TURNITIN ACADEMY
MARCH 2011
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Excluding Quotes in Originality Reports
The exclude quotes feature in Originality Reports reduces the noise in similarity matches so instructors can better evaluate the level of originality in assignments. Many instructors, however, choose to leave quoted materials highlighted to assess the paper’s originality in its entirety.
Turnitin makes it easy to exclude quoted text when viewing the Originality Report:
1. Click on the filters and settings icon (the funnel icon near the bottom of the sidebar)
2. Check the “Exclude Quotes” filter
3. Click “Apply Changes”
Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to Exclude Quotes.
http://turnitin.com/static/helpCenter/excluding_quoted_material.php
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Save Time, Grade Better: GradeMark Shortcuts
Cath Ellis, an English literature instructor and Turnitin power user, shares four GradeMark shortcuts she discovered after grading a virtual stack of essays.
1. Overlaying highlighted matches in GradeMark
2. Searching for QuickMark comments
3. Using keystrokes to save comments
4. Adding comments to highlighted passages
Read on her blog how these shortcuts saved Cath over four hours of grading.
http://cathellis13.blogspot.com/2011/02/grademark-shortcuts.html
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