A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin

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1 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service What is Turnitin? Turnitin is the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK. Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. Each instance of matching text should be examined individually for full and correct referencing. If you intend to use Turnitin, you need to consider: Departmental guidelines and procedures for online submission Archiving of work stored electronically University Guidelines on using Turnitin Adequately preparing your students for Turnitin Accessing the Turnitin Service The Turnitin service can be accessed via any web browser at To access the service you will need your University username and password. If you need help using Moodle please contact your Faculty Learning Technologist ( Creating a Moodle Module Before using the Turnitin service, you need a Moodle module. All SDS-registered modules are automatically created in Moodle and populated with students. If you have any unusual requirements please contact your FLT (see above). Creating a Turnitin assignment Before you or your students can submit an assignment to the Turnitin service, you will need to create a Turnitin assignment. In order to create a Turnitin assignment you must have access to a Moodle module as a teacher. With editing on, to create an assignment: 1. Select Turnitin from the activities drop down menu of a section. 2. Enter an assignment title and assignment instructions; indicate whether more than one submission is allowed and if the originality report will be made available to students. These instructions should also be given separately to students as this area is not automatically shown to students when they submit work. 3. Add a point value if you are using Turnitin GradeMark and want to store and return the grade electronically to your students. This is the mark value you assign to this piece of work. 4. Set availability dates and decide whether to allow late submissions. Any submissions made after this period will be marked as late. 5. Click Save and display to continue. 6. You will now be taken to the Turnitin web site to complete the process. Decide whether to create a paper assignment or revision assignment (explained in the next section). Most users will require a paper assignment. 7. To create your assignment click Submit. 8. Optionally, click more options to change any of the advanced settings: 9. Generate Originality Reports for student submissions:

2 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin 2 immediately (first report is final): your students will be able to see the originality report immediately on submission but they will only be able to submit their assignment once; immediately (can overwrite reports until due date): your students will be able to see the originality report immediately on submission and will be able to resubmit their assignment as often as they like up to the due date (note: only the first report will be generated immediately, subsequent reports are delayed for 24 hours); on due date: the originality report will only be released on the assignment s due date; however, your students may submit their assignment as often as they like up to the due date. 10. Submit papers to allows you to decide whether Turnitin will submit any assignments to the Turnitin database, which means that subsequent submissions will be checked against these assignments. Note: If you do not use this option you will not be able to check this assignment against past student papers. 11. If required, change the search targets which are to be checked when an assignment is submitted. 12. When you have made the required changes click Submit to create your assignment Creating a Revision Assignment Using the paper assignment procedure outlined above, your students can submit one paper (and receive one final originality report) per assignment. If you would like them to be able to submit a draft paper plus a revised paper you can create an assignment as described above for the draft paper and then create a revision assignment by selecting revision assignment from the create a new dropdown menu (shown right). Using a revision assignment means that a submission is not checked against itself and that you have a copy of the originality report for both the draft paper and final submission. Editing your Assignment To edit your assignment: 1. Locate the required Turnitin assignment and to view it click on its title. 2. Click on the Update this assignment button (top-right corner) 3. Make the required changes and click the save and display button. 4. Make any necessary changes to the other options. To confirm the changes click on the submit button.

3 3 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin Information for students using the Moodle and Turnitin assignment tools is available in the booklet entitled Learning with Moodle: Uploading your Assignment. This can be downloaded from Students should be informed that you intend to use the Turnitin service and should be given practical experience of Turnitin including using an Originality Report. Further information on the University Guidelines for using Turnitin are available from the staff pages of the Academic Integrity website at: Introducing Turnitin to your Students How do my students submit an assignment? An assignment can consist of a word document (.doc), a text file (.txt), a web page (.html), rich text file (.rtf) or Adobe Reader file (.pdf). To submit an assignment to the Turnitin service, your students should: 1. Click on the title of the appropriate Moodle module from My Modules. 2. Locate the Turnitin assignment and click its title or icon 3. From the assignment list click on the submit link 4. To upload an electronic copy of a paper assignment they should ensure the file upload option is selected from the drop 4 down Submit a paper by menu. 5. They must enter their name. 6. They must enter an assignment title. 7. Use the Browse button to locate and select the appropriate assignment file to be uploaded. 8. Finally they should click on the submit button Turnitin will present them with a text-only preview of their assignment. To confirm their choice they should click on the yes, submit button. If they have uploaded the incorrect file, they can click on the cancel, go back option and reselect the correct file 8 to be uploaded. Once the student has fully submitted their assignment they will be presented with a digital receipt: 6 5

4 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin To return to the assignment list click on the portfolio icon. 11. If you have allowed your students to see the Originality Report, it will be visible to them after refreshing the page (see below for details of the Originality Report ). How can I upload my students assignments? To upload your students assignments yourself: 1. Create a Turnitin assignment as outlined above in Creating an Assignment. 2. From the Teach tab, select the appropriate assignment. 3. Click on the submit paper button There are four options to upload your students assignments: I. file upload enables you to upload one file at a time. Select the name of the student from the author drop down list, which will contain all students enrolled on your module. Browse for the appropriate file, give the assignment a title and finally click on submit. II. cut & paste enables you to copy the text from an assignment and paste it into a text box for submission to the Turnitin service. Select the name of the student from the author drop down list, which contains all students enrolled on your module, copy and paste the text into the text box and finally submit the assignment. III. bulk upload enables you to upload a number of files at a time. Browse for the appropriate file, select the name of the student from the author drop down list, click on the attach button and repeat this procedure until all files have been attached. Finally click on submit. IV. zip file enables you to upload up to 1000 files at a time. You will need to zip all your student assignments and then upload the zip file using the browse button and to complete the upload process click on submit. 5. Turnitin will present you with a text only version of the assignment(s) and to confirm the upload you should click on the yes, submit button. If you have uploaded the incorrect file(s), click on the no, go back option and reselect the correct file(s) to be uploaded. 6. You will be presented with a digital receipt. 7. To return to the assignment inbox, click on the assignment inbox link. Viewing and Downloading Students Assignments To view and download a student assignment from the Turnitin service: 1. Inside the appropriate Moodle module, locate the Turnitin assignment required. 2. The assignment list will be displayed. You have two options: I. To view an individual student assignment click on the appropriate file icon ( ). A small window will appear and to view and download the assignment, select the required file format. When prompted either save or open the assignment as required. II. To view and download a number of student assignments select the required files using the tick boxes and click on the download button. A small window will appear and to

