Turnitin integrations

TurnitinUK is experiencing an intermittent issue that impacts integrations. This may affect Weblearn Assignment submissions which use the Turnitin option. iParadigms are working to resolve this and will provide updates.

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Turnitin User Group site in WebLearn

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

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Turnitin User Group Inaugural meeting

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

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Intermittent Problem with Turnitin

There is an intermittent issue which is affecting many users in the UK. We contacted all users who were being affected with this problem earlier today and sent a message out via the @iParadigms_Eur  twitter account for those that asked for … Continue reading

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Turnitin Webinars

Webinars Introductory Training See schedule for dates. http://community.turnitin.com/?dailytraining Turnitin Talk: New and Upcoming Features 08 May http://pages.turnitin.com/Talk0512_register.html ***** Turnitin Academy Live Faster, Easier Grading with GradeMark 24 Apr http://pages.turnitin.com/AcademyGM3_register.html Watch recordings of past Turnitin Academy Live webinars. http://community.turnitin.com/?page=academy

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Turnitin Case study and blog post

Case Study: Efficiencies in Assessments through Turnitin Peter Reed’s blog post on how Manchester Metropolitan University used Turnitin  and GradeMark to create new processes to improve the assessment-feedback cycle. http://scieng-elearning.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/efficiencies-in-assessments-through.html Blog: Lazy Student Turned Literary Scholar: A Cautionary Tale English professor … Continue reading

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Transform your writing like bees transform pollen

 (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

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Turnitin User Group

We shall be holding our inaugural Turnitin User Group meeting on 30th April at 2pm at OUCS. Topics will include: setting the terms of reference for the Turnitin User Group  in response to users’ input a report on a meeting … Continue reading

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Turnitin use growing at Oxford University

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

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Turnitin Document Viewer issue

There is currently an intermittent issue with the document viewer and this is preventing Originality and GradeMark reports being viewed. This was reported to the US team at 11am and is no being investiagated and further updates will be sent … Continue reading

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