BRIEFING ON ‘TURNITIN’

12th March 2015Thursday (1.00-2.00pm)

What is Turnitin?Turn-it-inA computerized tool in

ensuring that papers/reports written by student is free from plagiarism.

http://www.turnitin.com

Why should we use Turnitin?• VAST DATABASE • 20+ billion pages of web content • 220 million student papers and 90000+

publications

• PREVENT PLAGIARISM

• ENGAGE STUDENTS• A high Similarity Percentage will engage the

students to take extra effort in trying to improve the report.

• Turnitin report will display the percentage of similarities based on: Green : 1 -24% of Similarity YellowYellow : 25 – 49% of Similarity Orange : 50 - 74% of Similarity Red : 75 – 100% of Similarity

• SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE for FYP is not more than 30%

• If more than 30%, you will get F grade (indicate PLAGIARISM)

HOW TO START USING TURNITIN?

• Your coordinators will enroll you in a class and create an assignment under that class

• They will put in your name and your email – same email address during FYP registration

• EXAMPLE: • Name of class: FYP1 S2_1415• Name of assignment: FYP 1 Report

You will receive a notification email from Turnitin

Name of FYP CoordinatorClick here

Assignment Click submit to hand in your report

You will see the SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE straight away after first time submission. For resubmission, the SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE will be generated after 24 hours from your resubmission.

Click on the SIMILARITY percentage – Another window will appear

FYP COORDINATOR’S

PERSPECTIVE

Important Notes:• Use only Turnitin account registered by your FYP coordinator (no

personal account, no supervisor’s account etc)

• FYP coordinator will refer to submission’s list as proof of your report submission to Turnitin

• If FYP1 report submission date is 15th May 2015 (5.00pm), your Turnitin account will be activated until 14th May 2015 (5.00pm) – 1 day earlier

• Please keep your username and password – the FYP coordinator cannot retrieve your password for you!

• For FYP2 students, use the same Turnitin account from your FYP1 (same username and password)

FYP Sem 2 2014/15 

Submission PresentationSubmit Poster

PosterExhibition

SubmitHardcopy

Results Released

FYP 1 11 May 2015

18 - 19 May 2015

- - - 19 June 2015

FYP 2 15 May 2015

20 - 21 May 2015

8 June 2015

9 June 2015

12 June 2015

19 June 2015

Thank you