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Turnitin – an overview Amy Willis
MUELC: MEB Uni Monday March 9, 2015 9th March 2015
Overview What is Turnitin?
Why use Turnitin?
When?
How?
Important Points
Limitations
Moodle
Q & A
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What is Turnitin? A cloud-based service for originality checking
Compares submitted work with text from the internet
Educative not punitive
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Students submit initial
draft to Turnitin.
Review Turnitin
report and edit further if
required.
Seek further assistance if
required.
Submit final draft for
assessment.
Why use Turnitin?
Interactive tool
Self-correction and teacher guidance
Critical thinking, paraphrasing, citing and referencing
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When?
From Week 9 students will have unlimited access
Week 9: Introduction to Turnitin and follow-up after submission of AB 2
Week 12: Draft essays/reports due
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How: Originality Report
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Originality Report
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Originality Report
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Originality Report
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Important Points
Access Turnitin through Moodle
The first report should generate quickly, within 5 to 15 minutes
Can only generate one report per dropbox per 24 hours
0% similarity is possible, and acceptable
Only the student and their teachers will be able to see submissions
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Limitations
Does not assess referencing and the accuracy of citations
Does not detect plagiarism
A low similarity index
A high similarity index
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Moodle
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Moodle
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Moodle
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Q & A
turnitin.com
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Additional Information
Anglia Learning and Teaching: Interpreting a Turnitin Originality Report
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gB7TGpwoopKI8GZAKyWZTEyuI0Iy60incMZyle82KWI%3d
Monash University Turnitin link:
http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=617135&sid=5149623
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