5 5 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin view and download the assignments select the required file format. A zip file will be created containing all requested assignments. When prompted either save or open the zipped file as required. The Originality Report Originality Reports provide a summary of any matching text found in a submission. The colour of the originality icon indicates the amount of matching text found. Note: the Originality Report does not indicate that an assignment has or has not been plagiarised; it is a tool to help you identify sources of matching text. The decision as to whether an assignment has been plagiarised or not lies with you and your department and should be made only after careful examination of the submitted assignment and identified potential sources of plagiarism. Viewing the Originality Report 1. Locate the appropriate Turnitin assignment. 2. Click on the report icon of the submission you wish to view ( ) 3. A new browser window will open (pictured below) containing the requested originality report. In the left hand panel of the originality report you will see the submitted assignment (a); any matched text will be highlighted (b). In the right hand panel you will see listed the source document of any matched text (c); you can click on the matched text to view the original source. a d b c 4. This picture shows an originality report in the mode show highest matches together. This mode allows you to temporarily hide any sources you do not wish to include in the report by clicking the small x on the right of each percentage indicator (d). This mode must be changed to show matches one at a time to reinstate any temporarily hidden matches, click the + sign for the source. 5. You can also: I. exclude or include quoted text; II. exclude or include the bibliography ; III. create a printable view of the originality report using the print option;

6 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin 6 IV. save a copy of the originality report to your computer or network drive using the save option; 6. close the report using the X browser button. Frequently Asked Questions Can my students refuse permission for me to use the Turnitin service? The Data Protection Act 1998 sets out when and how personal data can be processed. We must comply with one of the two conditions in Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act These are: Condition 1: The data subject has given his consent to the processing. Condition 6: (1) The processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the data controller or by the third party or parties to whom the data are disclosed, except where the processing is unwarranted in any particular case by reason of prejudice to the rights and freedoms or legitimate interests of the data subject. The University will obtain a student s consent during the registration process at the start of the year. If consent is given, Condition 1 is fulfilled. Without consent, the University may use Condition 6 to process the data, on the basis that quality of marking and detection of academic deceit are legitimate interests of the University (advice from the JISC Legal Service). My students cannot access my Moodle module. What should I do? In the case of individual students you should first check that they have been enrolled in SDS. Once enrolled in SDS it may take up to 48 hours for a student to receive access to the module in Moodle. If none of your students can access the module, first check that it is available to students, if so you should contact the Computing Helpdesk immediately, to ensure that the automatic enrolment service has been set up. Once this has been setup, students will see your module listed within their Moodle module listing. Why do I need to use Moodle to access Turnitin? We use Moodle to access Turnitin for three reasons: Firstly your students would otherwise be required to remember another username and password issued by Turnitin. Secondly, you would be required to undertake a number of onerous administrative tasks such as setting up a class and either creating student accounts or ensuring students have secured access themselves, before creating an assignment and finally, both you and your students would need to become familiar with another online system. Using Moodle avoids all these problems and issues. One of my students has missed the cut-off date for an assignment. What should I do? You can accept an electronic and paper copy delivered to you, and as an instructor, you can upload the assignment to the Turnitin service yourself (see above). This is recommended if you wish to accept a small number of late assignments. I suspect plagiarism, but did not use the Turnitin service, can I check an assignment at a later date? An assignment can be set up in two ways in your Moodle module: as a Moodle assignment or as a Turnitin assignment. Only Turnitin assignments are automatically checked against the Turnitin system. If you have received assignment submissions to the Moodle system and you suspect plagiarism in one or more assignments, you must upload the entire batch of assignments to Turnitin (see above). To do this, you need to create a Turnitin assignment within Moodle. You can then

7 7 A Very Quick Guide to Turnitin upload up to 1000 files at a time (in a zip format), or you can choose to upload files individually (see above for full details). I suspect plagiarism, but nothing has been matched by Turnitin. What should I do? The determination of plagiarism relies on academic judgement, not on the percentage shown in the Turnitin Originality Report. If you suspect plagiarism, you may wish to further check the work using a web search engine such as Google, as this will include some web material which is not covered by Turnitin, for example, subscription or password-protected sites. Turnitin will not replace your departmental guidelines on academic misconduct, and you should continue to follow departmental and university policies currently in place to deal with suspected cases of plagiarism. University regulations on dealing with academic misconduct: available at Annex 10: Academic Discipline: Procedures. Where can my students get help with using Moodle and Turnitin? There is a series of booklets designed and written to help students use Moodle and Turnitin. These booklets are available from the Computing Service Reception; the Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching or online at Further Information For more information about academic integrity, plagiarism and using the Turnitin service please visit: Contact Information For further information about using Turnitin and plagiarism please contact The Curriculum and Educational Development Team: turnitin-help@kent.ac.uk Web: For further information about Moodle or elearning in general, please contact your Faculty Learning Technologist: elearning@kent.ac.uk Web: