Transcript TurnItIn
TurnItIn Using TurnItIn DropBoxes in WTClass What TurnItIn Does Turnitin Originality Checking allows educators to check students' work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against continuously updated databases. Every Originality Report provides instructors with the opportunity to teach their students proper citation methods as well as to safeguard their students' academic integrity. The Benefits Encourages Proper Citation Over 12 Billion Web Pages Crawled & Archived Over 100 Million Student Papers Over 80,000 Major Newspapers, Magazines & Scholarly Journals Thousands Of Books Including Literary Classics Printable Reports Side-By-Side Comparison How do I use it? Easy as using a WTClass Drop Box In the Lessons Folder go to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Add Content TurnItInDropBox Select ‘Paper Assignment’ Press ‘Next’ Configure settings (Title, points, start and due dates) 6. Press ‘Submit’ For the students Very similar to a traditional drop box ◦ Upload a file Students receive a digital receipt of their submission. Students can view: ◦ Originality Report ◦ Grade ◦ Grade Mark (instructor comments/corrections) What does the faculty see? Everything! ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ The original file The Originality Report Grade Marks Grade Date submitted What is on this Originality Report? Simplest: A percentage between 0% and 100% ◦ Lower numbers are good – high numbers indicate high levels of plagiarism ◦ File – will show the original formatting and charts, images, graphs, etc. ◦ Other reports change the formatting of the student paper Full Report How to use the Originality Report Originality Report Training Video ◦ http://cdn.turnitin.com/resources/multimedia/t raining/turnitin/instructor/view_report/view_r eport.htm GradeMark Training Video Student Training Video ◦ http://www.turnitin.com/static/support_video _gallery.html