Guides.turnitin.com

Accessing Turnitin

Creating a New User Profile

Logging In

Enrolling in a Class

Submitting a Paper

User Info, Preferences, Messages and Assistance

GradeMark®

Originality Check

PeerMark

Grade Book

Discussion Boards

Class Calendar

Glossary

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Accessing Turnitin

To access Turnitin, each user must create a unique user profile. The user profile consists of an e-mailaddress, user password, optional personal information, and a set of user preferences.

There are two ways for a student to obtain a Turnitin user profile.

An instructor may add the student to the course, in which case the student would receive an e-mailwith a temporary password and login instructions

An instructor may provide the information which allows a student to join a class on the Turnitinwebsite

Warning: Each user profile must be assigned a unique e-mail address in the Turnitin system.Users who have previously created a Turnitin user profile will need to log in with the e-mailaddress and password that was originally set for the user profile.

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Creating a New User Profile

If an instructor has added the student to a course and the student has received the automatednotification e-mail containing a temporary password or if the student has used Turnitin previously andhas an existing user profile, continue down to the Logging In section.

Warning: A class ID and enrollment password are required to enroll in a class on Turnitin. Thisinformation may only be provided by the instructor of the class. Turnitin cannot provide a class IDor enrollment password in any circumstances. If you do not have this information contact the classinstructor.

1. Go to www.turnitin.com and click on the Create Account link next to the Log In button

2. Click on student link

3. The Create a New Turnitin Student Account form must be completed to create a new studentuser account

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4. Enter the class ID number and the case sensitive Turnitin class enrollment password

5. Enter the user first name, last name, and a valid e-mail address to use as the login for Turnitin

6. Create a user password. The user password must be between six and twelve characters longand contain at least one letter and one number. Re-enter the password to confirm it

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7. Select a secret question from the drop-down menu. Enter the answer for the question.Remember and keep this information. The answer is case and space sensitive

8. Review the user agreement. To continue using Turnitin, click on I agree -- create profile

10. From the completed user profile creation page, click on Log in to Turnitin

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Note: If step 6 indicates that the e-mail provided is already in Turnitin, there is an existing profileunder the e-mail you entered. Please use the Resetting Your Password instructions, if the passwordhas been forgotten, to gain access to the user profile if you had a previously existing Turnitin userprofile, or use an alternate e-mail address for your Turnitin access.

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Logging In

Logging In

To begin using Turnitin, you must first log in. During login a cookie will be set on your web browser toallow Turnitin to authorize your access during use of the site. Please ensure that the web browserprogram you are using will allow this cookie to be set. Please refer to the help or support information foryour web browser for more information on allowing cookies from our site, www.turnitin.com.

If you are logging into a profile using a temporary password received via e-mail, you will be required toconfirm your user information and set a personal password and secret question/answer information. Thepassword selected will be required to log into the user profile, replacing the temporary password fromthe e-mail.

1. Go to www.turnitin.com or www.turnitinuk.com (UK Only)

2. At the top right click on the Log In button

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3. Enter the e-mail address and password you used to sign-up to Turnitin. This is different tothe Class ID and Class Join Password. Then click on the Log In button

Resetting Your Password

If a Turnitin user password is forgotten or the initial user welcome e-mail is not received, the passwordcan be reset via secret question or e-mail. To reset a password via e-mail, your user information mustcontain a valid e-mail address. Turnitin cannot send password reset information to any other e-mail.

1. Go to www.turnitin.com or www.turnitinuk.com (UK Only) and click on the Log In button

2. Click on Reset Password link

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3. Enter the e-mail address associated with a Turnitin user profile and click on next

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4a. Either select the secret question for the user profile and enter the answer in the fieldprovided and click next

4b. Or if you do not know the secret question/answer set for the user profile, click the linkbelow labeled Forgot the answer? to have a link to a password reset sent via e-mail

5. On the password reset page, you must enter a new password and log into Turnitin using the e-mail and new password for your profile

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6. Use the e-mail and new password for your user profile to log into Turnitin

Warning: If you do not receive the e-mail containing the password reset link, make certain thatthe e-mail service is not filtering this e-mail from noreply@turnitin.com to your spam or junk mail.Add noreply@turnitin.com to the e-mail contact list or contact your e-mail service for moreinformation on ensuring this important password reset e-mail is able to be received.

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Enrolling in a Class

The student homepage displays a list of any courses that the student user profile is enrolled in. Newlycreated user profiles are automatically enrolled in the class associated with the class ID used to createthe user profile.

A single user profile can be used to enroll in multiple classes. Enrollment into additional classes can becompleted once the user signs on as the student profile and is viewing the student user homepage.Enrollment in additional classes on Turnitin will always require a valid class ID number and the casesensitive enrollment password for the class. This information can only be distributed by the instructors.

Students may also receive a notification e-mail from Turnitin indicating that they have been added to anew course by the instructor directly. This new class will appear automatically on the student userhomepage.

1. Log into Turnitin with a student user profile

2. Click on the enroll in a class tab on the student homepage

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3. Enter the class ID and enrollment password for the new class

4. Click submit to enroll in the class and add it to the student user homepage

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Submitting a Paper

Student users of Turnitin submit papers to a class from the class portfolio page. The class portfolio pageis viewed by clicking on the name of the class from the student homepage. The class portfolio page listsassignments created by the instructor for students to submit to.

Note: If there are no assignments listed, students will not be able to submit any papers to thecourse until the assignments are created. Ensure that the correct course is being accessed andcontact the instructor if no assignments are available to submit to. Only the instructor controllingthe class will be able to create assignments for students in the class.

Note: Anonymous marking is now available for all assignments, globally. Anonymous marking is asystem of assessment where a student's name and any other identifiable information is unknownto an instructor. Speak to your institution administrator for more information on this method ofmarking.

File Types and Size

If an assignment is set to allow any file type, Turnitin will accept any file:

less than 40mb;

that has a minimum of 25 words; and

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that is less than 400 pages.

If the assignment is set to allow only file types that Turnitin can check for originality, Turnitin will onlyaccept files that can generate Originality Reports. This includes:

Microsoft Word® (.doc/.docx)

OpenOffice Text (.odt)

WordPerfect® (.wpd)

PostScript (.ps/.eps)

HTML

Hangul Word Processor file (.hwp)

Rich text format (.rtf)

Plain text (.txt)

Google Docs via Google Drive™

Adobe® PDF

Microsoft PowerPoint® (.pptx, .ppt, .ppsx, and .pps)

Microsoft Excel® (.xls and .xlsx)

Note: If you are using an unsupported word processor, you may need to save your plain text file as .txtor .rtf in order to upload to Turnitin.

Note: If submitting with Google Drive™, third party cookies must be allowed in your browser, otherwise,any attempts to sign into Google to upload from Google Drive will fail. Note that Google Drivefunctionality is not supported with IE8 or below. Do not upload Google Doc (.gdoc) files directly to Turnitin; a

.gdoc file does not store the document, but contains a reference to it online, in Google Docs

Note: It is possible to submit PowerPoint® files through Turnitin.com, TurnitinUK.com, Turnitin Basicintegrations, newer versions of the Turnitin Direct integrations, and LTI compliant integrationsonly. Turnitin converts the PowerPoint® slide deck into a static PDF, leaving all text and images in their

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original format but leaving out features such as presenter notes, embedded video, and animations. Textwith visual effects is not supported, and it is recommended that any visual effects such as shadows and3D be removed prior to submitting to Turnitin. It is recommended that any visual effects such asshadows and 3D be removed prior to submitting to Turnitin.

Note: Turnitin will not accept PDF image files, forms, or portfolios, files that do not contain highlightable text

(e.g. a scanned file - usually an image), documents containing multiple files or files created with software other than

Adobe Acrobat®.

Note: The version of the file that can be viewed in the Document Viewer will look the same as it would if the Excel

file had been saved as a PDF and submitted to Turnitin. We highly recommend that users pay attention to the image

preview provided in the single file submission to verify that the file is presented in an acceptable manner. Users can

adjust the way the file looks by editing the page setup and print area settings for the file prior to saving it and

submitting it to Turnitin.

Turnitin will not accept the following to generate Originality Reports:

Password protected files

Microsoft® Works (.wps) files

Microsoft Word 2007 macros-enabled .docm files

OpenOffice Text (.odt) files created and downloaded from Google Docs online

Document (.doc) files created using OpenOffice, as they are not 100% Microsoft Word equivalent

Apple Pages

Spreadsheets created outside of Microsoft Excel (i.e. .ods)

Text with visual effects

Tip: When converting a file to a new file format, users should rename their file with a name other thanthat of the original file. This is suggested to prevent permanent loss of the original formatting or imagecontent of a file due to it being overwritten.

