Five steps to using the system 1.Familiarise yourself with the instructions and discussion on the fairUTU site 2.Request a Moodle course and mention Turnitin in the additional information box 3.Check the Moodle Turnitin course settings 4.Add participants to the course 5.Give feedback fairUTU

Step 1: Familiarise yourself with the instructions and discussion on the fairUTU site

Step 1: fairUTU site

Step 2: Request a Moodle course and mention Turnitin in the additional information box

Click 1 ! Step 2: Log in to Moodle Click 2 !

Description that a student can see when looking for courses: e.g. general information on the content and schedule. Remember to send the request! Write ’Turnitin Assignment’ when you want plagiarism detection to the assignments. Pro gradu thesis group in the academic year Abbreviation: OPSU abbreviation or your own abbreviation. GPAA4990 Turnitin Assignment Step 2: Request a Turnitin assignment course Description…

The course you requested, has been accepted. You can find your course on the following address: ” Click to the course ! The course you requested ! Step 2: Request a Turnitin assignment course You will get an from the UTU Moodle administrator with the address of your new Moodle course! You can also find it on the My Courses list in Moodle.

Here are the assignment templates with default settings Step 2: Receive the course package

Step 3: Check the Moodle-Turnitin course settings

Click 1! Step 3: Modify the course Click 2!

Step 3: Modify the course Modify if necessary. The default settings are OK. Modify the saving settings where necessary. For more detailed instructions, see: Moodle-Turnitin Instructor ManualMoodle-Turnitin Instructor Manual It is important that the student also receives the report!

Step 3: Modify the course The default settings are OK. Modify the saving settings where necessary. For more detailed instructions, see: Moodle-Turnitin Instructor ManualMoodle-Turnitin Instructor Manual Click!

Step 3: Modify the course Save ! These are Moodle settings related to the visibility of the course. Not needed now!

Step 4: Add the participants

Step 4: Add the students Settings  Course administration  Users  Enrolment methods  Self enrolment Give the students the link to the course and the course key so that they can register for the course! Abloy12

Set the schedule information for the Turnitin assignment! Step 4: Set the schedules Click to modify!

Step 4: Set the schedules Set the schedule information Now just waiting for what the students will write… You are ready!

Step 5: Go through the submitted assignments, give feedback and guidance

Step 5: Go through the submitted assignments On the Submission inbox tab, you can see the materials submitted by students in your course. Click!

Videos: About OriginalityCheck Viewing Originality Reports Click! Step 5: Go through the submitted assignments

Show all findings! Click! Comment phrases + text box See: Using Marks and Comments Using Rubrics for Grading and Evaluating Originality shows correspondences With Grademark, you can attach feedback notes Print to PDF file! Step 5: Go through the submitted assignments

Step 5: Give feedback When you assess the findings in the Turnitin report: 1.High percentages do not mean as such that there are problems in the text: they can either describe allowed similarities (in citations or references), or unmarked citations (i.e. plagiarism); 2.Expressing certain matters in a precise way inevitably leads to similar expressions – there are significant differences in this regard between disciplines and you are the best expert of the practices in your field; 3.OriginalityCheck is part of thesis supervision and so the problems should be treated as manifestations of the maturity rate of the text – the extra work caused by deficiencies means further maturing the text. 4.When you have a strong suspicion of plagiarism, first ask the student for a clarification. Read the UTU regulations and where necessary, contact the Head of Academic and Student Affairs in your faculty.

Step 5: Guidance if small problems… If the Moodle Turnitin course does not work properly: 1.First check the browser settings on your computer: see Moodle instructions 4. (Privasy: Remember history/Use custom settings for history. Accept Cookies from sites; Options/Advanced: Use SSL 3.0, Use TSL 1.0)Moodle instructions 4 2.Leaf through the general Moodle instructions and the instructions for teachers, try to locate the problem and contact 3.Take part in Moodle2 training (see course calendar) and the information events in your faculty on plagiarism detection.course calendar 4.If you are not sure how to proceed, first check whether the problem has already been discussed in the FAQ section of fairUTU. If you need more information, please contact the support person Totti Tuhkanen, tottituh[at]utu.fi.

Good luck with the supervisory work!

See also: Turnitin academy: -EventsEvents -White PapersWhite Papers -WebinarsWebinars -About OriginalityCheckAbout OriginalityCheck -Viewing Originality ReportsViewing Originality Reports -Using Marks and CommentsUsing Marks and Comments -Using Rubrics for Grading and EvaluatingUsing Rubrics for Grading and Evaluating