Download - Turnitin Report (2011)
2009 - 2011 Report
Ag dAgenda
Progress reportUUsageTraining and supportg2011 survey
New developmentsNew developments
U gCumulative number of
instructorsUsage722
979
800
1000
1200
instructors
362443
607722
400
600
800
36% increase in instructor accounts in 2010-2011
0
200
2006 - 2007 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011
Architecture4%
Centre for Applied English Studies
6%
Distribution of instructors Adopted across
all FacultiesArts11% Business &
Economics5%
Science7%
Others6%
a acu t es
5%Dentistry
4%
Education10%
Social sciences
10%
EngineeringMedicine
18%
Engineering6%
Law2%
Medicine21%
Over 60,000 reports generated during the two-year review period!
40000
No. of originality reports
2426525679
34686
25000
30000
35000
14790
20321
15000
20000
25000
0
5000
10000
02006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Red and Orange originality reports
Di t ib ti f O i i lit R t
ghas declined since 2008
100%
Distribution of Originality Reports (2006 - 2011)
70%
80%
90%
40%
50%
60%
20%
30%
40%
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011No Match 8% 7% 9% 8% 7%
0%
10%
< 24% Match 65% 57% 65% 64% 65%25-49% Match 19% 22% 19% 20% 20%50-74% Match 5% 5% 5% 5% 4%75-100% Match 4% 8% 4% 3% 4%
T i i g d S tTraining and SupportG d t S h l li f Graduate School policy of
compulsory check of RPG theses and research proposals
Graduate School policy of random check of RPG theses(1 January 2009)
Total number of enquiries
(1 January 2011)(1 January 2009)
855
700
800
900
480
338400
500
600
240
144
338
100
200
300
0
100
2006 - 2007 2007 - 2008 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011
45
No. of Turnitin Training SessionsNearly 5-fold increase in
i2025303540
Sess
ions
training sessions offered
2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 -05
101520
No.
of
2006 2007
2007 2008
2008 2009
2009 2010
2010 2011
Student 1 6 6 4 31Staff 2 1 1 4 8
1000
Turnitin Training AttendanceOver 8-fold increase in
attendance
400500600700800900
of u
sers
attendance
2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 -0
100200300400
No.
o
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Student 80 143 143 65 814Staff 39 9 9 45 120
2011 S2011 Survey
Biennial survey on Turnitin@HKUcovering 2009 2011covering 2009-2011Administered in 7 to 23 July 2011y
P fil f R d t (72)Profile of Respondents (72)Respondents by Faculty/ Respondents by status
Architecture3%
ArtsBusiness
and
DepartmentIT staff
4%Others13%
13% Economics4%
Dentistry7%
Education
Social Sciences
28%Faculty member
54%
Administrative staff11%
Education6%
Engineering6%Law
1%
Medicine26%
Science7%
54%
Teaching Assistant/
Demonstrator18%
Years of teaching Years with a Turnitin account
< 2 years8%Not
applicable20%
< 1 year12%
1 to 3
2 >= 5 years32%> 10 years
26%
20% 1 to 3 years16%
3 t 5
Over 5 years
5 >=10 years14%
3 to 5 years8%
y64%
H i it d?Do you use Turnitin on undergraduates or
How is it used?Do you use Turnitin on undergraduates or
postgraduates?
Undergraduates34%
Postgraduates (Research)
34%
Postgraduates (Course-based)
32% Did you arrange your RPG students perform a Turnitin pre-check before
theses submission?
Yes
No38%
62%
H f lHow useful…Rating by Instructors
4.2 4.1 4.1 43.7
3 5
4
4.5
Rating by Instructors
3.5 3.4
3
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3
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The Originality Reports were
Detect plagiarism in
student assignments
Do you want to use Turnitin in
Would you recommend
this software to The Statistical Reports were
Foster a better understanding of plagiarism and how to
Turnitin is easy to use
Decide on student
0
useful assignments with more
confidence?
the future? your colleagues?
useful and how to avoid it among
students
to use grades?
Score 4.2 4.1 4.1 4 3.7 3.5 3.4 3
S itt tSome written comments…
The turnitin is no longer as effective as in the past because es
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pstudents learn how to beat the system.
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nWhile the system may not be perfect, it
does deter plagiarism toUse
does deter plagiarism to some extent.
f i dlI find the Turnitin pretty user-friendly. The report generated is although complicated but in general usefulbut in general useful.
Can the Library suggest otheres Can the Library suggest other simpler software to check plagiarism? … Turnitin required me to create at
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It should NOT be the duty of supervisors and teachers to bepret
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waste of time thing imposed on faculty. The computer or nter
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responsible for catching plagiarism. So do not bother faculty with Turn-It-In!
R t D l tRecent Developments
Joint renewal with HKU SPACE (2011-2014)2014)
Independent Turnitin Administrator at HKU SPACE Training to be provided by HKULTraining to be provided by HKUL
R t D l tRecent Developments
Originality check for research fund proposals (October 2011)proposals (October 2011)
Concerns that the research proposals be disclosedInterpretation of originality reportsInterpretation of originality reports