turnitin simon pinter faculty technology services
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TurnitinSimon Pinter
Faculty Technology Services
Agenda Overview
What is Turnitin? How do teachers use it? How do students use it? Recent upgrades
Case Study Walkthrough of submission process Reading the Originality Report
FERPA
Future (ATLAS)
Q&A
Overview:What is Turnitin?Originality detection tool
Compares student document submissions to multiple sources
Building block or additional feature added to Blackboard
Overview: How do teachers use it?Create a Turnitin assignment
Set relevant parameters
Review Originality Reports in assignment inbox
Grades are synced with Grade Center
Overview: How do students use it?Submit document to Turnitin assignment in
Blackboard course content area
If allowed by instructor, review personal Originality Report
Case Study:Creating the assignmentSee example
Case Study:Submission processSee example
Case Study:The Originality ReportSee example
FERPA regulationsFederal Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Turnitin implicationsStudent papers become part of the education
record the moment they pass into the instructor’s handsStudents must submit papers directly to Turnitin
Instructors may not submit for students
Instructors must make the use of Turnitin explicitly clear
Instructors must specify which repositories will be referenced in creating the Originality Report
Future (ATLAS)Next generation LMS (learning management
system) at NYUCurrently in developmentWill integrate Turnitin
Q&A