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Identify and correct potential incidents of plagiarism
- Using Turnitin allows us to support students in developing their academic writing skills by helping them to identify and correct potential incidents of plagiarism. It also promotes the concept of self-regulation and provides reports that can assist academic staff in identifying possible plagiarism offences.
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Turnitin is an originality checking service available to students at the University of Plymouth. It is provided as a tool to help you develop best practice for using and citing other people's work.
How can Turnitin help me? Turnitin can show you where your work is closely matched to that of someone else’s i.e. it lacks originality. You can use the originality report to work out how to improve what you have written. It may be that you need to spend more time reading and understanding the sources you are using so
How it works and what to expect. If you use the Turnitin Assignment tool you will encounter an Originality Report. For a more in depth look at the Originality Report please see this video resource.
Find help for common queries related to student workflows across Turnitin products and features. https://turnitin.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/24493166670221-iThenticate-User. Access troubleshooting support and find answers to frequently asked questions across iThenticate products.
- What Turnitin Does
- Consequences of Matched Text
- Consent
- Turnitin FAQs
Turnitin compares the text of submitted work to sources in its database, which is made up of internet content, selected journals, and previous student submissions. The software then provides an originality report, which identifies the extent of matched text by highlighting the matches and providing an overall percentage match. What Turnitin cannot ...
As above, Turnitin can only show the extent of matched text; it cannot make any judgement about the seriousness of the matches, and whether these may indicate poor academic practice or an attempt to gain unfair advantage. If matched text is identified, the Chair of Examiners (or Degree Committee, as appropriate), will undertake further investigatio...
The University does not require consent from students to submit work to the Turnitin database for the purposes of academic misconduct detection and education, as this is considered one of the contractual, statutory, or public interest purposes in which we manage your personal data; more information on how your data is used can be found on the Unive...
We have collated some Frequently Asked Questions about Turnitin, to help you understand how it is used. If you have further queries about the use of Turnitin, please contact turnitin@admin.cam.ac.ukin the first instance.
Some institutions use Turnitin formatively and do give students access to these reports (usually alongside some form of academic writing support sessions or self-help materials). When should the file be submitted to Turnitin? - You have two choices here: Submit file when first uploaded or Submit file when student sends for marking. Either ...
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As a student, you can only use Turnitin if it has been made available to you by a member of staff. The University of Edinburgh uses Turnitin’s Feedback Studio. This comprises two services: a marking and feedback interface: which allows the viewing of feedback comments.
