New Turnitin Guides site

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Jill Fresen

In mid July 2024, Turnitin’s help guidance will be moving to a new platform with improved organization, clarified content, better search functionality, and integration with Turnitin’s Customer Support Help Center. Turnitin users will access the improved help guidance at guides.turnitin.com. … Continue reading →

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Free Turnitin workshops 2024

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Jill Fresen

New FREE workshops and dates for 2024 are available from the Turnitin providers. You can sign up to receive a recording if you cannot attend the session. They are a good way for you to enhance your knowledge about using … Continue reading →

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NewsGuard: check the veracity of online news services

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Jill Fresen

[Edited 29 July 2021: Unfortunately, the free access to NewsGuard was terminated on 30 June 2021, so this free app is no longer available. It is unlikely that the University will pursue a paid-for version.] Turnitin now has a partnership … Continue reading →

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Resources to assist Turnitin instructors

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Jill Fresen

This information about support resources was provided by the Turnitin suppliers to the Heads of e-Learning Forum on 14 July 2020. Support centre (including knowledge articles and user guides) Instructor quick start guide Instructor hub Turnitin Feedback Studio video guides … Continue reading →

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Turnitin free webinars

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Jill Fresen

Turnitin is offering a series of webinars, focusing on strategies that aim to overcome the challenges posed by remote teaching and learning. Dates: 14 and 19 May 2020 Time: 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST Find out more (including ‘tips for remote teaching’) and … Continue reading →

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Take a look at the Oxford Turnitin FAQs

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Jill Fresen

[Update 8 February 2021: The Turnitin staff support site has been moved from WebLearn to Canvas: Plagiarism awareness for staff. The same information may be found in the new site.] The Turnitin staff support site (in WebLearn) includes a set … Continue reading →

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How can Turnitin be used to investigate the academic integrity of a piece of student writing?

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Jill Fresen

With the need for remote teaching (and particularly open-book exams), we foresee a need for more staff members around the University to make use of Turnitin to screen student work to check for possible text matches to other sources. To … Continue reading →

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Turnitin new add-on: Authorship Investigate

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Jill Fresen

Recent articles (see below) have highlighted growing concern about students purchasing made-to-order essays and assignments from so-called ‘essay mills’ or ‘essay writing services’ and how universities need to raise awareness about the practice and the risks involved. The practice is known as … Continue reading →

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Turnitin’s summary of UK User Summit (19 Oct 2017)

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Jill Fresen

This blog already contains an entry on the national UK User Summit that was held in Newcastle on 19 October 2017. Here is a summary (with links to further information) provided by Turnitin after the event: More education is needed … Continue reading →

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Turnitin and iThenticate review project – Update

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Jill Fresen

The Turnitin and iThenticate Review project aimed to find out if Oxford’s plagiarism screening and awareness tools (including Turnitin and iThenticate) continue to meet the needs of staff and students. A staff survey was conducted during September 2017. Details about the … Continue reading →

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