Turnitin 19 jan2012_new

Juliet Stoltenkamp, 19 Jan 2012

Turnitin is an internet based plagiarism detection software.

Educational institutions submit essays and written

assignments to the Turnitin website, which checks the

documents for plagiarism.

Submissions are checked through:

•A current and extensive internet publications

database

•Billions of commercial pages from books, newspapers,

and journals

•Millions of student papers in Turnitin’s repository

(added on for intellectual property)

UWC students will submit their written assignments to

Turnitin, as a deterrent to plagiarism via the web

Turnitin checks for possible plagiarism by comparing

submitted papers to several databases. It scans its own

database(s), and also has licensing agreements with

large academic proprietary databases.

Web- based gateway to Tii

Lecturers can create

assignments and view

class lists with student

numbers with their

originality reports

Students can log in and

submit assignments and

get originality reports.

One gateway: Link to Tii

server

Tii used as a tool to promote

creative writing.

Students submit and get

originality reports.

Students

peruse/navigate report;

discuss reports and

identify errors with

lecturer/tutor

Students rework

documents and resubmit

Process continues till

required level is achieved

Training currently undergoing for both lecturers and

students

Bookings are made through our ICT training team (via

lecturer)

Tii is being used as a deterrent to plagiarism; not as the

benchmark for the affect/aftermath of plagiarism

Lecturer training focuses on using the tool to promote

creative writing and enhance writing practices within UWC.

‘Just-in-time training’: Manuals (lecturer and student) which

can be directly accessed from

http://turnitin.uwc.ac.za/student

Submitted documents- database search:

◦ Current and extensively archived copy of the publicly

accessible internet publications

◦ Commercial pages from books, newspapers, and journals

◦ Millions of student papers already submitted to Turnitin

◦ Massive proprietary database of all Turnitin (Tii)

university repositories

◦ Following, a report is generated.

Report contents: Paper ID > unique

identification for each submission> security

Authors name Class in which

assignment was submitted (created by your lecturer)

Similarity index > Actual matches found on document

Overview of similar matches >

Source report Shows you

similarity matches in descending order

Click on link to see actual source.

Source number enables easy navigation- i.e. to specific match (source) found

Colour differentiation – easy navigation

Source report Text matches within

submitted doc Words –no matches

are shown in grey Matches shown in a

specific color Even misquoted texts

appear as matches within the similarity index.

Assignment inbox Shows you the reports of

the submitted assignments Color coded

Green <25% Yellow25%> &<50% Orange 50%<&<75% Red>75%

Using Tii

Enter your password received from turnitin helpdesk if you are the first time user.

Enter your email address

Change your password to something you’ll remember

Click on the class name

HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER

This page you can see the due date for the assignment. Click on submit/resubmit

Click drop down arrow to select the submission method

Enter submission title

Search for your file that you want to upload.e.g. from your flash drive, hard drive depending where you’ve saved it

Then Click on Upload

This is the preview of

what you are submitting if incorrect you can click on “Return to

upload page”

Then click on submit if you’re certain that

the document is correct.

If you see this page you are done(YOU WILL

RECEIVE EMAIL AS WELL)

Click on the class

How to Read the Originality Report

Click here

Click here to view the report

New Originality reportYou see as the document was submitted with all the

formatting, charts etc

To see which source a highlighted text matches look for the source that has the same number and color indicator as

highlight.

If would like to see the text from the source in order to compare with student text simple click on highlighted text and source comparison window will appear.