Turnitin
Turnitin.com is a plagiarism detection service available to the faculty at Alliant International University. Students submit their papers electronically, and then Turnitin compares the content of those papers to over a billion other papers and documents. Whenever similarities between a student's paper and an existing document are found, Turnitin highlights those similarities, providing the instructor with an annotated document showing both the student's paper and the original source.Select the Turnitin icon to go to their web site.
Getting Started
Turnitin - Creating a Profile
Turnitin - Instructor Quick Start Guide
Turnitin - Instructor Training Materials
Turnitin - Student Quick Start Guide
Turnitin - Student Training Materials
Turnitin - Instructor Quick Start Guide
Turnitin - Instructor Training Materials
Turnitin - Student Quick Start Guide
Turnitin - Student Training Materials
Using Turnitin with Moodle
Turnitin / Moodle - Instructor Manual
Video 1-Moodle Assignment Setup (6 minutes):
Video 2-Moodle Assignment Access (5 minutes):
Video 3-Moodle Grade-mark - Grading a Turnitin assignment in Moodle (7 minutes):
Video 1-Moodle Assignment Setup (6 minutes):
Video 2-Moodle Assignment Access (5 minutes):
Video 3-Moodle Grade-mark - Grading a Turnitin assignment in Moodle (7 minutes):
Student Turnitin Submission
Click on the link Student User Manual for information on submitting a Turnitin assignment in Moodle. Once you have accessed the file, you may save a copy on your computer.
Viewing Your Originality Report in Turnitin
After you have posted your paper to Turnitin via Moodle, it will take approximately 15 to 30 minutes to compare it with papers in other databases. Follow the instructions given below to access your originality report:
1.) Click on the Assignment link in Moodle that you submitted the Turnitin paper.
2.) Click on the "Submit" link which will re-direct you to Turnitin.
3.) Under "Originality report" click on the icon that shows a percentage of how similar your paper is to what is found on the web or in other student papers.
4.) A pop up window will open that will show the similarity index and the source to the right. To the left of the paper will be the paper you submitted to Turnitin. When you click on the numbers within the similarity index next to the source it will take you to the section where that link is located on your paper to the left.
1.) Click on the Assignment link in Moodle that you submitted the Turnitin paper.
2.) Click on the "Submit" link which will re-direct you to Turnitin.
3.) Under "Originality report" click on the icon that shows a percentage of how similar your paper is to what is found on the web or in other student papers.
4.) A pop up window will open that will show the similarity index and the source to the right. To the left of the paper will be the paper you submitted to Turnitin. When you click on the numbers within the similarity index next to the source it will take you to the section where that link is located on your paper to the left.
Plagiarism Tutorial
Shawna Hellenius, L.A. Library Director, and Sherry Youssef, Research & Instruction Librarian in L.A., have created a tutorial about plagiarism – what it is, what it isn’t, and most importantly, how to avoid it.
Any Alliant user can join the class by clicking on the following link: http://elearning.alliant.edu/course/view.php?id=21279. Once you click on the link you will be asked to login to Moodle and then you will be asked if you would like to add the course. After you select “yes,” you’ll be ready to begin.
Any Alliant user can join the class by clicking on the following link: http://elearning.alliant.edu/course/view.php?id=21279. Once you click on the link you will be asked to login to Moodle and then you will be asked if you would like to add the course. After you select “yes,” you’ll be ready to begin.
Principles of Paraphrasing
Principles of Paraphrasing: How to Avoid Inadvertent
Plagiarism http://isites.harvard.edu/paraphrasing,
an online tutorial developed at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to teach the principles of paraphrasing.
The tutorial addresses paraphrasing in three modules: Defining paraphrasing; Rules for quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing; and Tips and strategies for successful paraphrasing.
The tutorial includes a self-check worksheet that gives tutorial users an opportunity to paraphrase texts by HGSE faculty and provides an answer key that allows them to compare their paraphrases to our suggested ones.
The tutorial addresses paraphrasing in three modules: Defining paraphrasing; Rules for quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing; and Tips and strategies for successful paraphrasing.
The tutorial includes a self-check worksheet that gives tutorial users an opportunity to paraphrase texts by HGSE faculty and provides an answer key that allows them to compare their paraphrases to our suggested ones.
