1. Turnitin … for Formative and Self assessment
David Callaghan and Adrian Cain
16th October 2013

2. Outline of session Objectives (Learning Outcomes?) Drivers
Introduction to Turnitin (3 min video from the company)
What is ‘similarity index’ – what does x% mean?
From students perspectives – a Turnitin video and a test student example.
How to create a drop box – what are all the settings? Demonstration.
Have a go:
Create a drop box in your test area
Enrol a test student
Submit some work
See what Turnitin says.
Issues – incl. sneaks, cheats and litigation
Policy – your course team needs one – or else!
Further sources of help and support.

3. Objectives Awareness of Turnitin
Awareness of using Turnitin for student formative feedback – ‘self’ assessment.
Discuss various settings such as ‘small matches’
Understand that the % figure is only relevant in context
Setup a dropbox
Explain to students how to use the system
Awareness of some limitations
Understand that a POLICY is needed before Turnitin is used
Know where to go for further sources of help.

4. Drivers Improve student writing
Encourages students to see that they SHOULD be using sources
Shows students other work similar to theirs

5. Introduction to Turnitin

6. What is ‘similarity index’ … … what does x% mean?
What would be an acceptable % for:
Literature review
Discussion
Reflection?

7. A students perspective #1:
Video from Turnitin:

8. #2 later ...

9. How to create a drop box …
… and what are all these settings?
Main issues around:
Dates?
Exclude Small Matches?
Submit to repository?
Other issues:
Exclude bibliographic materials?
Exclude quoted materials?

15. Submitting – the student view:

26. Demonstration ... Looking at the test assessment course:
“DDE Assessment Training Area” ...
... logging in as callagda_s
... Via:
Looking at the similarity report
What does it tell the student?

27. Have a go ...
Create a Turnitin assessment in your test area Ensure NO submission to repository Enrol a test student in your test area Submit some work ... Create some work, copy from: Edgehill.ac.uk Wikipedia.com See what Turnitin says.

28. Issues …
Sneaks
Cheats
Litigation

29. Policy
Put simply – your team, and therefore your students need one!

30. Further sources of help and support ...
Tinyurl.com\LTDGuides
Learning Technology Team: