Delayed: New WebLearn-Turnitin integration

Our previous blog post (dated 28 July 2016) described upcoming changes to the WebLearn-Turnitin integration, with an expected termination of the old system on 31 December 2016. The Turnitin providers informed us on 11 August that, due to the needs … Continue reading

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Turnitin User Group 15 March 2016 14:00

Join us to find out about the various avenues available for using the plagiarism awareness software, Turnitin. Date: Tuesday 15 March 2016 Time: 14:00 – 16:00 including tea and biscuits Venue: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road Booking: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/TTEP Agenda: A … Continue reading

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TurnitinUK domain to change by Dec 2015

Dear Turnitin users at Oxford We received the message below from the Turnitin suppliers. Note that no action is required at the moment – this is simply advance warning that those of you who access TurnitinUK through their website will … Continue reading

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New resource: Guides.turnitin

News from the Turnitin suppliers: ‘Guides.turnitin’ is almost here! Turnitin will soon launch a new platform to store all product resources conveniently in one place. This new platform, Guides.turnitin, will provide users with: Easily accessible, specialised product manuals that are tailored … Continue reading

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Turnitin User Group – questions for central administration

[This blog post is directed to members of Oxford University] We are working towards clarifying plagiarism policies and the use of Turnitin at the university. One of the most helpful things is to talk to others from other faculties and … Continue reading

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Planned downtime for Turnitin on 11 October 2014

The Turnitin service may be intermittently unavailable during a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday, 11 October 2014, from 15:00 to 19:00 BST. An announcement will appear for users within Turnitin in advance of when the system will be unavailable for … Continue reading

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Newcastle conference highlights

The Turnitin Academy provides a link to various highlights of the 6th Integrity and Plagiarism Conference held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 16-18 June 2014. The highlights include extensive blog posts and a summary of social media activity. The same newsletter also … Continue reading

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Turnitin to end support for Internet Explorer 8

Starting July 1, 2014, Turnitin will no longer support Internet Explorer (IE8) browsers and we will no longer test or fix features and bugs found in Internet Explorer 8. This does not mean that Turnitin will immediately stop working in … Continue reading

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Interpreting Originality Reports from Turnitin

Interpreting the originality reports that are generated from Turnitin is an art, and requires some insight into the subject matter, the nature of the assessment task that was set, and the usual writing style and language skills of the student. There are … Continue reading

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Turnitin supports text matching in 30 different languages

The following information is provided on the Turnitin Help website: Papers can now be submitted to Turnitin in the following 30 languages: Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Thai, Korean, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian … Continue reading

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