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IMPROVEMENTS ON THE
ASSIGNMENT
ACTIVITY & TURNITIN
INTEGRATION
American University of Beirut -
AUB
Wissam Nahas - eLearning Manager
Moodle Team
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Outline
Moodle at AUB
Using Assignment activity
Problems faced with Upload a single file
Advantages of using Advanced uploading of files
Our decision
Our improvements
Integration with Turnitin the plagiarism detection system
Q & A
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American University of Beirut - AUB
Founded in 1866
Top university in the ME
Middle States' accreditation
64 buildings over an area of 61-
acre
More than 100 programs
Around 8000 students
Faculty to student ratio 1/13
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LMS@ AUB
WebCT - Fall 2001
Moodle - Summer 2005
74% of AUB course-sections uses Moodle
(Using Moodle is optional by faculty)
Web-enhanced and Blended course delivery
A couple of online courses
Moodle 2
Piloting Moodle 2 – Summer 2012
Official move to Moodle 2 – Fall 2012
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Using Assignment
Mostly used graded activity
Advanced uploading of files
Online text
Upload a single file
Offline activity
7133 assignments in 2633 courses
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Problems faced with Upload a single file
The loss of previous submissions
Inability to submit more than one file at the same time
Hide/reveal assignment description manually
Inability to delete a student’s submission even by the
administrator
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Advantages of Advanced uploading of
files
Allow deleting
More than one submission at a time
Allow addition of comments and notes
Hide/reveal description before available date
Enable send for marking
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Our Decision
Stop using “Upload a single file” assignment type
“Advanced uploading of files” “File Upload”
Change the default settings
Allow deleting “NO”
Maximum number of uploaded files “1”
Enable send for marking “No”
When the submission is late, display the date and
time in red
Integration with Plagiarism Detection System
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Plagiarism Detection System
Searched for open source solution
Turnitin is one of the best in the market
Integration with Moodle
Enable the use of the service in the assignment activity
Single sign on
2 Plug-ins (Moodle vs. Turnitin)
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Both combined in
one type
Two in One
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Turnitin
Settings
Turnitin settings
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Student’s View
Note added automatically
when Turnitin setting is
enabled
Student’s
Submissio
n
Similarity
Report
Additional
note by the
student
Assignment
Description
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Instructor’s View
Student’s Note
Student’s Submission Similarity Report
Display date and time in red when its late
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Questions?
Thank you!
Contact information:
Wissam Nahas
Academic Core Processes & Systems
www.aub.edu.lb/it/acps
Moodle @ AUB
http://moodle.aub.edu.lb