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Instructional Development
Learning Resource Division

Turn It In - Demo

 

 

 

 

Website Link (hold Shift key then click to open in a new window)
http://turnitin.com

TurnItIn -- Independent of Blackboard or as a special content item in Bb
Account created
Class created
Assignment created
Students will submit papers and view originality reports (Preference setting!)
Passwords are 6-12 characters, 1 number, 1 letter required
Preferences > Let students see Originality Reports > submit
File types supported: Word, WordPerfect, Rich Text, Text, Acrobat, Postscipt, HTML
Email required when students submit papers because the system sends them a message with temporary password

Create a folder for student work on hard drive, subfolders for each assignment
Assignment names should be related to project

Turnitin – Independent of Bb
The five page Quickstart Instructor Manual is available online at
http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_instructor_qs.pdf

The three-page Quickstart Student Manual is available online at
http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_student_qs.pdf

The 72-page Instructor Manual is available online at (2.7 MB)
http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_instructor_guide.pdf

The 26-page Student Manual is available online at (1 MB)
http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_student_guide.pdf

Strategies by colleagues:
Melissa Green After logging into TII, I'll create a class, an assignment. I can be a student in this class when I use my home email account. This tip lets me see both sides of the process. Another tip: I use two web browsers so I can log in as an instructor in Firefox and as a student in Internet Explorer.

Troy Myers I've been using TII for several years through the CVC. At orientation I show every student how to use TII and they open accounts. Yes, they need emails, so we do this first, though most students already have an email. Then I show them what a sample originality report looks like after I define plagiarism very carefully and then scare the socks off of them. You cheat, you fail.

The student must submit each out of class paper to TII, not me. I have the TII folder open as I grade and I do actually check the essays. The students, of course, are submitting electronic copies, either cut and paste or direct upload. Yes I let them see the reports if they wish. For me, true plagiarism does not result in an opportunity for corrections. The sloppy citing student may fix the paper before I grade it; I do not ask them to resubmit to turnitin.

Come back soon for reports from ...

Ann Lewis
Pam Lindell
and more

QUESTIONS from the IT Committee demonstration:
What are the other dates for demos & training on TII?
How can students submit papers, see Originality Report and make edits and resubmit for a grade?
How do you present TII to students?
How have you handled plagiarism since using TII?
How has TII changed how students submit research papers for your classes?

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