ACADEMIC INTEGRITY &
TURNITIN
Elizabeth J. Pyatt
ITS
turnitin@psu.edu
OUTLINE
• Turnitin Set up & Toolsets
§ GradeMark & Originality Report
• Combatting Plagiarism
TURNITIN SERVICES
• Three Core Servives
§ Originality Report
•  Compares with Internet, journals, other papers
§ GradeMark
•  Comments, rubric, color highlighting, audio
§ PeerMark
•  Create peer critique assignments
GRADEMARK QUICKMARKS
QUICKMARK SETS
Composition (Standard)
Linguistics (Custom)
RUBRIC TOOLS
•  Learn More
§  Rubric Quickstart Guide (Word)
§  Turnitin.com Help Center, Rubrics
LOGIN LINK
Site URL
•  URL –
http://turnitin.psu.edu
§  Click “Log On” to log in
§  Or “Sign Up” to learn
about activating account
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ACCOUNT SET UP
Use Official PSU email for Single Sign On
Use Nonsense characters
USAGE ALLOWED
• Our license allows use for
§ Course assignments
§ Demo/Training Accounts
§ Thesis & papers in part of academic
program
§ Scan content for PSU online courses
§ Related educational uses
• NOT Allowed
§ Self scan (students OR faculty)
§ Admissions essays
QUICK UPDATES
• Penn State Email Please
§ Single Sign On will be required
• Allowed Files
§ Most files under 20GB
•  Now includes images, PowerPoint, …
§ Only some text files scannable for
plagiarism
• ANGEL Integration
§ Being tested now. Timeline????
UNDERSTANDING PLAGIARISM
Intentional
•  Buy from a Paper Mill
•  Copy from Web site or
other paper
•  Ask someone else to write
paper
Potentially Confusing
•  Inappropriate Paraphrase
§  But I rewrote that
•  Missing citation
§  How do I cite THAT?
•  Too much collaboration
§  We just compared notes
•  Instructor inconsistency
§  My last instructor said to
copy answer from
textbook
•  Self plagiarism
§  But I wrote that (last
semester)
HELP YOUR STUDENTS
• Train students in your standards
§ What must be cited? How do you cite?
§ Fine points not always obvious to
students
• Non-traditional assignment?
§ Harder to cut/paste without thought
• Break projects into stages
§ Beware last minute topic changes
IF YOU USE TURNITIN
• Let your students know
§ Copyright: Turnitin considered a Fair Use
application
§ But you don’t have to submit papers to
repository
• Let students scan first drafts
• Turnitin isn’t just the Originality
Report anymore
ORIGINALITY REPORT:
HAS PLAGIARISM HAPPENED?
AND NOW?
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!
IF YOU SUSPECT AN INFRACTION
• I am not an attorney BUT
• Talk with student
• Determine next step
§ Offer rewrite opportunity
§ Penalize, but report
§ More severe sanction via Office of
Student Conduct
http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/conduct/
FAQsummons.shtml
USING TURNITIN
• Turnitin Website
§ turnitin.psu.edu
• We offer
§ Videos
§ How-Tos
§ Turnitin.com documentation excellent
QUESTIONS?
• Contact turnitin@psu.edu