Turnitin at Oxford

WebLearn and Turnitin can be used in conjuction with each other, with the intervention of an admistrator, to receive assignment or essay submissions, distribute them to examiners, and put them through the Turnitin text matching system. *** NOTE: Permission needs … Continue reading →

The demitting proctors usually report on plagiarism cases they have dealt with, and in the past, they have mentioned the use of ‘screening software’ to investigate cases of possible plagiarism. You might like to read Melissa Highton’s blog posting: “A … Continue reading →

There are several different Turnitin products and licences. The University of Oxford has a licence for Turnitin (Academic), which allows the screening of work of registered Oxford students, submitted in terms of curriculum requirements. There is a separate product, Turnitin … Continue reading →

Students are strongly advised against the use of websites claiming to check their work for plagiarism. A student recently uploaded their work, only to discover too late that the website concerned was potentially fraudulent. This has caused great distress and … Continue reading →

From Adam Marshall, WebLearn Service Manager: It is planned to upgrade WebLearn to version 2.8-ox3 on Tuesday 25 September 2012 7-9am. There will be no service during this period. In addition, the ‘Turnitin via WebLearn Assignments Tool’ service will be … Continue reading →

The WebLearn Assignments tool enables a tutor or lecturer to set up an ‘assignment’, allowing students to upload electronic essays. WebLearn keeps track of submissions and allows online or offline marking and commenting on the essay. The tool is integrated … Continue reading →

The Turnitin User Group site in WebLearn is located at https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/info/plag/tiiug. It is a joinable site, open to all. Joining/Leaving the WebLearn site There is a link on the site Home Page to join the site. On joining, you become … Continue reading →

The inaugural meeting of the Oxford University Turnitin User Group was held at OUCS on 30 April 2012. We plan to hold a face-to-face meeting once per term. Look out for it on the Courses database where booking will open … Continue reading →

 (Image credit: French School (15th century), Bridgeman Education, Image no. XIR192862) Dr Catherine Walter, University Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Fellow of Linacre College is a member of the Turnitin User Group. She found and translated this very apt piece. It … Continue reading →

The use of Turnitin at Oxford University continues to grow, both by using the direct Turnitin UK submissions system, and through the Assignments tool in WebLearn. We now have approx 143 Turnitin Instructor accounts; 30 new ones were created during HT2012. … Continue reading →