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How to Submit a Paper

To submit a paper to an assignment on Turnitin, the user must log in and upload a file to an existingassignment. Assignments on Turnitin cannot accept student submissions until the assignment start dateand time has passed. Assignments may also reject submissions after the due date and time set by theinstructor.

To check the start date and due date information, either click on the name of the assignment in the classportfolio page or view the start and due dates located under the assignment name. This action opens apop-up window showing assignment preference information, including start and due dates/times as wellas other assignment information or special instructions.

Note: After the submission has been completed on step 7 below, a digital receipt is displayed inyour browser window. A copy is also sent via e-mail to the address for the user login. It isimportant to use a valid e-mail address to receive this copy of the digital receipt. Save the receiptand the submission id it contains, as this is proof of a completed submission.

Warning: If the digital receipt is not shown on screen after submission, return to the classportfolio page and view the assignment to ensure the paper submission completed correctly.Submissions can be checked and viewed by clicking on the title of the paper under the title columnto the right of the assignment name.

1. Start by clicking on the class name you would like to submit to after logging in to Turnitin

2. Click on the Submit button to the right of the assignment name

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3. If necessary, select single file upload from the Submit: pull down menu

4. Enter a title for the submission

5. Once the requirements for single file upload have been reviewed, students have a choice toupload a file from:

the computer

Dropbox

or Google Drive

Click one of the submission buttons and then select the file you would like to upload

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6. Click Upload to upload the file

7. Review the preview panel. Click the Confirm button to upload the file to the assignment

8. After the submission is complete a digital receipt is displayed on screen. A copy is also sent viae-mail to the address for the user login. Save the receipt and the submission id it contains, as thisis proof of a completed submission.

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The digital receipt contains a unique submission id number, the name of the user profile submitting, theassignment title, the paper title given by the submitting party, the file name, the file size, the pagecount, word count, character count, the submission date, as well as the body text of the file submitted.

Cut and Paste Submit

Note: If the add to: pull-down menu appears within the submit paper screen, select whether tostore your paper in the standard paper repository or in the institution paper repository.

1. Start by clicking on the class name you would like to submit to after logging in to Turnitin

2. Click on the Submit button to the right of the assignment name

3. Select cut & paste upload from the Submit drop down menu

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4. Fill in the submission title field and copy the text from the text document. This must be donefrom a word processor able to open the file you wish to submit content from. Do not manuallytype an entire paper in the copy/paste field, which could cause the user login to time-out, losing allthe entered data

Tip: To cut and paste text, highlight the text of a paper in a word processing or text editingprogram and select copy from the edit menu. To transfer the text into your browser, place yourmouse cursor in the text box of the submission page and select paste from your browser’s editmenu

5. Click Upload to complete the cut and paste submission of the text pasted into the content box

After the submission has been completed on step 5 a digital receipt is displayed on screen. A copy is alsosent via e-mail to the address for the user login. Save the receipt and the submission id it contains, asthis is proof of a completed submission.

The digital receipt contains a unique submission id number, the name of the user profile submitting, thepaper title given by the submitting party, the assignment title, and the e-mail address for the usersubmitting, as well as the body text of the file submitted.

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Viewing Submitted Files

After a submission has been completed it will be immediately available to view from the class portfoliopage for the student or the assignment inbox of the instructor. Submissions made previously can beviewed in any active or expired class that the student is still enrolled in on Turnitin. Instructors maydelete classes or unenroll students which prevents the student from viewing submissions that were madein the class.

Every paper that has been submitted can be viewed by clicking on the View button next to theassignment name. This will open a new window in a separate screen that displays the paper informationin the heading at the top and the full text of the paper beneath.

Downloading Submitted Papers and Digital Receipts

Previously submitted papers can be downloaded by the student user. This allows a student user todownload and save a copy of any submission in the class made by this user. The downloadable version ofthe file is in the original format of the submission, indicated by the file type name to the right of the filedownload icon. Some accounts allow the student to select either the PDF version or the original formatversion to download.

Students may download the digital receipt for submissions at any time from the student’s class homepage.

To download a file navigate to the Turnitin class home page for the class the file was submitted to.

Click on the download button to view and select one of the three download options: Originally submittedformat, PDF format, and Digital receipt.

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Some users may be prompted by pop-up windows or toolbar icons on their web browser to continue andapprove the download or open the file.

Resubmitting

Some assignments may allow students the ability to overwrite their previous submissions until the duedate and time set for the assignment. This option can be set by the instructor on an assignment byassignment basis. If overwriting is not enabled, the instructor must manually delete a previoussubmission to allow the student user to submit a second file.

Note: Only a single file may be submitted by a student user to any Turnitin assignment. Anysecond or subsequent submission will overwrite the original file submission in this assignment.Multiple files cannot be uploaded to the same assignment by a student.

Tip: If there is more than one file that must be submitted to complete the directions given by aninstructor, contact the instructor immediately. Additional assignments may be created, or thestudent users may need to combine multiple documents into a single file of an acceptable file typeto be uploaded into Turnitin.

How to Resubmit to an Assignment

If resubmission by overwrite has been enabled or an instructor has deleted the student user’s firstsubmission, resubmitting a paper is handled in an identical manner as a first time submission to anassignment. Follow the steps for a first time submission as listed in this handbook.

Note: When a student user clicks on the Resubmit button in the class portfolio page for anassignment allowing overwrite resubmission, a warning pop-up will appear. This serves to notify

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the student user that, if available, Originality Reports for any resubmission that is made in thisassignment will require an additional twenty four hour delay to generate.

This applies to all submissions after the first submission made by any student user in anyassignment.

Assignment Types

Instructors may create different assignment types based on the Turnitin products that have beenpurchased. The full list of assignment types is:

Paper Assignment - the standard Turnitin assignment, allowing students a single submission of afile which can then be viewed by the instructor or used with other. Turnitin products on the account.

Revision Assignment - a copy of a Paper Assignment which an instructor may create to allow forrevisions or rewrites.

Reflection Assignment - an assignment for submitting self-written assessment of the writingprocess of a Paper Assignment. Based on a specific Paper Assignment.

PeerMark Assignment - an assignment which allows students to peer-review the papers written byother students in a Paper Assignment. Students are given free response and scale questions for thereview. Peer reviews may be anonymous, and allow students to comment directly on the paper.

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User Info, Preferences, Messages and Assistance

The Turnitin student user homepage contains a number of links in the toolbar at the top that allow a userto change their profile and preference information or check for system-wide announcements fromTurnitin.

My Classes

The HOME link returns a student user to their student user homepage and the list of classes in which theactive user profile is currently enrolled. From this page, a user can enroll in new classes or enter a classportfolio.

User Info

A user profile contains personal information and user preferences. Click the user info link to open theuser profile options. The user information area is separated into two sections: personal information anduser preferences.

Personal Information

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In the personal information section of the user information page a user is shown a number of fields,many of which are optional and can be provided at your discretion. There are required fields however,which are listed here:

User name (e-mail)

Password

Confirm password

Secret question

Question answer

Last name

First name

All other areas of the personal information section are optional.

User Preferences

The user preferences section of a user profile affects how information within the profile account ispresented and sets defaults for commonly used functions. User preferences include:

default user type – determines the type of user homepage seen on login - administrator,instructor, or student; change user type is done by using the user type button.

default submission type – select a default submission type: file upload, bulk upload, or cut andpaste

items per page – select the number of items you would like displayed per page

show page info – toggles the info messages at the top of each page on and off

send me e-mail updates – choose yes to receive e-mail updates from Turnitin

use homepage link – choose yes to create a homepage link. To set up a link, enter a link name andURL below.

Messages and Announcements

To view important Turnitin messages and announcements, click on the messages link.

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Warning: Urgent notifications may appear both on the messages page and on the Turnitin userhomepage. These include messages announcing scheduled downtimes.

Information and Assistance

The yellow help button on the top right corner of the page allows a user to contact the helpdesk andsend any questions or problems about Turnitin with a description of the question/problem. The Turnitinhelpdesk will email you an answer to your question in a timely manner.

Help Center

The Help Center is an area we have created for our users to search for help or information about usingTurnitin. Frequently updated lists of the most common questions we receive are also available.

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GradeMark®

The GradeMark® digital mark-up tool allows instructors to mark and grade papers online in a paperlessenvironment. Instructors are able to create custom sets of comments and marks for grading as well asuse rubric scorecards that feature quick scoring of student papers against a list of scaled criteria createdby the instructor or educational institution.

