margaret home, dianne mcnab marcet, l&ls michelle walker subject & liaison, l&ls
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Using TurnitinUK to help design out Academic
MisconductMargaret Home, Dianne McNabMARCET, L&LSMichelle WalkerSubject & Liaison, L&LS
Holistic and preventative approach TurnitinUK developed as part of the
preventative toolkit Integrated involvement with Academic
Registry, Library and Schools to develop best practice
Programme, Subject and School responsibilities – UG, PG, PGR:• Anticipates consistent approach
Developing practice with collaborative partners
Northumbria Context
Most important issue is to prevent academic misconduct where can, by designing out
University expresses regulations through ARNA
Guidelines for Good Assessment Practice:◦ Principle of students’ responsibility to
demonstrate to staff that the work they submit for assessment is their own
Appendix 6: Academic Misconduct/Plagiarism
Northumbria Context
Preventing Academic Misconduct ensures students• Have opportunity to develop understanding of
expectations of UK Academic community• Develop skills in academic practice, such as
writing skills, citation and referencing using EndNote
Design Assessment Practices resistant to academic misconduct
Academic Misconduct: Designing Out
Use TurnitinUK formatively to foster learning climate• Introduce as early as possible into the academic
programme• Case studies show this approach can improve
student skills
Academic Misconduct: Designing Out
Compares submitted work to its database
Produces an Originality Report showing any matching text◦Simply a tool to help find sources that
contain similar text◦Doesn’t prove (or disprove) plagiarism
– no magic number!
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TurnItInUK – what is does
Several billion unique web pages, including archived pages
Database of work submitted by other students in the UK.
A wide range of academic journals 5,000+ copyright-free electronic books
via the Guttenberg Project
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TurnItInUK database coverage
Adding a Turnitin Assignment to a Blackboard site
Select TurnitinUK Assignment and hit Go
Assignment Screen Settings
Assignment Screen Settings
Assignment Inbox
Staff Get Help tab on Blackboard MARCET Blackboard Organisation
Training materials: MARCET Training Sessions: Practical
Turnitin; Endnote Referencing. Details available from MARCET Web Pages: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/marcet/
Books in MARCET about plagiarism Library & Learning Services, Information
Specialists, S&L
Resources to support staff
Library and Learning Services can offer a range of materials which can be used to support students
Overview of plagiarism Provide Powerpoint slides demonstrating how to
submit and interpret the originality report Turnitin student guide modules
Turnitin Referencing Plagiarism
Adding Value & Support to Turnitin
Formative use in induction module NX0420 Introduced in a lecture
Overview of Plagiarism Demonstration of how to submit and also interpret
the reports Help and Support via student handouts, Skills Plus
modules and ask4help enquiry service shown to students
Crucially added into blackboard together with the Turnitin submission
Help and support embedded alongside the task
Case study – NBS postgraduate
Turnitin is a compulsory part of the submission of the dissertation
A new Turnitin submission is set up for this attached to Dissertation Preparation and Research Methods NX0422
Help and support again integrated alongside the task
Reinforced by the lecturers via announcements
Case study – NBS postgraduate
Turnitin has been rolled out to NBS PG Marketing programmes in Singapore
Library supporting materials play an important role in giving the same level of support to home and collaborative venture students
Developments
Deliver sessions in modules at staff request Work collaboratively with staff to provide
material to support staff to deliver sessions to students
Work in partnership with staff to create new materials on plagiarism
Able to provide supporting materials to add to blackboard alongside the Turnitin submission giving more support when students need it
How your Information Specialist can help you
Turnitin student guide modules
Turnitin Referencing Plagiarism EndNote bibliographic software
Northumbria Skills Programme Library Ask4Help service
Library and Learning Services Resources to Support Students
Wish they had been introduced to the system earlier
Students expect all staff to use the system Study involved in last year: Student
comments:‘As an international student it was helpful to
see what exactly I was expected to cite in order to get a better mark’
‘Semi-involves the student in the marking process, gives you a different point of view and I think you do better work’
Students’ views
Staff found self-submission by students beneficial ‘more convenient if script already has an OR’
Staff used system to develop understanding‘A positive experience for students as many
engage with it…and will change their writing as a result’
‘Student feedback has demonstrated that it has made them more informed and less tolerant of plagiarism’
‘Made the students more aware of the need for honesty and originality’
‘Many students feel they are information literate but Turnitin may show otherwise and makes them realise how important writing and referencing skills are’
Staff views
Thank youAny questions?