The University supports the use of Turnitin for sensitising students about what plagiarism is, and is not. Turnitin can thus be used as one part of a structured, scaffolded and supported learning activity. It is highly recommended this be accompanied by constructive feedback which develops students’ awareness of plagiarism.
"The University, as a centre for excellence in approaches to learning and teaching, will promote and apply such conventions and initiatives that will reduce the prevalence of academic misconduct and encourage detection and reporting.
This will include:
Footnote: Turnitin is the software currently subscribed to by the University – other, similar software and systems are available and may be utilised in future on the same basis.
To find out more information and advice on formative assessment please visit the Blended Learning web pages.
WOLF is now able to support the use of Turnitin for developmental activities. Please contact BLU@wlv.ac.uk for more details about this functionality.
Although it is possible to use Turnitin for activities designed to raise awareness of plagiarism with students, the Turnitin settings are set to store all submissions in its repository for checking against future submissions. Therefore it is possible that if the formative work forms part of the summative submission, when the final work is submitted the originality report will show a high percentage score as Turnitin will remember previous submissions. However, if using Turnitin through PebblePad for independent structured learning sessions, then PebblePad can be successful in supporting this in a variety of ways. The gateway must be set up in advance and before any assets are submitted.
Assets can be submitted manually by the tutor either individually or in bulk or permissions can be set so that students can submit their own. An originality report is created and a link to the report is displayed next to each student submission in the PebblePad gateway view. Permissions can be set to allow students to see their own originality report or to keep them hidden.
Turnitin can be used for tutor supported formative work. For case studies and in-depth ideas please go to the suggested practice page. A class and assignment drop box should be created and students work submitted to this area by either the instructor or student. You will need to be an instructor to create the class.
In Turnitin, the administrators’ role is to create instructor accounts within their schools. All help for administrators can be found on the administrator training pages of the Turnitin website and administrator help center articles. Here is a link to the Turnitin Administrator Quickstart Guide.
Turnitin also offer a variety of 45 minute live training sessions via video conferencing. These are run by Turnitin specialists and participants are always encouraged to ask questions. The equipment you will need to access these sessions is a computer, internet connection and headphone/microphone.
In Turnitin, instructors are the users that create classes and assignments before submission of student work can take place. An administrator needs to set up instructor accounts. All help for instructors can be found instructor training pages and instructor help center articles. Here is a link to the Turnitin Instructor Quickstart Guide.
Turnitin also offer a variety of 45 minute live training sessions via video conferencing. These are run by specialists and participants are always encouraged to ask questions. The equipment you will need to access these sessions is a computer, internet connection and a headphone/microphone.
The Skills for Learning webpage has many valuable resources that can help students during their time at the University. These include face to face workshops covering a range of topics such as: finding and evaluating information, referencing and avoiding plagiarism, academic writing, assignment planning and exam revision.
Additionally, Skills4Study Campus is a new and fully interactive online resource designed to help students with essential study skills. Core modules include: Reading and note-making, critical thinking skills, writing skills, referencing and plagiarism, group work and presentations and exam skills including workshops.
These resources and many more can be found on the Skills for Learning webpage.
