Turnitin at Oxford

IT Services recently ran a project to review the use of the University’s licences for Turnitin (to screen the coursework of registered Oxford students) and the sister product iThenticate (to screen personal statements and other materials submitted by prospective students). The … Continue reading →

The annual Turnitin User Summit was held in Newcastle on 19 October 2017. As a result of recent corporate changes in the Turnitin organisation, there is a new USA executive management team: Marc Daubach (Chief Executive Officer), Ron Park (Chief … Continue reading →

Complete the staff survey and have a chance to win an Amazon voucher! All staff are invited to complete a survey on the plagiarism screening and awareness tools Turnitin and iThenticate, whether or not you have a teaching role or … Continue reading →

In WebLearn In your WebLearn site, create an assignment using the Assignments tool, and select the Turnitin integration (See our step-by-step guide). When students submit their assignment in WebLearn, Turnitin will generate an Originality Report which is returned into the WebLearn tool, for … Continue reading →

Date: Thursday 23 March Time: 14:00 to 16:00 including refreshments Venue: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road OX2 6NN Booking is required We are delighted that our account manager at TurnitinUK (Jamie Whitehead) will join us at next week’s meeting of … Continue reading →

This post provides additional information to our previous post: New version of Turnitin: Feedback Studio New version of Turnitin called Feedback Studio What? The new version of Turnitin (called Feedback Studio) is simply a new ‘look’ that has been released … Continue reading →

Turnitin has released a major product upgrade that will soon be available at Oxford University. The new version of the service, called Turnitin Feedback Studio, offers all the functionalities of Turnitin, but with a simplified, more intuitive interface designed for … Continue reading →

The Oxford Turnitin User Group meeting took place on 8 December 2016. Philippa O’Connor (Deputy Director, Education Policy Support) informed the group about the University’s new plagiarism strategy. She also talked through the resulting changes to procedures for dealing with poor … Continue reading →

Please join us at the next meeting of the Turnitin User Group: Date: Thursday 8 December 2016 Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm, followed by refreshments Venue: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road Book now to secure your place. Our guest speaker … Continue reading →

UPDATE: 12 January 2017 Turnitin has advised that work on the new integration has been postponed due to staff changes and other constraints in both Turnitin and the Canadian university that is leading the work. Oxford staff need take no … Continue reading →