Once the post date of a paper has passed, students are able to access the marked version of the paperand view any grades, comments, marks, or requested changes noted by the instructor.

Tip: If the GradeMark View button is gray, the post date of the assignment has not been reachedor the instructor has not yet graded or marked the paper. Contact the instructor for furtherinformation.

Viewing Marked Papers

To view a marked paper, the student user will need to click on the blue View button next to theassignment. The student GradeMark paper view will open in a separate window in which the student mayview or print the grade and comment information. Not all browsers will be able to display the completefeatures of the GradeMark product. If a browser that is not fully supported is being used, a notificationwill inform the user.

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GradeMark Contents

GradeMark consists of:

document viewer frame - shows the Grade, the title and author of the paper. The similarity indexwill be displayed if the instructor has allowed students to view the Originality Report for theassignment

paper text - the full content of the submitted paper, including images, as well as any marks madeby the instructor

the GradeMark sidebar - displays the comment/mark list, general comments, and rubric scorecardinformation for the paper being viewed

Paper Information

The paper information can be viewed by clicking on the information icon at the bottom left of thecommon viewer.

The paper information contains: the submission id, the date the paper was processed, the word count,the character count, the number of submissions to the assignment. The Similarity Indices will only bedisplayed if the instructor has allowed students to view Originality Reports for the assignment.

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Marks

Marks added to a student submission appear in the body of the paper. The types of mark that aninstructor can make on a student submission is a combination of any of the following:

comments - a comment is equivalent to the note an instructor would write in the margins of apaper

QuickMark(SM) - QuickMark comments may be used by an instructor to easily place notice of acomplex or frequently used grammar, punctuation, or formatting issue

a rubric - the rubric scorecard icon located at the bottom of the sidebar allows a student to view anyrubric scorecard information added to the paper by the instructor

general comments - a general text or voice comment can be added to a paper by the instructor toinclude a longer statement or overall review and assessment in greater depth without reference tospecific marks on the paper

Viewing Marks

Student users are able to view the full information of a comment or QuickMark editing mark in multipleways.

The primary method is using the mouse. The student will need to locate and click on a comment bubbleon the paper. This will select the mark in question and open the comment attached to it, as well asemphasizing any highlight associated with the comment.

To view a QuickMark editing mark, the student user must move the mouse pointer over the mark to viewthe full information of the text associated with the mark.

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When a student opens a paper in GradeMark the General Comments is the default sidebar view.

To listen to a voice comment, if an instructor has included it their feedback, click on the play button.

To view a full list of comments the student user must click on the comment list icon located at thebottom of the sidebar.

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Clicking on the comment list icon opens a scrollable window of all comments or marks placed on thepaper within the sidebar. To view the location of a mark on the paper, hover over a comment or mark inthe comment list and click on the show on paper link that appears.

Rubrics

If a rubric was used by the instructor to grade the paper click on the rubric icon at the bottom of thesidebar.

The rubric criteria descriptions that the paper received are listed in the rubric sidebar. To view the entirerubric used to grade the paper, scroll to the bottom of the rubric sidebar and click on the View full sizerubric in a new window link. A new window containing the entire rubric will open.

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If marks on the paper were associated with rubric criteria the mark will display the rubrc icon.

When viewing a rubric, students can view the list of marks associated with a specific criterion. Thenumber of marks associated is displayed within the comment icon next to each criterion.

To view the list of associated marks click on the comment icon. Hover over a mark in the list and thenclick on the Show link to view the mark location on the paper.

Grades

The paper’s grade is displayed in the top right corner of the document viewer. If students are allowed toview the Originality Report for the assignment the Similarity Index will be displayed in the top rightcorner as well.

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Printing

To print a paper that has been graded by an instructor using the GradeMark product, the student willneed to open the GradeMark paper view. Once the paper is open, the student can click on the printericon on the bottom of the viewing window.

e-rater® Grammar Check Technology

The e-rater grammar feedback technology, developed by ETS®, automatically checks submissions to anassignment for grammar, usage, mechanics, style and spelling errors; providing in depth feedback withon paper marks.

Note: If your instructor has enabled e-rater for your assignment you will receive your feedback onthe assignment post-date along with the rest of your feedback.

When viewing a paper in GradeMark for an assignment with e-rater assignment settings enabled by theinstructor, e-rater technology will load the grammar and spelling marks once GradeMark opens in thedocument viewer. Hover over the e-rater mark to view the description of the mark. For a more detaileddescription about the e-rater error click on the View handbook link.

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Note: It may take up to a minute for the e-rater feedback to load for the paper.

If the instructor left an additional comment on an e-rater mark a comment icon will appear next to themark title. Hover over the mark to view the instructor’s additional comment.

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Originality Check

Papers submitted to Turnitin may be compared against billions of internet documents, archived internetdata that is no longer available on the live web, a local repository of previously submitted papers, andsubscription repository of periodicals, journals, and publications. The comparison may be against any orall of these repositories as set on a specific assignment by the instructor of the class.

The comparison document is called an Originality Report. This document details the matching or similartext between a submission made on Turnitin and the documents the submission was compared against.This document is listed in the instructor’s view of the class assignment inbox.

At the discretion of the instructor, student users may be able to view the Originality Reports for theirown submissions on Turnitin. This is a preference that is selected on an assignment by assignment basisand may be updated at any time by the instructor. Only the instructor can change this setting.

Note: If Not Available appears under the Similarity column for the assignment, then OriginalityReports are not available to student users in this assignment. Students wishing to view or receivea copy of the Originality Report for their submissions must contact the instructor. Thedetermination of authorizing access to this information is in the hands of the instructorand institution.

Originality Reports

The Originality Report provides a summary of matching or similar areas of text found in a submittedpaper. When an Originality Report is available to be viewed an icon is placed in the Similarity column ofthe student class portfolio page. Originality Reports that have not finished generating will display the textprocessing within the Similarity column of the student class portfolio page.

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Note: Overwritten or resubmitted papers may not generate a new Originality Report for a fulltwenty four hours. This delay is automatic and allows resubmissions to correctly generate withoutmatching to the previous draft.

The Originality Report icon shows a percentage and a corresponding color indicating on an index wherethis percentage falls in terms of matching content. This percentage is the Similarity Index.

The higher the percentage, the greater the amount of text in the submission that came up as matchingagainst information in Turnitin’s repositories. The percentage range runs from 0% to 100%. Thepercentage is generated by the amount of similar or matching text compared to the number of words inthe submission in total.

The paper shown in the Originality Report is fully formatted and contains any images and graphsincluded in the original document.

Similarity Index

The color of the report icon is linked to one of five tiers of the Similarity Index. Thisis based on the amount of matching text found by the repository comparison. Thepossible similarity index percentage ranges are linked to a corresponding color:

blue (no matching words)

green (one matching word - 24% similarity index)

yellow (25-49% similarity index)

orange (50-74% similarity index)

red (75-100% similarity index)

The overall similarity index and the corresponding color scaling of the icons provides a basic indication ofhow much information contained in a specific submission is matched to other sources in the Turnitinrepository. This number is a raw amount of matching done against the repositories selected for theassignment the submission was made to. Direct quotation, citations, or bibliography areas of the paperare not automatically excluded. The decision to permanently exclude or disregard matches to these typesof text in a paper is made solely by the instructor of the class.

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Warning: These indices in no way reflect Turnitin’s assessment of whether a paper containsplagiarized material or improperly used material. The Originality Report provides instructors with atool to more easily locate matching or similar text within the text of a submitted work.The determination and adjudication of proper citation and plagiarism are left solely to theinstructor and institution to which the work was submitted. Any questions regarding the definitionof plagiarism used at your institution should be directed to the instructor of the class or anappropriate institutional staff member.

Opening the Originality Report

Originality Reports are typically completed within ten to fifteen minutes of submissions. This reportgeneration time may vary based on the extreme levels of usage that may occur during certain periods ofthe academic year or due to very large submissions.

If the Originality Report viewing preference is set by the instructor to allow students to access thereports, the Originality Report icon will allow the user to open the report.

