Turnitin Library Session

Susan Bloom, MLIS

Learn how to turnitin

Lesson Objectives

Prevents plagiarism

Allows for better reviewing and grading

Tracks your progress

Turnitin

Turnitin helps to ensure originality in student writing

by comparing papers with over 150 million assignments

and billions of web pages. It will begin by comparing your

paper with papers from other Molloy students.

It tells the professor the percentage of the student’s

assignment that was found in these other papers and can

also show them the original work where the lifted section

was found. The professor always has final say over the

analysis of your paper.

Preventing Plagiarism

If this is your first time using turnitin, click on “Create an account”.

Note: Do not put the log in information you receive into these fields! It will not work!

These fields are to be used after you create an account

First time users click here

Enter the log in information

you received in your email or

from your professor here

Fill in these boxes with

your personal

information

Note: This is further down on the same page as the

previous slide

Create your own, unique password here. Do not use the same password as the one you entered previously!

Choose your own question and answer

Click hereNow choose “I agree – create profile”

If you have registered successfully, you will receive a confirmation email similar to this

Now you can log in to the system using your email and the password

you created

Click on the class name to go to the class homepage

Click on your instructor’s name to send them an email

If you already have a turnitin account, click this tab and enter the class id number to

enroll in the class

If this is your first time handing in an assignment, click on the “submit” button

If your professor allows you to resubmit your paper, check the

“resubmit” button. Note: This will depend on the individual professor

Click “view” to see notes from

your teacher and the originality

report

If your professor has added a rubric, click here to see it

Choose this icon to download your original paper

If your instructor has any additional information for the assignment, you can find it here

Choose whether you will upload your paper or

cut and paste it. Note: If you

choose to cut and paste,

formatting may be affected.

Preview your paper to ensure you chose the

right file

You must click on the “submit” button a

second time or your paper will not reach the

professor!

You will also receive an email confirming your

submission

Click here to see the originality report

The system lets you and

your professor

see what is a match

and where it found the

match

Click on the arrow to see specifics of a particular match

The number on the left corresponds with the original source number on the right

When you click on the arrow, the matching section is displayed in red

Choose “full source view” to

see the matching section in the

original document

This feature allows your professors to

grade your work and make comments

digitally. Depending on your professor, this

may mean you can get feedback on your

papers earlier.

GradeMark

Comments in purple

are generated

by the system

Comments in blue are from your professor

Hover over GradeMark icons to see what your professor has to say or a definition of

the abbreviation

Your professor may add longer

comments in this field

The system allows for easy writing workshops. Your

professor may assign you a paper from another student (may

be anonymous) to review and comment on. Sometimes your

professor will also post questions for you to answer. Your

review may have your name attached or it may be nameless.

The comments look the same and feature the same options

as GradeMark, they are just created by a peer instead of a

professor.

PeerMark

Everyone in the class should now create an account.

Submit the paper you brought with you to the class I created. You will not be graded on this paper. ◦ The ID for the class is 4532105◦ The password for the class is fst101

Practice

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