2. What is turnitin?
Setting up an account
Creating a class
Enrolling students
Generating assignments
Using the software
Bells and whistles
3. Helps detect plagiarism
Allows for better reviewing and
grading
Tracks student progress
4. Turnitin helps to ensure originality in student
writing by comparing papers with over 150 million
assignments and billions of web pages. It tells the
professor the percentage of the student’s
assignment that was found in these other papers and
can also show the original work where the lifted
section was found. The professor always has final
say over the analysis of a paper.
16. There are two class types, the standard class and
the master class. Only choose master class if you
will be subdividing the class with TAs.
Once a class expires, instructors
cannot make changes within the
class unless it is reactivated!
The class name and password can be anything the
instructor chooses, try and create passwords your
students will remember, they will need to input it in
order to join the class on the program
17. Students may self-enroll or instructors may
create accounts for them. It is advised that
students self-enroll.
Students must have the unique class name
and case-sensitive password before they can
join a class.
Students will receive an enrollment email
after they have completed the set-up
process.
23. Tells the professor how
many students are in the
class and how many have
completed the assignment
Choose “view”
24. Student’s name
Assignment
Name
Student’s paper title
Basic similarity profile
Original submission file,
click to download the file
Submission date
Tells you if
student has
seen your
response
Click here to
begin grading
assignment
31. This feature allows professors to grade
work and make comments digitally. These
comments can be made available for
students to see or not at your discretion.
32. Comments in purple
are auto-generated by
the system
Comments in
blue are
either
chosen from
this
repository or
generated by
the professor
Written
by
turnitin
Add custom
comments here
33.
34. Assignments already added to the
system will automatically appear
Add other entries (such as
participation or homework) by
clicking here
Click here for grade
book preferences
35.
36. Click here to grade an
individual assignmentClick here to see more
information about this
page
Export grade book to an
Excel spreadsheet
42. The system allows for easy writing workshops.
Instructors may assign one student a paper from
another student (may be anonymous) to review and
comment on. Professors can also post questions to
answer and choose whether or not students see
each others comments.
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48. Assign each
criterion a
percentage of
the total
grade
Assign each
criterion a
specific point
value Remove numerical
grades and use a
rubric for
commentary only
Don’t forget
to save!