Turnitinprovidesfacultywithaweb-basedplagiarismpreventionservice,classmanagementtools,anddigitalgrading.SubmittedpapersarecomparedformatchesorsimilartextintherepositoryandresultsaremadeavailableinaneasytoreadOriginalityReport.StudentscanreceivegradesandcommentsforallsubmissionsusingtheGradeMarkassessmentfeature.Turnitinalsoallowsforreviewandgradedassignmentsinapaperlessenvironment.Important:Turnitincanbeusedintwoseparateways,eitherdirectlythroughtheTurnitinwebsiteorthroughanintegrationwithinBlackboard.

TURNITIN

TurnitinwithBlackboardTurnitinisnowintegratedintoBlackboarddirectly,sothatassignmentssubmittedbystudentscanbeautomaticallycheckedagainsttheTurnitinrepositoryandgradessharedwithstudentsdirectlythroughtheBlackboardGradeCenter.

1Fromwithinacontentareainyourcourse,clickonAssessmentandchooseTurnitinDirectAssignmentfromthedrop-downmenu.2EntertheAssignmentNameandtheOverallGrade.Alsomakesurethestartdate,enddateandpostdate(thedaystudentscanseetheirfeedback)aresetproperly.3Reviewtheadditionalassignmentoptionsbelow.Mostofthedefaultsshouldbeappropriate.However,ifyouwouldlikestudentstoseetheiroriginalityreportsyouwillneedtochangethatitemtoYes.Whenyouaredone,clickSubmit.ViewingOriginalityReports1Oncethestudenthassubmittedtheirwork,youcancheckyourSubmissionInboxtabtoseethefiles.2Clickonthe%ofSimilarity,shownintheexamplebelow,toaccessthefullOriginalityReport.3ThefullOriginalityReportwillbedisplayedinanewwindow.Youwillseethesourcesofanytextthatmatchessourcesfromtherepositoryandthepercentageofthepaperfromthosesourcestotheright.

Important:ThereportsdonotreflectTurnitin’sassessmentofwhetherapaperhasorhasnotbeenplagiarized.OriginalityReportsaresimplytoolstohelpyoufindsourcesthatcontaintextsimilartosubmittedpapers.Thedecisiontodeemanyworkplagiarizedmustbemadecarefully,andonlyaftercarefulexaminationofboththesubmittedpaperandthesuspectsources.

ProvidingFeedbackwithGradeMark1Clickonthepencilicon,shownintheexampleabove,tobeginusingGradeMark.2Thefullassignmentwillbedisplayedinanewwindow.Fromthiswindowyoucan:

• AddaCommentbyclickingonanyportionofthepaper,addingyourcommentandclickingSave.• AddaQuickMarkCommentbydraggingonefromtherightpanelontothepaperoraddadditionalcommentsofyour

own.

• AddGeneralCommentsinbothtextandaudioformontheoverallpaper.Clickthe iconinthesidepanel.• ViewallthecommentsaddedtothepaperfromtheCommentsListtool atthebottomofthesidepanel.• AddRubrics tothepaperthatyoucanuseduringthegradingprocess.

ForhelpwithTurnitin,contacttheOITServiceDeskat585.385.8016oroitservicedesk@sjfc.edu.

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Turnitin(OutsideofBlackboard)

IfyouarenotauserofBlackboard,butwouldstillliketouseTurnitininyourcourses,youmaydosodirectlyattheTurnitinwebsite.1Gotohttp://turnitin.com/andlogin.IfyouareanewuserofTurnitin,followtheinstructionstotherighttocreateyouraccountforthefirsttime.2OnceontheAllClassestab,clickonAddClass.Enteraclassnameandenrollmentpassword.Thisisthepasswordyouwillsharewithstudentsinorderforthemtosubmitassignments.Bedefaultallclasseshaveasixmonthduration,butyoucanchangetheenddatetomatchyourneeds.WhendoneclickSubmit.Oncetheclassiscreated,youwillbepromptedwiththeClassIDandenrollmentpassword.Youshouldmakeanoteofthesetobesharedwithyourstudents.3Onceyourclasshasbeencreated,clickonthenameoftheclassandyoucanbegincreatingassignments.ClickAddAssignmentandentertheassignmentname,startandenddate.ViewtheOptionalSettingsforanyadditionalsettingsyouwouldliketocustomize.WhendoneclickSubmit.Note:Yourfirstassignmentwillalwaysbeatraditionalpaperassignment.Onceyouhavecreatedatleastoneassignment,youwillhavetheoptiontocreateothertypesofassignments.ThesetoolsareonlyavailablewhenusingTurnitinoutsideofBlackboard.

