Turnitin at Oxford

Napier University (Edinburgh) created some sample originality reports for making the “interpreting your originality report” video (link below), which is a resource to help improve student referencing skills. The video focuses on matching text where referencing could be improved, and matching … Continue reading →

FEATURED ARTICLES Accidental Plagiarists There is little doubt that a large part of plagiarism incidents are intentional attempts to cheat, perhaps an equal proportion of incidents stems from students that are uninformed or unaware of proper citation and plagiarism. According … Continue reading →

The UK Turnitin Team has made available various training materials to help instructors use Turnitin more effectively. The materials will help you to integrate Turnitin into your curriculum to check for potential plagiarism, conduct peer reviews, and evaluate written work. … Continue reading →

Here are the details for the lunch time course Plagiarism: WebLearn and Turnitin during Hilary Term 2011. Course details are available on the courses database and bookings open 30 days in advance: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/. Plagiarism: WebLearn and Turnitin Wednesday 2 Feb 12:20-13:30 (week 3)

This article is from the October 2010 Turnitin Newsletter. October 2010 Turnitin Newsletter   Reducing the Prevalence of Cheating What steps can educators take to reduce the prevalence of cheating? Recent research published in Mid-Western Educational Researcher looked at high school … Continue reading →

This is from the TurnItIn Sept 2010 newsletter and refers to the submit.ac.uk service. Turnitin now has a new interface and a number of new features. For many it has been a welcome change, and for others there may be … Continue reading →

NEW PRODUCT FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS We are constantly working to improve our services in ways that make a real difference in the daily lives of our students, instructors and administrators. As part of that effort, we created a new Product … Continue reading →

Student Access to Originality Reports Martin King of Royal Holloway University of London conducted an investigation into the use of Turnitin in Higher Education institutions in the UK related to student access to Turnitin. The survey indicated: Nearly 60% of … Continue reading →

The University of Kent has published useful guidelines for academic staff on the use of Turnitin. Visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ai/staff/Turnitinguidelines.html, to find information on the following: Deterring plagiarism Case studies Using Turnitin Useful references Questions and answers

In today’s wired and networked world, it is easy for students to buy essays from so-called ‘essay mills’, or to commission someone to write an essay for them. Here are two recent articles about such activities: Article by Dan Ariely … Continue reading →