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      • No. You are welcome to use the ASC Turnitin at any time for any written work, but doing so will not submit your assignment to your instructor. You must use your instructor's course in Turnitin for any submissions related to your course work.
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  1. The creation of a class is the first step towards using the Turnitin services available to your institution. A Turnitin class groups assignments, helping you to organize student submissions. Once your classes have been created, you can start creating assignments. Read more.

    • To Use Turnitin, Instructors Must Add A Turnitin Drop Box to Their Learn Course
    • Turnitin Creates An “Similarlity Report” For Each Submission
    • How Can Instructors Use This Tool Most Effectively in Their Course?
    • Using Turnitin as A Learning Activity
    • Using Turnitin as A Plagiarism Tool
    • Practical Considerations
    • Support
    • Resources
    • References

    Students submit electronic files to the Turnitin drop box. These files are housed on the Turnitin server and on the D2L server. The text in each student’s submission is compared to a large database of other students’ submissions that have been collected through Turnitin from many institutions and to textual material located on the web (for example,...

    The similarlity report highlights the phrases and series of words that match text already in the Turnitin database, or on the web, and generates an overall similarity index percentage that represents the number of words that the program finds in common with database content and divides that number by the total number of words in the file. For examp...

    Based on the literature and results of the Turnitin pilot at the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo, here are some considerations for the use of Turnitin.

    Turnitin can be used as a formative or low-stakes assessment around paraphrasing or citation that allows students to review their results and resubmit their assignment after they have addressed the...
    If students are going to look at similarlity reports of their own submissions as part of a learning activity, make sure that they are taught how to interpret the report; many students have reported...
    To help avoid misconduct, clearly define plagiarism within the context of your discipline and how it relates to the assignment that is being submitted, and explain the extent to which students are...
    Taking time in class at the beginning of term to discuss academic integrity and providing resources for students who may not fully understand plagiarism can reduce unintentional plagiarism (Ledwith...
    Scaffolded assignments where students hand in a series of documents that illustrate the construction and evolution of major papers for instructor feedback can help to document the development of th...
    Recognize that the use of Turnitin may control plagiarism through the threat of detection rather than by instilling academic values in students (Ledwith & Risquez, 2008).
    In the Waterloo pilot study, it was reported by faculty that Turnitin may not be helpful for the review of tables of numbers because it focuses on text. Turnitin will not flag any numbers in a docu...
    Using Turnitin may result in more time required to mark assignments, and you may want to factor in the reading of the Turnitin report into the time allowed for marking by you or your teaching assis...
    Recognize that a greater incidence of reported plagiarism could occur with the use of Turnitin and that University of Waterloo faculty are required to report any incidences of academic misconduct a...
    Expect that students will appeal the plagiarism charges and be prepared to go through the appeal process.

    If you would like support applying these tips to your own teaching, CTE staff members are here to help. View the CTE Supportpage to find the most relevant staff member to contact.

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    TurnitinQuick Guide for Instructors (pdf)
    Emerson, L., Rees, M. & MacKay, B. (2005). Scaffolding academic integrity: Creating a learning context for teaching referencing skills.  Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3a)...
    Goddard, R. & Rudzki, R. (2005). Using an electronic text-matching tool (Turnitin) to detect plagiarism in a New Zealand university.  Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2(3a) 58–63.
    Johnson, A. & Clerehan, R. (2005). A rheme of one’s own: How ‘original’ do we expect students to be?Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3a) 37–47.
    Ledwith, A. & Risquez, A. (2008). Using anti-plagiarism software to promote academic honesty in the context of peer reviewed assignments. Studies in Higher Education 33 (4) 371–384.
  2. Turnitin® is a text matching tool that is commonly used to detect plagiarism, but it can also be integrated into course activities as an educational tool to help students understand the proper use of quotation marks, how to cite sources properly, and how to paraphrase.

  3. If a lecturer chooses to use Turnitin for a particular Course or Assignment, the lecturer will create a 'Turnitin Assignment' within Wattle. When a student submits a 'Turnitin Assignment' within Wattle, the assignment will then be submitted to Turnitin for text-matching.

  4. Sep 24, 2024 · If a lecturer opts to use Turnitin for a course or assignment, the lecturer will create a 'Turnitin Assignment' within Blackboard or Moodle. When a student submits a 'Turnitin Assignment' within Blackboard or Moodle, the assignment will then be submitted to Turnitin for text-matching.

  5. Turnitin® Guidelines for Instructors, page 2. The following statement must appear in every course outline: Turnitin.com: Text matching software (Turnitin®) may be used to screen assignments in this course. Turnitin® is used to verify that all materials and sources in assignments are documented.

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  7. You can begin to use Turnitin directly within your Canvas courses. By creating an assignment in Canvas you can either use the External Tool option or select the Plagiarism Review drop-down menu to create an assignment that will generate Turnitin Similarity Reports for submitted papers.

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