Turnitin More than Plagiarism Detection Using Turnitin for Electronic Mark-Up and Peer Review October 20, 2015 Mike Scheuermann, PhD AVP – ITS Drexel University

Turnitin Originality Check™ PeerMark® GradeMark®

Originality Check™ PeerMark® GradeMark® Turnitin

Goals for Today’s Session Showcase the various elements of Turnitin – OriginalityCheck™ – GradeMark® – PeerMark® Highlight some new features of the Turnitin platform Provide some self-serve links – You can investigate these – when you have time

Why Use Turnitin? 1.OriginalityCheck™ feature a)Can check student-submitted work against: i.The live and archived Internet ii.Electronic resources, e.g., journals/publications iii.Their own (Turnitin’s) database of papers b)Gives you a color- and number-coded “report” c)Can provide your students their individual Originality Report 2.GradeMark® feature a)Lets you electronically mark-up student work b)You can now provide audio feedback as well (up to 3 minutes) c)Work more effectively; provide rich, detailed feedback a)Use QuickMark™ Sets (standard or custom) or Rubrics (pre-loaded or custom) d)ETS e-rater™ grammar checking, i.e., “smarter grading” 3.PeerMark® feature a)Peer reviewing of colleagues’ written work b)Instructor-authored evaluation criteria c)Students can make in-text comments for colleagues

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Turnitin ~ Fact Sheet Turnitin is often built right into your LMS tool set Check your students’ papers against: – 45B+ Web pages – 337M+ Student papers in Turnitin’s database – 130M+ Articles from academic books and publications View submissions in their original format You can overlay GradeMark® onto Originality Reports Source:

Turnitin.com Web Site Evidence of Effectiveness

1.Comprehensive originality checking of student papers – MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, and plain text 2.Electronic mark-up w/ GradeMark® feature – A powerful assessment tool Drag-and-drop or in-line comments Rubric scoring 3.PeerMark® – Set up criteria for student use in assessing colleagues Scale questions & feedback questions – all can be saved/re-used Advantages of Using Turnitin

Originality Report: Example

Originality Report: Source of Match Click on the matched area to see information on the source, in this case, it was stochasticresonance.wordpress.com, as noted in the pop-up box shown. Pop-up box

Exclude “quoted material” Exclude Bibliographic material Exclude small matches – e.g., common phrasing – define these by: # of words, or % of match. Originality Report: Other Features

“Matches” are just an indicator Educators must still: – use judgment and their own discretion – examine students’ submissions closely – discern paper/writer integrity on an individual basis – speak with certain students to get their explanation gather additional information. Originality Report: Cautions

Comments on Originality Checking?

GradeMark® Features Source:

GradeMark® in Turnitin Paperless grading Feedback – in-text: – Use built-in QuickMark™ sets Drag-and-drop into the appropriate areas in student work – Create custom marks/comments Save them and use them again and again – Guide students with personalized audio feedback – Use built-in rubrics – Create your own rubrics & re-use them later Feedback – general – Provide a comprehensive general comment Grade the work in Turnitin – The grade goes into the LMS (e.g., Learn Grade Center) automatically Built-in ETS eRater™ feedback capability You can mark up any file type – Originality checking only exists for some formats

GradeMark® Libraries QuickMark™ Manager – Sets: Commonly Used Composition Composition Marks Format Punctuation Usage Create your own QuickMark™ Library – Create elements once & re-use them My Quickmarks Example: Drexel-Mike

GradeMark® Libraries Rubric Manager – Add scales – Add criteria My example criteria: – Experiential – Text topic links – APA format – Writing – Paper length

GradeMarked Paper: Example

GradeMark® General Comment (name removed) NOTE: You can also provide the student with an audio comment – up to three minutes.

GradeMark® eRater Comments NOTE: There are actually three types of feedback shown here.

Your Comments on GradeMark®?

Easy distribution Anonymous Reviews Standard or Custom Assessment Questions Improve Critical Thinking Overview video Source: PeerMark® in Turnitin

Create a separate PeerMark® Assignment – Based on one of your existing Turnitin Assignments Set the start, due, and post dates for the Peer Reviews Students can: – Read, review, and evaluate colleagues’ works Using free response and scale questions – See reviews of their own work – on the post date Assigning peer reviewers: – Automatically, manually, or students can self-select Allow non-submitters to review papers Allow students to see all papers and/or all reviews of papers (date-specific) PeerMark® in Turnitin

Advanced features: – Students can review one or more papers – Reviews can be attributed or anonymous – You can exclude students from reviews – You can pair students to review certain papers PeerMark® in Turnitin

PeerMark® Questions

Your Comments on PeerMark® ???

New Feature: GradeAnywhere™ More information Source:

New Feature: Turnitin Scoring Engine Turnitin Scoring Engine ~ brand new ! – Instant scoring on short answer or essay questions in online learning environments – Screening of writing for course placement, interim assessments, or matriculation exams – Writing assessment in large, undergraduate classes, across disciplines New version of Turnitin – coming soon. – Turnitin Direct Single assignment type now – vs. Basic and Direct Source:

Experiential Insights 1.Mere notification of Turnitin use retards plagiarism 2.Provide detail in your Syllabus – that students will be submitting their papers through a Turnitin link if you will be using GradeMark® if they will be doing PeerMark® peer review assignments 3.GradeMark® is a huge timesaver & my feedback is better 4.Using PeerMark® elevates paper quality 5.Turnitin only accepts whole-number grades Make grade refinements in the Grade Center itself 6.Group papers are a bit tricky If two students submit, the 2 nd paper will show a 100% match – I have one student submit - and I use the Grade Center for grading 7.Turnitin assignments must be re-created in your new section(s), each term Fixed in the newest version of Turnitin

Getting Help with Turnitin Turnitin Webcasts – – Live Webcasts and On-Demand Archived Webcasts Turnitin Training Options Product Demos What’s New Web Page – Informative video on GradeAnywhere™ White Papers – The Sources in Student Writing – From the Margins: What Instructors Say on Student Papers – Instructor Insights into the 10 Types of Plagiarism – Turnitin: Evidence of Effectiveness

Goals for Today’s Session Showcase the various elements of Turnitin – Originality checking – GradeMark® feature – PeerMark® feature Highlight some new aspects of Turnitin Provide some self-serve links – You can investigate these – when you have time

Overall Comments or Questions?

Turnitin More than Plagiarism Detection Using Turnitin for Electronic Mark-Up and Peer Review October 20, 2015 Mike Scheuermann, PhD AVP – ITS Drexel University