Turnitin

The University subscribes to Turnitin, an online service which enables the text-matching of submitted texts against an extensive library of internet pages, journals, periodicals etc. and student essays previously submitted. It is a tool for use in preventing plagiarism. Turnitin produces an originality report which indicates the percentage of text matched, i.e. the percentage that is thought to have been copied as well as the suspected sources. Turnitin is integrated into Moodle: Turnitin assignments can be set up in any module. Staff can require that coursework is submitted via Turnitin, or can upload students' work for checking on an ad hoc basis. Students can use Turnitin at any time to check their own work (click TEST YOUR TEXT at the top of any Moodle page).

Setting up a dropbox

Setting up a Turnitin assignment dropbox:  How to create a Turnitin assignment drop box

Submission guidelines

Information for students: Please include a link to the Turnitin (& Moodle) assignment submission checklist in the description of your assignment.

Marking

How to mark a Turnitin assignment in Moodle: Simply grading

How to provide feedback and comments in Turnitin

Video of how to mark and give feedback

After marking

University policy requires that assignments be retained for a year after the year in which they are submitted. Assignments in Turnitin are not held on University premises but on Turnitin's own servers and for that reason we recommend that submissions and graded submissions are downloaded at the end of the academic year or when teaching on the module is complete. They can then be stored on a shared drive and/or USB archive according to School policy.  Off-campus services such as Turnitin should not be used as the permanent archive for assignments.

How to download assignments in bulk and graded assignments in bulk: 

Note that the Learning Technology Section do not support Turnitin submissions directly via submit.ac.uk.

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  Turnitin (& Moodle) assignment submission checklist
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  How do I allow my students to see their Turnitin assignment grades and feedback?
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  Using Turnitin within Moodle Assignments
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  How to view your grade and feedback in Turnitin
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  How to re-use and share rubrics in Turnitin assignments — Any rubric created in association with the module can be attached to an assignment to save you recreating it. You can share rubrics with others.
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  How to create rubric assessment criteria in Turnitin — This is a useful assessment method if there are lots of graders in a module.  This ensures consistency when grading assignments. 
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  How to mark a Turnitin assignment in Moodle — How to mark a paper submitted to a Turnitin dropbox within Moodle
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  How to delete a single Turnitin submission to enable submission — By deleting a student's paper submitted to Turnitin, you can clear the dropbox for them to resubmit: useful in the case of a mistake.
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  How to provide feedback and comments in Turnitin — tesIn addition to assigning a grade to an assignment online you can also add comments and overall feedback for students to view.
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  How to create a Turnitin assignment drop box — Instructions on how to create an assignment that submits student work through Turnitin, integrated seamlessly into Moodle. 
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  How to export grades and download assignments from Turnitin — This help page looks at the different grade and assignment export options for Turnitin available to users with editing roles in Moodle.
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  How to create your own Turnitin QuickMarks set and export/import QuickMarks
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  How Turnitin deals with resubmission of the same paper by the same student — How papers match against each other when the same paper is submitted by a student in various circumstances
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  How to view submitted and received reviews in PeerMark within TurnItIn
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  How To setup PeerMark in Turnitin — PeerMark is functionality only available through Turnitin assignments whereby you can include a peer assessment activity.
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  How to exclude University of Nottingham papers from a TurnItIn Originality Report —  This guide will show you how to  remove University of Nottingham papers from a TurnItIn Originality Report so that they are not matched.
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  Turnitin file types and word processor compatibility — The types of file you can submit to Turnitin, and where you might run into trouble.
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  Giving feedback without needing a submission in Turnitin
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  How to mark offline in Turnitin using an iPad/iPhone
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