1. Improving Turnitin Inductions with Moodle and Open Badges Aurélie Owens and Sam Taylor 24 th March 2016, MoodleMoot Ireland UK 2016

2. Cranfield Defence and Security: Background and Context School of Cranfield University Own school’s “CDS VLE” on Moodle (v2.8.7+) A ‘special’ setup Turnitin mandated in 2007 All students (taught courses) undertake a Turnitin induction session

4. VLE Content New feature

5. Why a badge? Assessing the students’ understanding (not just clicking through) Engaging for non-credit bearing activities Enables students’ tracking for academics (it displays in their profile – or not!) Reminder / link for the students to revisit the training if required

6. Transferable tips Make the students earn the badge, don’t just ‘issue’ it (e.g.: quiz with high pass mark) Use a passing grade to automate the badge issuing process Provide support and encouragement (allow multiple attempts) Make the badge look interesting Have a go!

9. Results So far since September 2015, no referral from plagiarism panel Less queries to Learning Services Queries from students requesting feedback from academics Badge ‘appetite’ increasing? Highlighted discrepancies in advice given to students by academics

10. Further information Aurélie Owens & Sam Taylor - Learning Technologists Flexible Learning & Support Centre Learning Services Cranfield University Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Shrivenham SN6 8LA flhelp@cranfield.ac.uk

11. Thank you! Aurélie Owens Learning Technologist @agso0707 Sam Taylor Learning Technologist @samwisefox http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/About/Cranfield/Themes/Defence-and-Security

12. Thoughts?