• RevisionAssignment-Iftheinstructorwouldlikestudentstosubmitmultipledraftswithoutoverwritingthepreviousdrafts/submissions,theinstructorcancreateadditionalassignmentsusingtherevisionassignmenttype.Revisionassignmentsareduplicatesofthe'parent'assignment'sadvancedoptionsandstandardsettings,butmayhavenewstart,due,andpostdates.

• ReflectionAssignment-Thereflectionassignmentisanopportunityforstudentstowriteaboutwhattheylearnedfromthewritingprocessaswellasofferfeedbackontheassignmenttheyworkedon.Thisismostusefulinclassesthatemphasizeandteachthewritingprocess.

4Onceyourassignmentiscreated,youwillneedtohavestudentscreateaccountsathttp://turnitin.comandenrollinyourclassusingtheclassIDandpasswordyoucreated.ThentheywillbeabletouploadtheirassignmentstoTurnitinforreview.

ForhelpwithTurnitin,contacttheOITServiceDeskat585.385.8016oroitservicedesk@sjfc.edu.

CreatinganAccount

1IfyouareanewuserofTurnitin,youwillneedtochooseCreateanAccountandchooseInstructorastheaccounttype.2Onthenextscreenyouwillbepromptedforanaccountidandpassword.YoucanreceivethisinformationfromtheOITHelpDeskat(585)385-8016orhelpdesk@sjfc.edu.ThisaccountinformationwillconnectyourinstructoraccounttheSt.JohnFisherCollegeTurnitinaccount.3Onceyouhaveenteredtheaccountidandpassword,fillouttheadditionaluserinformationrequiredtocreateyouraccountandclickIagree/createaccount.

PeerMarkAssignmentswithinBlackboard

OnceyouhavecreatedaTurnitinAssignmentyoumaychoosetoaddapeerreviewcomponentforstudentstocomplete.Thisfeatureallowsstudentstoseetheworkofanotherstudentandprovidefeedbackonitbasedonasetofspecificquestionstheinstructorhasprovided.

1FromtheSubmissionInbox,clickonPeerMarkManager(shownbelow)tocreateyourPeerMarkassignment.2Settheappropriatedatesandpointvalueforthisactivity,aswellasinstructionstostudents.MakesuretoreviewtheAdditionalSettingsarea.Whendone,clickSave&Continue.3OnthenextpageaddyourPeerMarkquestionsthatstudentswillusetoreviewtheworkofothers.4ChecktheDistributiontabtoseewhowillreviewtheworkofwhichstudents.Whenfinished,clickClose.*StudentwilllookforthePeerMarkReviewiconunderToolsintheirview,asshowntotheright.

ForhelpwithBlackboard,contacttheOITServiceDeskat585.385.8016oroitservicedesk@sjfc.edu.

ProvidingFeedbackwithGradeMark

AninstructorisabletoeditandgradestudentpapersonlinewiththedigitalassessmenttoolGradeMark.Instructorscanaddcomments,correctgrammarandpunctuationmistakes,evaluatethepaperagainstrubrics,andenteragradeforthepaper.

1FromtheAssignmentstab,clickonViewtoseealistofpapersthathavebeensubmittedtothatspecificassignment.2Youwillseealistofallthefilessubmittedtothatassignment.ClickonthepenciliconunderGrade,shownintheexamplebelow,tobeginusingGradeMark.

3Thefullassignmentwillbedisplayedinanewwindow.Fromthiswindowyoucan:

• AddaCommentbyclickingonanyportionofthepaper,addingyourcommenttothetextboxthatappearsandclickingSave.

• AddaQuickMarkCommentbydraggingonefromtherightpanelontothepaper.Youmayalsoaddadditionalcommentstothestandardcommentifneeded.

• AddGeneralCommentsinbothtextandaudioformontheoverallpaper.Clickthe iconatthebottomofsidepanel.

• ViewallthecommentsaddedtothepaperfromtheCommentsListtool atthebottomofthesidepanel.

• AddRubrics tothepaperthatyoucanuseduringthegradingprocess.

ViewingOriginalityReports

1FromtheAssignmentstab,clickonViewtoseealistofpapersthathavebeensubmittedtothatspecificassignment.2Youwillseealistofallthefilessubmittedtothatassignment.Clickonthe%ofSimilarity,intheexamplebelowthe99%,todisplaythefulldetailsoftheOriginalityReport.3ThefullOriginalityReportwillbedisplayedinanewwindow.Youwillseethesourcesofanytextthatmatchessourcesfromtherepositoryandthepercentageofthepaperfromthosesourcestotheright.

Important:ThereportsdonotreflectTurnitin’sassessmentofwhetherapaperhasorhasnotbeenplagiarized.OriginalityReportsaresimplytoolstohelpyoufindsourcesthatcontaintextsimilartosubmittedpapers.Thedecisiontodeemanyworkplagiarizedmustbemadecarefully,andonlyaftercarefulexaminationofboththesubmittedpaperandthesuspectsources.

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