Viewing Originality Reports

The Originality Report can be viewed in one of four modes. These modes allow users to view and sort theinformation contained in the Originality Report in ways better suited to their needs. The four viewingmodes for an Originality Report are:

Match Overview (show highest matches together): A list of all areas of the paper which havesimilarity to information in the Turnitin repository. Matches are color coded and listed from highest tolowest percentage of matching word area to the submission. Only the top or best matches areshown, all underlying matches are visible in the Match Breakdown and All Sources modes

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All Sources: Allows a user to view matches between the paper and a specific selected source in theTurnitin repositories. Contains a full list of all matches found rather than the best matches per areaof similarity. This listing is exhaustive but will show all matches found, including any that areobscured in the Match Overview by virtue of being in the same or similar areas as other, bettermatches

Match Breakdown: Displays matches that are obscured by a top source. Allows instructors tocompare the match instance of a underlying source with the match instance for a top source

Direct Source Comparison: An in depth view that shows an area of similarity compared side byside with a specific match from the Turnitin repositories. Not available on all types of repositorymatches

Originality Report Contents

The Originality Report is separated into three main areas:

document viewer frame - shows the Similarity Index for the report and the title and author of thepaper

paper text - the submitted paper text in its original formatting. Matching text is highlighted in acolor that corresponds to the matching source listed on the right side of the Originality Report

matching sources/sidebar - the list of matching sources for the highlighted areas of the papertext to the left. The sidebar also displays the Filter and Settings (exclusion options)

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Paper Information

The paper information can be viewed by clicking on the information icon at the bottom left of thedocument viewer.

The paper information contains: the submission id, the date the paper was processed, the word count,the character count, the number of submissions to the assignment, the overall similarity index, and thethree repository indices.

Direct Source Comparison

Direct Source Comparison, allows a user to quickly compare matching text to the source of the match inthe Turnitin repositories. Matches to other student papers are not available for Direct Source Comparisonviewing unless the students are enrolled in your class. Using Direct Source Comparison can be done fromthe Match Overview or the All Sources view mode of the Originality Report.

Users can either view the Direct Source Comparison as a glimpse within the paper or as the Full SourceText within the sidebar. The glimpse only provides the matching text within context of a few outlyingsentences from the source while the Full Source Text loads in the sidebar and contains the full text of thesource and all the match instances.

1. Open an Originality Report

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2. Click on a highlighted area of text on the left hand (student paper) side

3. A pop-up window will appear above the highlighted text displaying the matching text within thesource of the match

4. (Optional) Clicking on the url link, available on live internet matches, brings up a view of the liveweb site within a new browser tab or window

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5a. Click on the “x” in the top right corner of the pop-up to close the window

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5b. To view the matching text within the full source click on the Expand to Full Text link

6. The Full Source Text view of the source will load into the sidebar

7. If there are multiple matches to this source, click on the arrow icons to quickly navigate throughthe match instances

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8. To exit the Full Source Text View click on the “X” button

Repository Sources

Turnitin utilizes multiple types of repository in the generation of the OriginalityReports. There are currently three types of repository:

internet repository - billions of active and archived web pages from the internet. Internet sourcesindicate a date of download on the Turnitin Originality Report if the match is not found on the mostrecent download of content from this site

periodicals - a repository of frequently updated content from professional journals, periodicals, andpublications

student paper repository - a repository of papers previously submitted by Turnitin users

institution paper repository - a collection of papers submitted to the institution’s repository

Note: If an area of submission text is matched to a source in the student paper repository onTurnitin, it will be listed as student papers. Direct Source Comparison is not available to studentsfor student paper matches.

Excluding Quoted or Bibliographic Material

If quoted or bibliographic material is flagged as similar or matching, this information can be removedfrom the Originality Report. Students are only able to remove quoted or bibliographic material for theduration of the current view of the report. Permanent exclusion of this information must be handled bythe instructor.

Please note that the functions for excluding material are approximate and human judgement is the final

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arbiter for proper quotation or bibliographic reference. Cited material cannot be excluded directly, andquotations can only be excluded if block-indentation or direct quotation marks (“”) begin and end thequotation.

1. Open an Originality Report

2. Click on the Filter and Settings icon

3. To exclude Quoted or Bibliographic material click the check box next to the Exclude Quotes andExclude Bibliography exclusion options

4. Click on the Apply Changes button to save the settings

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Excluding Small Matches

Users have the ability to exclude small matches by either word count or by percentage. To exclude smallmatches within an Originality Report click on the Filter and Settings icon below the sidebar.

The sidebar will load with the exclusion options. Below the Exclude matches that are less than: optionenter into either the words or % fields the numerical value for small matches that will be excluded fromthis Originality Report. To turn off excluding small matches click on the radio button next to Don’texclude by size. To save the settings click on the Apply Changes button at the bottom of the sidebar.This feature can be adjusted at any time.

When a student closes an Originality Report after using the exclude small matches option the OriginalityReport will return to the assignment’s default setting for excluding small matches and the studentschanges will not be saved.

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Downloading Reports and Digital Receipts

The Originality Report or digital receipt can be downloaded to the user’s computer for later reference.

To print/download a report, click on the print icon at the bottom of the Originality Report. This willprepare a readable, PDF version of the Originality Report or digital receipt. When downloading a repot,the downloaded version created is based on the current view of Originality Report. For example, clickingthe download icon while using the default Match Overview will create a PDF of only the highest matches.

Once a PDF version of the report or digital receipt has been saved to your computer, you may then useyour computer’s default PDF viewing application to print the Originality Report/digital receipt. Thedownloaded version will no longer have any of the Direct Source Comparison capability and will not beable to show side by side comparisons. The view modes of a downloaded report are not available in thePDF document

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PeerMark

PeerMark assignments allow students to read, review, and score or evaluate one or many paperssubmitted by their classmates. At the end of the PeerMark assignment, the papers will be distributed sothat all the students are able to read the comments left on their work. The PeerMark assignment may beanonymous or attributed, depending on the classroom structure determined by the instructor.

The basic stages of the PeerMark peer review process are:

Student papers are submitted to a Turnitin assignment

The instructor creates a PeerMark assignment and sets the number of reviews each student will berequired to write

On the PeerMark assignment start date, students may begin their reviews through the PeerMarkassignment on the class portfolio page

The student writes a review for each assigned paper by responding to the free response (written)and scale (ranked) questions selected by the instructor

Once the PeerMark assignment due date passes, no additional reviews can be written, completed, oredited by the student

On the PeerMark assignment post date, reviews of the students’ papers become available for thepapers’ authors to view

Distribution of Peer Reviews

PeerMark assignments may have a combination of the following methods of distribution of papers to bereviewed:

Automatically selected by the Turnitin system

Manually selected by the instructor

Self-selected by the student

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For example: An instructor may assign students to review five total papers. One paper would bemanually selected by the instructor. Two papers would be automatically selected by Turnitin. Thestudents would select two additional papers to review.

Writing Peer Reviews

Peer reviews are completed by students writing or selecting answers to free response or scale questionsprovided by PeerMark or created by the instructor.

Free response questions require a written response and may have a minimum length requirement. Scalequestions require the students to rate an aspect of the paper that is being reviewed based on a questionthe instructor has created according to a scale.

Tip: A peer review can be saved and closed to be completed at a later time by clicking the Savebutton at the top of the peer review page.

1. Click on the class name

2. Click on the Write Reviews button to the right of the PeerMark assignment

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3. Click on the Start review link to start a pre-assigned review

4. PeerMark will open. All the free response and scale questions that need to be completed for thepeer review are located on the right side of the PeerMark screen

5. To answer a free response question, click in the text box below the question and type in yourresponse. The word minimum for the response is listed below the text box

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Selecting a Paper to Peer Review

Some instructors may create a PeerMark assignment that allows students to select one or more papersto review from the papers submitted to the paper assignment. These papers may be in addition to orinstead of automatically assigned papers.

1. Click on the class name

2. Click on the Write Reviews button to the right of the PeerMark assignment

3. Click on the Select a paper to review link to choose a paper to review

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4. Look through the available papers to review. If you would like to view a paper in its entiretyclick on the grey plus icon at the bottom right corner of the excerpt

5. Once you have decided which paper you would like to review click on the REVIEW THIS PAPERbutton

6. PeerMark will open. All the free response and scale questions that need to be completed for thepeer revieware located on the right side of the PeerMark screen

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7. To answer a free response question, click in the text box below the question and type in yourresponse. The word minimum for the response is listed below the text box

8. To answer scale questions, click the radio button above the number for the rating you are givingthis writer for the question

9. Once the questions are completed click on the Submit button at the top of the PeerMark page tosubmit your review

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Adding Comments to a Peer Review

PeerMark Tools Palette

The PeerMark Tools palette contains all the commenting functions available to a student. To access theTools palette click on Tools on the PeerMark tool bar

The Tools palette contains two commenting tools and several composition marks that students can use inreviewing and editing their peers’ papers.

