Turnitin - Originality Report generator, Online Grading and Peer Review

Support for staff

Turnitin logoTurnitin is a service used to identify and prevent plagiarism. It can be used as a tool to check the originality of papers and citation practices in students' work after final submission, or be made accessible to students and allow for checking before final submission of assignments, to help in preventing the submission of plagiarised material.

Three Turnitin products are available to teachers and students at UNSW:

OriginalityCheck and GradeMark are integrated with Moodle and Blackboard.

PeerMark is available in Blackboard, but not in Moodle. To create peer assessment and self-assessment activities in Moodle, teachers should use the Workshop tool.

The 3 Turnitin tools can be used independently of Moodle or Blackboard learning management systems.

NOTE: Turnitin tools are of limited use for assessments requiring mathematical responses. For maths and science subjects, Maple TA is a more suitable tool for teachers setting up assessments. Information on how to use Maple TA is available to students through introductory courses in Blackboard; Maple lab consultants can also assist.

Uses of Turnitin

Andrew Chambers (Australian School of Business) talks about the Turnitin integration with Blackboard.

 

Step-by-step instructions

The following support pages help teachers use Turnitin, with or without  Moodle or Blackboard:

Video demonstrations

This introductory video describes all three products in the Turnitin suite, while the Turnitin Suite Demo demonstrates how to use them in an integrated way.

How to add Turnitin assignments in Moodle

These 13 videos give thorough instruction in using Turnitin with UNSW Moodle.