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Introduction to Turnitin
Intended outcomes
At the end of this session it is expected that participants will be familiar with
• Navigating through the Turnitin settings via LEO
• Viewing an originality report for a sample submission
• Selecting Turnitin settings for marking
Turnitin: is a Text matching tool • Checks electronically submitted papers against
the Turnitin database of academic publications, internet and other student papers.
• Turnitin Assignment is available in LEO units • Turnitin licence includes: Originality Check,
GradeMark • Turnitin Assignment is expected to be
available in LEO on July 9th
Policy
• Default settings are expected to become part of the revised Academic Honesty Policy
Will lecturers be directed to use it or is it a choice?
• Decisions are made at the faculty level. It is the responsibility of the lecturer to ask the relevant staff in their faculty about standard practice.
Process
• Academic creates Turnitin assignment
• Student submits assignment – Student may view originality report and resubmit
until due date
• Academic views submissions – Academic accesses Originality report
• Academic grades submissions
Go toTurnitin Assignment http://acutest.androgogic.com/
1. Create a Turnitin Assignment Turn
editing on
2. Select the Turnitin Assignment from the Add an Activity (drop
down menu)
4. Before you save and display check the general and advanced
Turnitin settings
3. Add Assignment name, enter
assessment details in Summary field
Turnitin: General Field Action
Turnitin Assignment Name This is a mandatory field: enter the simple short name for your assignment
Summary This is a mandatory field: enter the assessment description and details
Submission Type Default: ANY SUBMISSION TYPE (file types includes docx, html, Wordperfect, txt, rtf, and pdf, it does not accept PPT)
Number of Parts Default : 1 (max. 5)
Maximum File Size Default: 20MB
Overall Grade Default: 100
Student Originality Reports Default: YES
Turnitin: Advanced options Field Action
Allow Late Submissions YES
Report Generation Speed Default: GENERATE REPORT IMMEDIATELY, REPORTS CAN BE OVERWRITTEN UNTIL DUE DATE
Store Student Papers Default: STANDARD REPOSITORY
Check against stored student papers Default: YES
Check against internet Default: YES
Check against journal, periodicals and publications
Default: YES
Exclude Bibliography Default: NO
Exclude Quoted Marks Default: NO
Exclude Small matches Default: Blank (no more they 2% recommended)
Enable e-rater No: ETS Handbook Advanced E-rater Dictionary: Both US and UK English Dictionaries E-rater Categories: spelling, Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, Style (all ticked)
Academics
If using Turnitin Assignment in your LEO unit: • Inform student Originality reports can take up to 24
hours to generate especially if students are resubmitting
• Inform students to allow enough time before the assignment due date for the originality report to be generated
• Direct students to academic skills or the library for assistance interpreting originality reports
• Please ensure students do not change official student email address
Summary A Turnitin Assignment automatically defaults to 1 week from the date the assignment was created. To change the start, due or post date click on the Turnitin assignment on your LEO unit 1. Click on the Turnitin Assignment link in your LEO unit 2. Click on SUMMARY TAB 3. Under the Assignment Part, click on the Pencil icon to edit 4. Click Submit to save changes
Submission Inbox To access student submissions and originality reports: 1. Click on Turnitin Assignment link in LEO unit 2. In the Assignment page, click on the Submission Inbox tab 3. Under a students name click on the plus sign (+) to open and view parts 4. Under the Similarity column, click on the % (colour scheme) to view originality report matching student submission against Turnitin database sources.
Turnitin OriginalityCheck Overall summary
Direct source summary
Click on full source link to view matching text as shown in context
Full source: matching text is blocked
Turnitin GradeMark Add voice comments
Insert comments Click and Drag
comments
Interpreting Originality Reports • What percentages are safe?
– There are no clear cut rules as all work will probably contain some words from other sources. However a high percentage would be anything over 25% (Yellow/Orange /Red)
• Quotation and referencing • Paraphrasing • Common words and phrases • Students reusing work
Specific strategies to enhance academic integrity in a unit
• Design curriculum to prevent plagiarism. • Model good practice (in unit resources). • Clarify what’s required of students in assessment
work. • Clarify expectations and acceptable academic
writing. • Using text matching tool “Turnitin Assignment” in
LEO for marking written work.
Turnitin support resources
• Libguides: LEO support for staff
• http://libguides.acu.edu.au/LEO