant disruption is occurring. Unfortunately, however, there has been some recent service disruption. Turnitin have informed us that they "are committed to delivering reliable and consistent service to our customers across the globe who are now faced with new and unprecedented challenges." ( ).

TURNITIN® HOW TO

Faculty who wish to use Turnitin outside of Moodle may contact the Center for Online Learning for information on how to set up a student submission area for their course.*** Turnitin service status during Covid-19 *** PeerMark - General definition (First 4 paragraphs only)įaculty are strongly encouraged to use Turnitin through Moodle as this minimizes potential duplication of user accounts. Access the links below for instructions on how to set up and use Turnitin in Moodle. Faculty may create Turnitin assignments in Moodle to take advantage of the Originality Checker, GradeMark and PeerMark services offered by.

TURNITIN® SOFTWARE

The University has a site license and the Turnitin software is integrated into Moodle. By submitting assignments, a student agrees to these processes. Faculty may require both digital and hard copies of assignments to facilitate the evaluation. These electronic databases often add the submitted material to their sources to compare against other student work. Students should presume that all their written work will be checked against international electronic databases of student work and published sources to detect plagiarism. An Originality Report is generated in a matter of seconds.” Fresno Pacific University is committed to preserving academic integrity. Turnitin is a plagiarism detection tool, allowing instructors to detect potential plagiarism by “comparing students' work against the world's largest comparison database.