INTRODUCING TURNITIN
Elizabeth J. Pyatt
ITS
turnitin@psu.edu
To be recorded
LOGIN LINK
Site URL
• URL –
http://turnitin.psu.edu
 Now goes to updated
support site
 Click “Log On” to log in
 Or bookmark URL
Screen Cap
NEW SERVICES
• Before July 1, 2013
 Originality Report only
• “Plagiarism detection”
• After July 1, 2013
 Originality Report
 GradeMark
• Comments, rubric, color highlighting, audio
 PeerMark
• Create peer critique assignments
EXISTING ACCOUNTS
• If you had an instructor account
before July 1, 2013
 You still have your account
 You now have new options for GradeMark
and PeerMark
 You are not required to use new tools
• But we recommend you check them out
USAGE ALLOWED
• Our license allows use for
 Course assignments
 Thesis & papers in part of academic
program
 Demo/Training Accounts
 Scan content for PSU online courses
 Related educational uses
NOT ALLOWED
• Scan Own papers
 Student self-scan in student accounts
 Faculty journal article self-scan
• Admission Essays
 Colleges can purchase Turnitin
Admissions
 Smoother interface
NEW INSTRUCTOR ACCOUNTS
• Current Process
 E-mail request to turnitin@psu.edu
 Send course info + semester or other use
• Wait for activation instructions
 Instructions at Sign Up link on support
site (http://turnitin.psu.edu)
ACCOUNT SET UP
Use Official PSU email
Use Nonsense characters
DEMO TIME!
• Log In
 http://turnitin.psu.edu
START CLASS
• Add Class
• Add Assignment
• New Assignment Options
 Skip Originality Report
 Add Rubric
 eRater Spell/Grammar Checker
• http://turnitin.psu.edu/help/facultystart
CLASS TYPE
• Standard or Master (multi section)
 Add TAs to section of a Master class
HANDLING TAS
• Use “Master Class” option
 So instructor sees all sections
• Each section
 Has TA and TA join code
 TAs can create own assignments OR
assignments can be pushed
 Details on
http://turnitin.psu.edu/help/tamasterclass/
CLASS PASSWORD
• Needed by students to enroll
PAPER UPLOAD OPTIONS
• Students self-enroll and upload
 With password
• http://turnitin.psu.edu/help/studentstart/
 Re-finding class password
 http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/support/helpcenter/class-enrollment-info
• Instructors can batch upload
 From ANGEL dropbox
• http://turnitin.psu.edu/help/dropbox/
PAPER FORMAT
• Min length
 20 words
• Formats
 Word, RTF
 Plain Text (copy & paste)
 HTML – properly tagged
 PDF – NOT a scan, but with text
 PowerPoint
ORIGINALITY REPORT:
HAS PLAGIARISM HAPPENED?
GRADEMARK SAMPLE MARKS
QUICKMARK SETS
Composition (Standard)
Linguistics (Custom)
QUICKMARKS MANAGER
RUBRIC TOOLS
• Learn More
 Rubric Quickstart Guide (Word)
 Turnitin.com Help Center, Rubrics
GRADE EXPORT/ANGEL IMPORT
• Instructors can assign grades
 Via rubric
 Raw Score
• Export/Import
 Export CSV for ANGEL
 http://turnitin.psu.edu/help/gradeexport/
ERATER
GRAMMAR CHECK SAMPLE
PEER REVIEW BENEFITS
• Read other points of view
 How do other students respond to same
assignment?
• Learn to critique
 Students can learn to appreciate role of
instructor
• Receive peer feedback
 Can build expectations for community of
practice
 Students pay more attention when writing in
front of peers
PEERMARK SETUP
• Need to create regular assignment first
 Create PeerMark assignment based on regular
assignment
• Students must upload there even if no other tool used
• Watch due dates of each step!
PEERMARK QUESTIONS
• Assign questions
to student
reviwers
 Basic = “Does this
paper have a
thesis?”
DISTRIBUTE REVIEWS
• Options include
 Anonymous
 Automatic vs manual
match
 Select vs automatic
 # of matches,
exclude self-review
BEST PRACTICES: PLAGIARISM
• Inform students
• Non-traditional assignment?
• Train students in your standards
 What must be cited? How do you cite?
 Let students ask questions
• Allow students to scan drafts in Revision
Assignments
 Fine points not always obvious to
students
BEST PRACTICES: ORIGINALITY
REPORT
• Review reports carefully
 Quotes often included as match
• Also
 Beware paper with no citations
 Beware change in style, check again
w/Google
• If plagiarism suspected
 Talk with student first
• Student could be the victim of a friend!
BEST PRACTICES: GRADEMARK
• Include positive comments
• Personalize (i.e. be specific)
 Students reacted well to audio comments
in one study
• Rubric
 Clear, but concise
BEST PRACTICES: PEERMARK
• Clear evaluation questions
 Possibly include very basic reading
questions for beginning students
QUESTIONS
• Turnitin Mobile App?
 Not compliant with single signon
• ANGEL Integration?
 API in development. No firm timeline
• Others….?