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Commenting Tools

Within PeerMark students may comment on the paper they are reviewing. A comment is equivalent tothe notes that a student may write in the margins of a paper. A comment might be:

“I like this idea. Think you could develop it further in this paragraph.”

A comment may be up to one thousand characters in length.

1. Within PeerMark, to add a comment to a paper click on the paper where you would like tocomment. A comment icon and comment bubble will appear

2. Enter text into the text field of the comment bubble

3. (Optional) If the comment references a specific area of the paper, you can click and drag on thepaper while the comment bubble is open to create a highlight over text. The color of the highlightcan be selected before clicking and dragging. Multiple highlights can be created for each mark ifthere are multiple areas to reference. Highlights may overlap

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4. Click the Save button to save the comment

The comment can be edited at any time by clicking on the mark symbol for the comment. The Edit andtrash icons will appear, click on the edit icon or double click the mark to open up the comment box. Editthe comment and click Save to save any changes made to the comment. To move a comment, click andhold on the mark symbol and drag the icon to a new location. To delete a comment click on thetrash icon.

Inline Comments

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The user can click on the paper where the comment should begin. The inline comment will show up as alight gray highlight over which typing may be done. When finished, click elsewhere on the paper or selectthe highlighter tool from the Tools palette. The inline comment will appear as typing directly over thepaper.

An inline comment can be deleted by moving the cursor over the comment and then clicking on the graytrash can icon that appears to the left of the comment. Deleted comments cannot be recovered.

The inline comment can be moved by clicking and dragging the comment to a new location on the page.Releasing the mouse will affix the inline comment to the page in the new location.

Composition Marks

Composition Marks are standard editing marks that students can utilize when editing and reviewing theirpeers’ papers. To add an composition mark to a paper click on the mark you want to add in the toolspalette and drag the mark to the desired location on the paper.

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Tip: Composition mark symbols with yellow backgrounds on the palette are dynamic. These marksrequire further modification when added to a paper.

Some of these marks are resizable using handles at the corners of the mark. Others allow for textto be added in a text field. This allows further customizing of these editing marks.

To move a composition mark click on the mark and drag it to the new position on the paper and releasethe click. To delete a mark place the cursor over the mark, the trash icon will appear click on the trashicon to delete the mark.

Reading Peer Reviews

Once the PeerMark assignment post date has passed, students are able to read the reviews written ontheir papers.

1. Once logged in, click on the name of the class the peer review was in

2. Click on the Read Reviews button for the PeerMark assignment

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3. Click on the links within the Reviews for your paper window to read the reviews of your paper

4. PeerMark will open with the student’s review of your paper. All answers to the free response andscale questions will be available on the right side of the screen under the Questions tab

5. To view the reviewers comments in a list click on the Comments tab

6. Click on the Rate this Review button to rate the helpfulness of the review. Select a number onthe scale from 0 to 10 and click on the Submit button to rate the review

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7. If you would like to print the review click on the Print link on the PeerMark toolbar

PeerMark in the Document Viewer

Students may view the peer reviews for their paper within the document viewer once the post date of aPeerMark assignment has passed. To view the paper in the document viewer first click on the Viewbutton for the paper assignment the peer review was based on.

Once the document viewer loads click on the PeerMark tab.

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When the PeerMark service is active the sidebar will display a list of all the students who have reviewedthe paper.

All reviewer comments appear on the paper. Each mark made to the paper is identifiable by thereviewer’s initials, unless the reviews are anonymous.

To view a specific student’s comments click on their name in the sidebar.

The list icon can also be used to select a student or to select to view All Reviews.

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Viewing the PeerMark Questions and Answers

To view the PeerMark questions and answers click on the questions and answers icon.

The sidebar will load all the PeerMark questions. The answers are located under each question. If allreviews are displayed the answers are identifiable by the reviewers initials, unless reviews areanonymous.

Reviewer Mark List

To view a list of all the comments left on the paper click on the mark list icon.

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The Comments List may be used to navigate to the location of a comment on the paper. Simply hoverthe cursor over a mark in the comment list and then click on the show on paper link that appears.

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Grade Book

The Turnitin grade book allows an instructor to enter and calculate grades for students on assignmentssubmitted to the instructor. The my grades tab appears on the class portfolio page when this product isavailable.

The grade book can be used to track numeric grades, attendance, and notes as well as allowing studentsto graph their performance. To view any grades and attendance records or instructor notes visible in aspecific class, open the class portfolio page and click on the my grades tab.

Viewing Grades

A student user’s grade page will show the papers and reviews the student has submitted along with anygrades that have been given by the instructor on these submissions. The number in the points columnshows the total number of points an assignment is worth. The number placed to the left of the pointscolumn shows how many points the student received for the assignment. The grade value forthe submission appears in the grade column. Grades only become available on the post date of anassignment.

The top of the grades page shows the overall class grade and the attendance.

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Notes

The instructor can enter a note alongside a grade for a submission. If the instructor has entered a notefor the submission a note icon will appear next to the grade under the note column. Click on the noteicon to view the instructor note.

The full list of notes given to the student in a class can be viewed by clicking on the notes icon next tothe grade summary at the top of the grade book window.

Graphing Tools

The graphing tools allow a student to view their own performance and the class average performance inline graph or pie chart formats. The graphing tools are accessed by clicking on the graphs button ingrade book.

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On the graphs page, the student will use the show pull down menu to select the graph type to view.

Student users can select from the following graphs available in line or pie chart formats:

graphs showing class performance on all assignments

graphs showing student performance for all assignments

graphs comparing performance of this student to the class average

When viewing a line graph, a selection can be made to view grades as well as percentages. This isselected from the show breakpoints as drop down menu. Selecting grades adds the grades. The gradescan be removed by selecting percentages.

Printing Graphs

All of the graphs in the grade book are available in a printer friendly version. To print a grade bookgraph, first click on the print view link below the graph.

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The print view for the graph will open in a new browser window. Once the print view is loaded, click onthe print this graph link or use the print command on the web browser.

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Discussion Boards

Discussion boards give students the chance to participate in peer discussions using the online discussionboard feature in Turnitin. The class discussion board allows students to suggest topics for approval bythe instructor, reply to topics posted by the instructor, and reply to the posts made by other students ina moderated discussion environment.

Accessing Class Discussion Boards

The class discussion board is available from the class portfolio discussion tab. The class instructor oraccount administrator for the institution may disable this feature or the feature may not be in use. If thediscussion tab is not available it has been disabled.

If the discussion board is available, access the class discussion board by clicking on the discussion tab.

Posting a Discussion Topic

The instructor may not allow student posting of discussion topics. Discussion topics only become active ifthe instructor approves these topics. If there is no link to post a new topic the instructor has disabled theability of students to post topics.

The discussion topic must be approved by the instructor before it can be viewed by students in thecourse.

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1. From the discussion board page click on the post a new topic link

2. Enter the topic information:

topic title (required)

topic description (optional)

3. Click submit to add the new topic to the list of pending topics to the discussion board. The topicmust be approved by the instructor before users are able to post replies to the new topic

Discussion Page Overview

The discussion page lists all discussion topics for a class. From this page the user has a quick overview ofall the discussions that are ongoing or previously active in the class.

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The status column displays if a topic is active or inactive. Active discussions still allow student posting.Inactive topics do not allow any posting to be made unless the instructor reactivates the topic.

The replies column shows the total number of replies to a topic.

The new column shows how many replies, if any, have been posted since the student user last viewedthe discussion topic

If the class instructor has selected a moderator for a topic, the pending column shows how many repliesneed to be moderated. Refer to the Moderation section in this chapter for more information onmoderating a discussion topic.

The last reply column shows when the last reply was posted in a topic.

The moderator column displays the moderator for the topic, if any. If no moderator has been selected,none is displayed in this column.

The pull down menu on the discussion page lets the user choose to view all topics, active topics, pendingtopics, or inactive topics. By default the view is set to all topics.

Posting a Reply

To access a discussion and view the responses in the discussion, click the title of the topic listed on thediscussion board page. This will bring the user into the detailed view of the topic. The topic is listed atthe top of the page, and any responses are listed beneath the topic.

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1. From the discussion board page click on the name or title of the topic to reply to

2. Click on the reply to topic button next to the discussion topic

3. Enter the response in the reply box provided. By default only the latest reply is shown. Todisplay the entire thread, use the pulldown menu at the top of the form and select entire thread

4. Once the reply is entered, click on the submit reply to topic button to add the reply to thediscussion. If the topic is moderated, the reply will only be posted after moderator approval

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Tip: Responses that will take more than a few minutes to type should be written in a wordprocessor software and then copy and pasted into the reply box for the discussion board. Thisprevents loss of internet connection causing a lost reply to the discussion board, especially in theevent of complex replies.

