Providing supportive student feedback – lunch time talk on 9 May and pilot project

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Adam Marshall

Tutors and Supervisors: How do you mark student essays and other written work? Do you write comments on the hard copy essay, return it to the student and then have no copy of your feedback to them? Do you find … Continue reading →

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WebLearn and Turnitin – meetings and courses

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Adam Marshall

WebLearn User Group Meeting: Wednesday 21 March 2012, 14:00-16:00 at OUCS (followed by tea and cake) At the next meeting of the WebLearn User Group users from Medical Sciences, the Said Business School and the Department of Continuing Education will … Continue reading →

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WebLearn and Turnitin Courses Hilary Term 2012

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Adam Marshall

A variety of taught courses are offered by OUCS free of charge, to support the use of WebLearn and (as from this term) the plagiarism prevention and detection software Turnitin. In most cases, the course books can also be downloaded … Continue reading →

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Supporting Institutional Practice for feedback and Assessment (SIPA) Project

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Adam Marshall

The WebLearn team is investigating, promoting and supporting the use of the external Turnitin plagiarism detection and prevention service and allied products GradeMark (online marking and annotations) and PeerMark (student peer marking and assessment). Turnitin is integrated into the WebLearn … Continue reading →

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Avoiding plagiarism: two free online courses for Oxford University members

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Adam Marshall

Two free online courses are offered via WebLearn for Oxford University students and staff: Avoiding Plagiarism 1: This is a tailor-made online skills course, providing an introduction to the issues surrounding plagiarism. It will help users to acquire some of … Continue reading →

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Advice for universities on student plagiarism (JISC)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Adam Marshall

News release: 31 March 2011 Advice for universities on student plagiarism The Academic Integrity Service (AIS), managed by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) with JISC, has today published a report to enable higher education institutions to review and develop their … Continue reading →

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Preventing student papers from being added to the Turnitin database

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Adam Marshall

This post courtesy of Jill Fresen: When using the Assignments tool in WebLearn, the default behaviour is that student papers do get added to the Turnitin database; however, they are used only for comparison purposes and are not released or … Continue reading →

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Turnitin Newsletter – November 2010

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Adam Marshall

Student Access to Originality Reports Martin King of Royal Holloway University of London conducted an investigation into the use of Turnitin in Higher Education institutions in the UK related to student access to Turnitin. The survey indicated: Nearly 60% of … Continue reading →

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A Report Investigating the Effectiveness of the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Adam Marshall

A report has recently been released about the use of Turnitin in terms of its effectiveness. The White Paper “The Effectiveness of Turnitin and WriteCycle” (White Paper from turnitin.com, 2009) reports on the use of Turnitin worldwide in helping to … Continue reading →

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