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Introduction to Turnitin: Setting Up and Using Originality Reports

This session provides teaching staff using Blackboard with an introduction to Turnitin, how to set up assignments, access originality reports, and utilize Turnitin as a submission and learning tool. Learn to create, upload, and review assignments to enhance academic writing skills and identify plagiarism issues.

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Introduction to Turnitin: Setting Up and Using Originality Reports

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  1. Introduction to Turnitin Bryony Bramer - Virtual Learning Environment Manager Chris Rowell - Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor (BaM) Anna Shaw - IT Trainer June 2011

  2. This Session • Duration: 1 hour • Audience: Teaching staff who are using Blackboard and would like their students to submit their assignments online. • Aims: An introduction to Turnitin. How to set up Turnitin assignments and access originality reports. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  3. Learning Objectives After this session you will: • Understand the basics of how to use Turnitin. • You will be able to: • Create a Turnitin assignment within Blackboard. • Identify the different ways Turnitin can be used. • Upload an assignment to Turnitin. • Access the students’ assignments. • View Turnitin’s originality reports. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  4. What is Turnitin? Your ideas… QUESTION: Have you used Turnitin before? Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  5. What is Turnitin? How is Turnitin used? • As a submission tool (i.e. As a way for you to identify possible plagiarism). • As a learning tool. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  6. Task 1 Try out Turnitin as a student: • Write a 1-2 page document about your favouriteanimal or your favourite holiday destination (using some of your own words and content copied from the Internet). • Upload your document to the Turnitin assignment submission area and view the originality report. You have 10 minutes to complete this task. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  7. Demo https://blackboard.regents.ac.uk/ Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  8. Task 2 Set up a Turnitin assignment: • In your own Blackboard module area create a Turnitin assignment. • Upload a document and access the originality report. You have 10 minutes to complete this task. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  9. Conclusions • There are different ways that Turnitin can be used. • Benefits to Students – can help develop academic writing skills. • Benefits to Staff – can help identify plagiarism issues and students who need support. • It’s the future! • FURTHER TRAINING: ‘Online Marking with Turnitin’. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

  10. Help with Turnitin For support with using Turnitin via Blackboard contact: • Bryony Bramer, Virtual Learning Environment Managerbramerb@regents.ac.uk Office: H244, Phone: x7530. • Chris Rowell, Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor (BaM) rowellc@regents.ac.uk Office: T246, Phone: x7519. • Anna Shaw, IT Trainer shawa@regents.ac.uk Office: IT05, Phone: x7744. Bryony Bramer, Chris Rowell & Anna Shaw

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