Esyin Chew

Senior Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning, Teaching and Assessment

echew@glam.ac.uk

through Blackboard Training for

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Objectives 1. JISC Turnitin

– To understand the concept and advantages of JISC Turnitin through Blackboard – To submit an assignment and interpret the originality report. – To view your assignment and report online

2. Conclusion and Q&A

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• Any of you have heard or used Turnitin or any other Plagiarism detection tools?

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JISC Turnitin2

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Turnitin is recognised worldwide as the standard online plagiarism prevention service.

• Turnitin is the first choice for 450,000 academics in 100 countries at over 6,500 institutions with over 60 millions student papers proceed!

• 95% of UK universities (incl Oxford, Cambridge, Cardiff & Glamorgan) use this award winning technology.

1. What is Turnitin?

Lecturer

Student

To understand the concept and advantages

Create

Assignment

Submission link

Option 1: Download/ Print + mark offline

Option 2: Mark online (GradeMark)

Submit assignment

Turnitin Originality Report

Resubmit assignment before the due date

After the due date…

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Turnitin Originality Report

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Screen Shot for an Originality report

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Screen Shot for an new Originality report

Turnitin • searches against over 9 billion pages of web content,

more than 10,000 subscription-based journals and periodicals articles

• searches against previously submitted paper• supports Originality Reports and content searches in 30

languages• A tool to help you!

1. What is Turnitin?

Create

assignment

Lecturer

Student

Submit assignment

2. To submit an assignment

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2. To submit an assignment from a student’s view

A quick walkthrough: • Select a module / course• Click on the “Assessment” button• What happens after the due date? E.g. Criminology Project

• Submission before due date: Intro to Social Research Method• Assignment information • Click on the “Submit” button• Select “File Upload” • Student name will appear by default • Assignment title followed by a hyphen and then the student ID,

i.e. Assignment1-08123456.doc• Digital receipt will be shown. • Turnitin will e-mail a receipt to the student’s university e-mail

account:

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2. To submit an assignment from a student’s view

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Create

assignment

Lecturer

Student

Turnitin Originality Report

Submit assignment

2. To interpret the originality report

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Turnitin Originality Report

Student’s View:

1. Go to the same “View/Complete” link

2. Click the Show details or Collapse this assignment

3. Click on the coloured percentage bar to bring up the report

2. To interpret the originality report

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2. To interpret the originality report

What is a Originality Report?

• It is Turnitin’s analysis of the submitted assignment, identifying any sections with matched text which may indicate plagiarism.

• An Originality Report is typically generated within 10 to 15 minutes of submission. The report generation time may vary due to the levels of usage during certain periods of the academic year or due to a very large submission.

• Pedagogically, it is not meant to penalise a student but to improve their academic integrity by avoiding plagiarism.

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Old Originality Report

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Previous side-by-side comparison

Turnitin2 side-by-side comparison

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New Originality Report by Turnitin2

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1. In the old originality report, the color of the report icon indicates the overall similarity index of the paper, based on the amount of matching or similar text that was uncovered.

2. IMPORTANT: These indices DO NOT reflect Turnitin’s assessment of whether a paper has or has not been plagiarised. Originality Reports are simply a tool to help an instructor and student find sources that contain text similar to submitted papers.

3. The decision to deem any work plagiarised must be made carefully, and only after in depth examination of both the submitted paper and suspect sources in accordance with the standards of the class and institution where the paper was submitted.

Create

assignment

Lecturer

Student

Turnitin Originality Report

Resubmit assignment before the due date

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Resubmission Same process with the first submission:

• Click on the “Submit” button• Select “File Upload” • Student name will appear by default • Assignment title followed by a hyphen and then the student

ID, i.e. Assignment1-08123456• Digital receipt will be shown. • Turnitin will e-mail a receipt to the student’s university e-mail

account. • However the originality report will be generated 24 hours

later.• Technically this delay is automatic and allows resubmissions to correctly generate

without matching to the previous draft .• Pedagogically, we advice student to make changes and improvement before

submitting the next draft.

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2. To resubmit an assignment

Create

assignment

Lecturer

Student

Turnitin Originality Report

Resubmit assignment before the due date

Option 1: Download + mark offline

Option 2: Mark online (GradeMark)

3. To View your grade

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• Tip - If the GradeMark is not available, the post date of the assignment has not been reached or your lecturer has not yet graded or marked the paper. Contact the lecturer for further information.

• The types of mark that a lecturer can make on a student submission are a combination of any of the following: Grade – your total mark for that particular assignment

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3. To View your grade

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Comments - a comment is equivalent to the note a lecturer would write in the margins of a paper

General comments - a general comment can be added to a paper by the instructor to write a longer statement or overall review and assessment in greater depth without reference to specific marks on the paper

•A rubric - the rubric scorecard button located at the bottom of the screen allows a student to view any rubric scorecard information added to the paper by your lecturer. To read more about the criteria of the rubric scorecard, view the full table using the button provided

To print a graded paper, you will need to click on the printer icon on the tool bar or can use the file tool menu and select print.

• Turnitin only accept text-based document • Rename your file name to [title of the assignment –

student ID]• Keep your digital receipt safe• Make improvement of your assignment by using the

original report. • Benefits for you:

– Formative assessment – Improve academic integrity – Digital receipt – Assessment feedback

Conclusion

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The good news for you!SOURCES OF HELP at Glamorgan • Blackboard

– Study Skills: free course for you (organization)– Support (tab)

• Drop in Centres - http://edic.glam.ac.uk/

• Essay writing skills module• Faculty Advice Shops

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The good news for you!• Your tutor, lecturer and award leader• Library Information and Service Desk

• User Guides (PDF and Video), Turnitin Wiki (FAQ and guides)

• LCSS Helpdesk

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Q&A

Dr. Esyin ChewSenior Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning, Teaching and Assessment echew@glam.ac.uk

Wiki for the Glamorgan Turnitin experience: http://turnitin.wetpaint.com

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