No images or formatting is accepted by the reply box - only text will be entered into a discussionboard reply thread.

Responding to Previous Replies

Student users may also respond to the replies left by other classmates. This encourages discussion andcan help students to polish opinions and ideas with the assistance of their peers. To respond to a replyrather than to the discussion topic, use the reply link to the right of the specific reply instead of the replyto topic link.

Deleting or Editing Responses

A response may be edited or deleted by the user who created the response. This is done by clicking onthe edit or delete links to the right of the response. If a reply has been added to a post, it cannot bedeleted or edited by the user. Only the moderator or instructor will be able to modify or delete theresponse.

Discussion Board Views

The discussion boards feature two main viewing styles - a flat view and a threaded view. These viewsuse one basic structure but differ in other ways.

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A topic thread might look like this:

Topic

1. First response to topic

1.1 Response to reply 1

2. Second response to topic

2.1 First response to 2

2.2 Second response to 2

Flat View

The default discussion board view is the flat view. This view shows responses flat in thread order, likethe example above.

With the flat view, users can view responses with or without threads. By default, the thread is shown.

For example, the following is posted:

I agree with this topic

and the student user replies with:

Why do you agree with this topic?

The posting order will show up as:

I agree with this topic.

Why do you agree with this topic?

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The flat view with nested threads is the default viewing method. To view only responses and see noreferenced thread, use the show replies as pull down menu to select flat view with no thread on thediscussion page.

Threaded View

The second primary view type is the threaded view. To use the threaded view, use the show replies aspull down menu and select threaded view.

When viewing a discussion using the threaded view, only the top response of each thread is shown. Forexample, if the discussion has this structure:

Topic1. First response to topic

1.1 Response to reply 1

2. Second response to topic

2.1 First response to 2

2.2 Second response to 2

the threaded view will appear as:

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Topic1. First response to topic2. Second response to topic

Additional replies will be accessible by clicking on the replies link for the selected response. The user candrill further down, opening additional layers of the thread, by following the reply links.

To go back up a level, the user can click on the thread title. This will return the view to the level that wasclicked.

Viewing Replies by User

Replies can be sorted by user via use of the show replies from pull down menu. To view only responsesfrom a specific student user, select the name of the student from the pull down menu. Student users canalso view only their own responses by selecting their own name from the menu.

Sorting Replies

Replies on a discussion board can be sorted by status, author, reply number, date posted, and number ofreplies. This is accomplished by clicking on the column header for the sorting method. A single click ofthe column header author will alphabetize the reply list from A-Z. A second click of the author columnheader will organize the list from Z-A. The default organization is listed in the organizational examplesearlier in this chapter

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Moderation

An instructor may select to appoint a moderator for a discussion, or may moderate the discussionthemselves. The role of the moderator is to approve any and all replies made on a discussion board.Typically, this approval is used to ensure that only acceptable content is posted, that the discussion stayson topic, and that no inappropriate language is used.

If the instructor sets a student user as the discussion moderator, an e-mail is sent to notify the studentof this assignment. As moderator, the student user is responsible for approving pending replies. Anindicator of the number of pending replies in each discussion topic that the user is moderating is visiblefrom the discussion board main page. If a discussion topic has pending replies, these can be viewed byclicking the discussion topic title. Pending replies will be listed at the top of the discussion.

1. To edit a reply before approving it, click the edit button below the pending reply. Replies canalso be edited after being approved

2. Edit the reply for content if necessary

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3. To approve a reply, click the approve button below the pending reply. The pending reply will beshown

4. Use the approve? pull down menu at the top and select yes to approve and post the reply, orselect no to reject the reply. A reply can also be edited at this time before approving.

5. After selecting from the approve? pull down menu yes or no, click on the submit reply to topicbutton to approve the reply or delete it

6. If the reply was approved it will be posted to the discussion. If the reply was rejected, themoderator is prompted to delete the reply or save it for later

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7. The moderator can also delete a reply or a pending reply by clicking on the delete button belowthe reply

8. A prompt will appear. To delete the reply click ok

Warning: If a reply is deleted that has replies that have been made to it, all replies made to thedeleted reply will also be deleted

Once the reply has been approved it will be assigned a number and added into the discussion thread.

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Class Calendar

The class calendar allows student users to keep track of important dates for Turnitin class assignments.The Turnitin class calendar can also display announcements, class notes, or holidays posted by theinstructor.

Also on the class calendar page is a syllabus link that allows instructors to post an electronic version oftheir syllabus for easy student reference.

Accessing the Calendar

Each class will have its own unique Turnitin class calendar. The class calendar can be accessed from anypage within the class using the calendar tab.

Calendar Items

Turnitin Calendar Items

Assignments - assignments or peer reviews that the instructor creates are automatically added to thecalendar. Click on the assignment title to view the information on the assignmentNotes - class notes uploaded by the instructor appear on the calendar. Click the note icon to view thenote info in a new browser windowAnnouncements - announcements posted by the instructor appear on the calendar with anannouncement icon. Click the link beside the icon to view the announcement

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Holidays - holidays posted by the instructor appear on the calendar. All holidays on the calendar appearwith a light blue highlight to the date.

Class Syllabus

If the instructor has uploaded a syllabus for the class, this can be viewed from the calendar page byclicking the syllabus button. The syllabus page will open and display the syllabus, if any, posted by theinstructor.

Calendar List

The calendar can also be viewed in list mode. The list mode will display all assignments and calendarentries in a list, one year at a time. To view the calendar in list mode the user must click on the listbutton on the class calendar page.

To switch back to the calendar view, click the calendar mode button.

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Glossary

Definitions

account A Turnitin account allows instructors to useproducts purchased from Turnitin

account ID The numeric identification number for a specificaccount or sub-account

account join passwordAn account-specific password which allowsinstructors to self-join an account when used inconjunction with the account ID

active students

The number of unique student users enrolled inat least one active class on an account or accounts.Active student counts do not include students whoare joined to more than one course using the samestudent user profile

administrator

The controller of a specific Turnitin account. Thisuser type is able to install and configure, activate ordeactivate products on an account, change accountsettings, and add or remove instructors fromaccount access

assignment

Submissions to a class on Turnitin are made to anassignment. Each assignment can allow only asingle submission per student user who is enrolledin the class

announcements (toolbar)

Announcements from Turnitin are available on themessages link from the user toolbar on the mainuser pages. These announcements are only sent byTurnitin. Instructor announcements are made viathe calendar.

announcements (calendar)The Turnitin calendar area of classes allows anannouncement link to be added by the instructor tonotify students of important information.

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available active students

The number of student users available on anaccount. This number is the difference between theactive student and student limit numbers for anaccount.

browser

The web browser is the program used to view oraccess the internet or Turnitin. This program is onthe user computer. Turnitin currently supports:

PC (Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/Me/98/NT)

Internet Explorer 7Mozilla Firefox

Mac (OS X/9)Safari 1.0 and higherMozilla Firefox

classTo allow students to submit files, an instructor mustcreate a class for their students. A class requires aname, a class ID, and a class enrollment password

class calendar

The class calendar page allows instructors to postannouncements, notes, and holidays as well asautomatically displaying the assignment startand due dates for a class. Instructors can post asyllabus through the link on this page for quickreference by students in the class.

class IDA unique numeric identification number for aspecificclass created by an instructor on Turnitin

class enrollment password

An instructor-created authorization password for aclass on Turnitin. Both class ID andenrollment password are required for students whowill be self-enrolling in a class

class portfolio The class portfolio page is the main view page ofa student for a specific class

comment (GradeMark)A correction or other mark left on a studentsubmission by the instructor using theGradeMark digital assessment product from Turnitin

cookieAn information packet sent to and stored on theweb browser of a user. Access to Turnitin requiresthe web browser to be set to allow cookies from the

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service. These cookies are used to check andensure access is granted as the user movesbetween pages within Turnitin’s website.

consortium account

An account type which is the parent formultiple institutional accounts. Consortium accountsdo not allow instructors to directly join. Instructorsmust be added to an institutional or departmentalaccount

criteria (GradeMark®)

Criteria are a part of the Rubric Scorecard feature inGradeMark. Criteria describe the requirements fora submission to meet specific areas of the gradingscale (GradeMark)

cumulative view

One of the viewing modes available on the TurnitinOriginality Report. This view shows the best overallmatches to the entire submission. Thisviewing mode is also known as “show best matchestogether”

database

A set of information of a specific type or types. Inthe specific context of the Originality Reportprovided by Turnitin, database is used to refer tothe type of information the submission wasevaluated against for direct matching or highlevels of similarity. Available databases includeinternet, archived internet, periodical/journal/publication information, and previous submissions.

