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Turnitin. A Quick Intro and Demo Michael D. Martinez Department of Political Science October 12, 2009. Outline. A little bit of “why” A bigger bit on “how” How to access Turnitin E-Learning Stand-alone Turnitin input and options Turnitin output

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  1. Turnitin A Quick Intro and Demo Michael D. Martinez Department of Political Science October 12, 2009

  2. Outline • A little bit of “why” • A bigger bit on “how” • How to access Turnitin • E-Learning • Stand-alone • Turnitin input and options • Turnitin output • A little bit of “what to do if you detect a problem” • Optional: My “Plagiarism” lecture to students

  3. A Little Bit of “Why” • Source: “Plagiarism”. New World Encyclopedia. • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Plagiarism

  4. What is Turnitin? • An electronic in-box for student assignments • An archive of student authored papers that have been submitted to Turnitin • A program to help instructors evaluate the originality of submitted papers

  5. How Does Turnitin Work? • Turnitin compares the text of each submitted paper against … • All papers that were previously submitted and archived • Many journal articles that are electronically available • Searchable web sources • Turnitin returns an originality report to the instructor highlighting passages that “match” other works. • Turnitin does not pass nor fail students. It simply helps instructors find potential originality problems.

  6. How to access Turnitin at UF • Through E-Learning • This is what I usually use • Each semester, apply for an E-Learning course • Turnaround is usually less that an day, often much less • Through the Turnitin site • Still have to apply through UF, because UF licenses the use of Turnitin

  7. Through the E-Learning Site • http://lss.at.ufl.edu/ • Login … Select your class • E-Learning has three views • Build • Teach • Student • You’ll want to be in Build view to use Turnitin

  8. Through the E-Learning Site • I make a separate folder for Paper Submissions • Add Content Link • Turnitin assignment • Create assignment • Give it a name “Observation Paper” • Assignment title “Observation Paper” • Point Value “100” • Start Date • Due Date • Post Date • More options • Submit

  9. Through the E-Learning site • Switch to Teach Mode • Click on that assignment • Class list appears

  10. Through the Turnitin Site • http://www.turnitin.com • Login … Add a class • Give it a name and enrollment password • Which you will also give your students, as they will have to enroll themselves • I made a class for • Misc Papers I need to check • The assignment here is • Misc paper

  11. Digital Receipt

  12. Output • Gives overall percentage match • Shows submitted paper • Shows sources of possible matches

  13. A little bit of “what to do if you detect a problem” • http://www.dso.ufl.edu/sccr/procedures/judicialprocess.php • http://www.dso.ufl.edu/sccr/documents/facultya.pdf

  14. I also have a plagiarism lecture • I can show these now, if anyone is interested • and/or • Email me if you’d like to plagiarize my slides.

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