Turnitin at Oxford

We are pleased to announce the date for the next Turnitin User Group meeting. It will be held on Friday 11 Oct (Week 0), from 14:00 – 16:00, at IT Services, 13 Banbury Road. Please book a place at the … Continue reading →

The University’s Central Administration has made the funds available to purchase another 3-year licence for the use of Turnitin, including the associated products GradeMark and PeerMark. Our thanks go to the University, as well as those who negotiated with the … Continue reading →

From the USA Turnitin providers: “Turnitin service may be intermittently unavailable  during a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday, August 10th, from 7 to  11 AM Pacific Time  (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Turnitin+Maintenance+Period&iso=20130810T07&p1=224&ah=4). An announcement will appear for users within Turnitin in advance of when … Continue reading →

[image credit: http://www.squidoo.com/free-online-teaching-tools#module147349431] From Kathryn Black, Educational Development Co-ordinator, Oxford Learning Institute: “A new resource has been published on the Oxford Learning Institute website: Preventing plagiarism: promoting good writing. I hope you will find it interesting to read this page … Continue reading →

[image credit: Times Higher Education, 20 June 2013] We have often heard about the different perceptions that international students might have about what is considered to be plagiarism in Western universities. Until now, I have had only a vague notion … Continue reading →

On more than one occasion, we have received unsolicited emails from ‘volunteers’ offering “Free plagiarism checking websites for students and teachers”. In one case, on closer investigation, we found that the sender works for a professional essay writing service. Submitting … Continue reading →

  Students consult a variety of sources in their academic writing, such as academic sites, social sites and electronic encyclopaedias (e.g. wikipedia). In today’s electronic age, some unscrupulous students even use ‘cheat’ sites that sell custom essays. The Turnitin providers created … Continue reading →

The following study has been published by the journal Research in Learning Technology: Graham-Matheson, L. & Starr, S. (2013). Is it cheating or learning the craft of writing? Using Turnitin to help students avoid plagiarism. Research in Learning Technology, 21: … Continue reading →

The Turnitin Academy is offering the following free online courses over the summer: Originality, Plagiarism and the Web Best Practices for Teaching with Turnitin Faster, Easier Grading with Grademark Rubrics See the full Turnitin Academy Newsletter for more details, webinars … Continue reading →

WebLearn site maintainers are reminded that it is illegal to distribute or upload into WebLearn, any scanned or downloaded copies of copyrighted material (including books, journals and other publications, images, music and video) without obtaining permission/a licence to do so … Continue reading →