default submission type

A user preference set by instructor or student usersto define which file submission method shouldbe displayed by default for submissions to anassignment in a Turnitin class

default user type

A user preference which determines the type ofuser homepage viewed after the user logs intoTurnitin. Users may switch user typeswithout logging out by use of the user type tool barmenu link

departmental account

Departmental accounts are created for specificdepartments within an institution to use Turnitinproducts. Instructors are able to join departmentalaccounts or be added by the departmentaladministrator

digital receipt

The digital receipt is a confirmation of asuccessful paper submission to aTurnitin assignment. The digital receipt contains theunique submission id number, user name,submission date and time, class name, assignment

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title, and a copy of the submitted work. The digitalreceipt is shown on-screen after submission and acopy is sent by e-mail to the user at the e-mailaddress provided as the user login name. This e-mail is sent by noreply@turnitin.com and spamfilters should be checked to ensure they do notblock users from receiving this e-mail

direct source comparison

A type of viewing mode on the Turnitin OriginalityReport that allows users to compare a matching orsimilar area of a submitted paper with a specificsource to visually assess the extent of matchingor similar text. This view mode isprovided to allow the user better determination ofthe usage of the matching or similar areas inboth the submitted paper and the source found inthe Turnitin databases. Not all match types allowDirect Source Comparison

discussion board

The discussion board feature on Turnitinallows instructor and student users to conversethrough a basic discussion board feature as part ofa Turnitin class. The discussion board is enabled bydefault but the instructor orinstitutional administrator for the accountmay disable this feature at any time. Instructorapproval is required for topic posting, and replieson a discussion board may be moderated forcontent by a user in the class, and may beanonymous or attributed.

download (file)

Transmission of a file from Turnitin to thecomputer of the user selecting to download file(s).Some users may need to enable file download dueto security considerations on the web browser orcomputer being used

downtimeA period of time during which Turnitin will notbe available or have extremely limited availability tousers

due date

The due date on a Turnitin assignment indicatesthe date and time of day at which an assignment isdue. Submissionsafter the due date and time may no longer beallowed and will be automatically blocked bythe Turnitin system. Only the instructor can enablelate submissions on anassignment on Turnitin. The due date must comeafter the start date and before the post dateduring assignment creation. The due date and time

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may be changed by the instructor at their discretionto meet the needs of a class.

e-mail address

An address at which a user may be contacted via e-mail with digital receipts, notifications orannouncements (if enabled), new userlogin information or welcome notices, or passwordreset information in the event of a password resetrequest. A valid e-mail address ishighly recommended due to theimportant information that can be transmitted viae-mail from Turnitin. The e-mail address used onTurnitin is also the user name for logging intoTurnitin.

e-mail updates

Notification sent from Turnitin to the userwith important information such as productupgrades, major changes, customer polls, classnotifications, and scheduled downtime information

enrollment

Student users on Turnitin must be enrolled inan active class. Student users can be enrolled by aninstructor who provides the required information tocreate a user profile and e-mail the student.Student users can also be authorized to log intoTurnitin and enroll in a class by use of the numericclass ID and the case sensitive class enrollmentpassword selected by the instructor during classcreation.

exclude bibliography

The exclude bibliography link is an option on theTurnitin Originality Report. Use of thisfeature automatically excludes information in thebibliography section of a paper. Only aninstructor can exclude thebibliography permanently. Student exclusion of thebibliography will revert when the Originality Reportview window is closed. This function is anapproximation and not all bibliography structureswill be correctly removed. Proper usage ofbibliographic information can be determined by theclass instructor

exclude quoted

The exclude quoted link is an option on the TurnitinOriginality Report. Use of this feature automaticallyexcludes information from directly quoted areas ofthe submission. Citation is not detected ordisregarded. A significant percentage ofoverall quoted material will cause an automaticnotification that the exclusion may beexceptionally large. Only the class instructor canexclude the quoted sections permanently. Student

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use of this feature will revert back to normal whenthe Originality Report view window is closed. Thisfunction is an approximation and not all quotedmaterial can be correctly disregarded. Correct useand type of quotation or citation in a submission isthe jurisdiction of the instructor.

expired (class)

In the class context, an expired status indicates theclass is no longer available for the instructor tocreate new assignments. Students will not be ableto submit any new files.Existing submissions can still be viewed ordownloaded. A class can be reactivated fromexpired status by the instructor from theclass update screen

expired (account)

In the account context, an expired account is nolonger available to create new sub-accounts or anyinstructor or student usage. Currentlyexisting information will still be available forviewing. Expired accounts will need to contact aTurnitin account representative for renewal.Expired accounts on Turnitin will become inactiveafter a period of 180 days

export (GradeMark libraries)Saving and downloading a copy of a specificGradeMark rubric or QuickMark set locally tothe computer of the user

export (stats) Downloading a copy of account statistics in aMicrosoft Excel® format to a user’s computer

featureA part or aspect of a specific product, such asdiscussion boards which are a feature ofthe Turnitin product as a whole

general comment (GradeMark)

A general comment is created by an instructorreviewing a submission using the GradeMarkdigital assessment product on Turnitin. The generalcomment is not linked to a specific area of thepaper.

GradeBook

A product which allows instructors to place gradeson student submissions to Turnitin. Tracks andcalculates grades for students across multipleassignments as well as providing statistics for theclass or assignments for the instructor.

GradeMark®

A digital grading product offered by Turnitin whichallows instructors to place comments andQuickMark editing marks on a submission forstudents to review. This product also includes

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standardized rubric scorecards and the ability toshare QuickMark standard editing marks and rubricscorecards between instructors on an account viaexport or via administrators using the librariessharing feature of the GradeMark digital gradingproduct

graph (GradeBook)The graph feature in GradeBook allows an instructoror student user to view class or studentperformance in a number of different graph types

holidays (calendar)

The holiday icon on the class calendar for a Turnitinclass indicates a holiday entered by the classinstructor. Instructors may set a holiday to indicatethe class will not meet on this date. A holiday withthis setting will show up with a blue highlight in theclass calendar

homepageThe default login page, which is different based onthe selected default user type of the user profilebeing accessed

homepage link

A user preference option available under theuser info toolbar menu. The homepage link allows auser to embed the URL for a link to a specific pageon their Turnitin class toolbar for quick reference ifneeded. This link is only available to the user whocreates this homepage link for themselves. A classhomepage link may be created by the instructor.

inactive (class)

A class which belongs to an inactive account.information contained within inactive classes is nolonger available and cannot be viewedby instructors or students

inactive (product) A product which has not been purchased or hasbeen deactivated for a specific account or course

individual account

This type of Turnitin account is limited to a singleinstructor user. Individual accounts receive limits tothe number of Originality Reports and (if available)GradeMark digitally graded papers that canbe generated

inline comment (GradeMark)

A comment typed directly onto the studentsubmission by the instructor while reviewingthe student work. The color of inline comments maybe selected by the instructor.

institutional accountThis type of Turnitin account is designed for aninstitutional location and can be separated into sub-accounts at the departmental level

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instructor

The term used for teachers, tutors, or other studentassisting users added or authorized to join asinstructors on a specific Turnitin account. A singleperson may be joined to multiple Turnitin accountsor sub-accounts using one user profile or separateuser profiles. Users may fill more than one usertype role on Turnitin

internet archive

Turnitin’s web database includes inactive orno longer available web pages and copies of pagesthat have changed over time. This allows Turnitinto search against information that is no longeravailable or which has changed over time.

items per pageA user info page preference that allows usersto determine the number of items from any list theywish to see per page on Turnitin.

libraries (assignment, peer review)These library types allow instructors to easily,quickly copy or replicate existing assignments orpeer reviews from one class to another

knowledge base

The knowledge base is an area we have created forour users to search for help or information onspecific aspects of using Turnitin. Also availableare frequently updated lists of the most commonquestions we receive.

libraries (assignment, peer review)These library types allow instructors to easily,quickly copy or replicate existing assignments orpeer reviews from one class to another

libraries (rubric)

The rubric library available from the instructor classhomepage allows an instructor to create, review,edit, or delete the marking rubrics available for apeer review. Peer review rubrics are completelyseparate from GradeMark libraries ofQuickMark editing and rubric scorecards

libraries (rubric scorecard, QuickMark)

The rubric scorecard or QuickMark scoring markscreated by a particular user. These libraries allow auser to create, edit, apply, copy, move, or deleterubric scorecards or QuickMark editing sets. Theselibraries can be shared to section classes by amaster class instructor. An administrator can sharethese libraries to all instructors on a specificaccount

list (calendar)

A view mode of the calendar that lists all ofthe information on a class calendar for the currentyear. This includes assignment information,notes, announcements, and holidays

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log in

the act of an authorized user entering the e-mailaddress and personal password created for a userprofile to enter Turnitin as the user associated withthe e-mail address entered

messagesA user tool bar menu link that leads to a pagelisting the current announcements and messages, ifany, from Turnitin

metric question (peer review)

A metric question is create by instructors forstudents to assign ratings to a peer’s paperduring the peer review assignment.Metric questions allow a student torate performance of the paper being reviewedagainst the given question on a scale of one to five

moderator (discussion board)

Moderation of the discussion board in a class isassigned by the instructor. The instructormay moderate the discussion or may assign thisduty to a user in the class. The moderator mustapprove all replies before the reply becomes publicand is posted to allow all users in the course toview the reply

notes (calendar)

An instructor may place notes in the class calendarfor information about the class that does not fit asan announcement or assignment. Class notes arevisible to all students in the class.

notes (GradeBook)

A note may be added to the student overallgrade or to a specific assignment for a student bythe class instructor using the GradeBook product.These notes are viewed by the student through themy grades link on the class toolbar menu.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Optical character recognition software converts aimage of text information into an actual textdocument that can be read and altered by wordprocessing software. Papers or documentstransferred into a computer via a scanner requireoptical character recognition software conversion tobe submitted to Turnitin. Turnitin only acceptsdocuments containing actual text data rather thanan imaged document or submission. Some scannersoffer OCR conversion automatically, but most OCRconversion requires hand correction to resolve anyinaccuracies which can cause major changes to theactual content of a document

Originality ReportThe Originality Report is a flexible documentthat allows students and instructors to reviewmatches between a submitted work and the

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databases scanned by Turnitin.Citations, quotations, and bibliographic material arescanned against Turnitin’s databases todetermine an overall similarity percentage as wellas specific matches to similar text

Overall Similarity Index

The overall similarity index is a percentageindicating the similarity of the text submitted toinformation contained in the Turnitindatabases used for comparison on the assignmentthe submission was made in. This percentageindicates a percentage based on the length of thepaper compared to the length of the areas flaggedas similar during the comparison.

page information

The page information bar shows any informationprovided on the page, including error messages ortips on the use or requirements of the page theuser is currently viewing within the primary areas ofthe Turnitin site.

paperA paper refers to the document or file submitted bya user to an assignment in a class on the Turnitinwebsite

PeerMark

This product allows students to anonymously orwith attribution review submissions made by otherstudents within the course. Students reply to freeresponse and scale questions selected or created bythe instructor. Instructors may also comment onthe paper using three different commenting tools:inline text tool, highlighter tool, and compositionmarks. A PeerMark assignment must be based on anormal Turnitin assignment where the studentpapers are initially submitted

PeerMark assignment

The PeerMark product allows an instructor to createan assignment where students will peer reviewthe submissions of Turnitin classmates on aprevious assignment. PeerMark assignmentsdistribute the papers based on the instructorsselection of the distribution type to be used for thepeer review. Once the due date passes, no furtherpeer reviews can be written or completed forthis assignment by the students

Plagiarism Prevention

This product creates Originality Reports forsubmissions in assignments on Turnitin. TheOriginality Reports allow instructors and studentsto easily determine any problems in citation orreferencing and assists instructors in determiningthe originality of a submitted work

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post date

The post date of an assignment is set by theinstructor during the assignment creation. Whenthe post date and time has passed, students will beable to view GradeMark and GradeBook informationon their submissions in this assignment. If theassignment is a Peer Review, students will be ableto read the assessments written by their peers afterthe post date passes. The post date doesnot control Originality Reports. The post date mustcome after the start date and due date duringassignment creation.

productA specific service, feature, or group offeatures offered by Turnitin as part of the purchaseof a Turnitin license by an educational customer

QuickMark standard editing marksA library of standard editing or correction marksprovided by Turnitin which can be augmented byadditional marks created by an instructor

quickview (Originality Report)

A view listing the sources for any matching orsimilar text at the top and shows the studentpaper with highlights indicating the matched orsimilar areas beneath. This is similar to the printview of Originality Reports.

reply (discussion board)A posting made by a student in response toa discussion topic, or the response to an existingreply by another student in the discussion board.

resubmit

The act of submitting a new paper in place of anexisting submitted paper. Resubmission can only bedone if the instructor has set an assignment toallow students to overwrite until the due date andtime of the paper, or if the instructor has manuallydeleted the student’s existing submission in theassignment inbox. This option can only be enabledby the class instructor.

revision (assignment type)

An assignment created by an instructor that islinked to an existing assignment. Revisionassignments may have a different start, due, orpost date than the primary assignment. Revisionassignments allow instructors to easilyenable students to submit multiple drafts of thesame submission to different assignments. Revisionassignments, like regular assignments, only allowone paper per student to be submitted.

rubric scorecard (GradeMark)A scorecard which allows instructors to easily gradestudents based on a scaled assessment ofthe submission meeting certain criteria set for an

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assignment. The rubric scorecard automaticallytotals a grade for the submission based on theboxes checked on the scorecard

rubrics (peer review)

A set of basic editing marks or comments availablefor student or instructor use on a peer reviewassignment.Rubrics for a peer review must be selected on theassignment the review is based on. Somerubrics for peer review are provided by Turnitin.Instructors may also create their own peer reviewrubrics

scale (GradeMark)

A series of descriptors by which astudent’s submission is categorized on a rubricscorecard. Default scale entries are headed “Poor”,“Fair”, and “Good”. Scale headings are customizedby instructors creating or editing a rubricscorecard. Descriptions can be enteredfor instructor guidance at every point where acriterion meets a scale. Ex: The description wherethe Grammar criterion intersects with theGood scale may indicate ‘Aboveaverage understanding of word usage’

secret question and answer

The secret question and answer set allows a user toreset their password immediately through theForgot your Password? link on the Turnitin website.The secret question is selected from a list duringuser profile creation, and the user enters ananswer. The answer is case sensitive and mayor may not include spacing. Different capitalizationor spacing when answering the secret questionwill result in rejection of the password resetattempt.

Secure Socket Layer

A security protocol available on manyweb browsers. Secure Socket Layer comes inversion 2.0 and 3.0. The standard acronym forSecure Socket Layer encryption is SSL.SSL connection to Turnitin is available by clickingon the lock icon to the right of the login button onthe main page at www.turnitin.com or byconnecting directly to SSLat https://www.turnitin.com

single source (Originality Report)A view mode of the Originality Report where theuser selects a specific source of matching or similartext to view. Only sources from the specific match

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will be highlighted on the Originality Report in thesubmission. Since multiple sources can be foundfor many similarities or matches, this may allow auser to dig down to determine a primary source ofthe matching or similar text.

start date

A date and time selected by the instructorwhen creating an assignment. The start date andtime must pass before students are able tobegin submitting to an assignment. Instructors arenot prevented from submitting before the startdate.The start date for an assignment must be beforethe selected due date and post dateduring assignment creation. This may be updatedonly by the instructor to meet the needs of a class.

student

A user type able to enroll in courses created by aninstructor user. Student user profiles canonly submit to assignments created by an instructorin a class they are joined to or have beenauthorized to join

student limitThe maximum active student count available for anaccount or accounts based on the number ofstudent licenses purchased

student mode

The student view mode of a paper reviewed byan instructor using the GradeMark digitalassessment product. Student mode allows the userto view or print the paper and to view or downloada PDF or original format copy of the document thatwas graded. The download copy does not containany of the GradeMark comment or scoringinformation. Student mode of viewing a GradeMarkpaper cannot remove or modify marks or grades inany way.

sub-account

An account created beneath a parent account. TheTurnitin account tree allows for multiple sub-accounts created under each parent account. Onlyindividual accounts may not create sub accounts.

submission

A file or files uploaded by a student or instructoruser into an assignment within a Turnitin class.Only a single file per student user can be submittedto an assignment by a student user

submission id

The submission id number is a unique identifierthat can be used to refer to a specific paper. Thesubmission id number can be viewed by accessingthe paper in the assignment inbox for instructors.

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The submission id number is also available on thepaper view page, Originality Report, or GradeMarkdigital assessment view of the submission.

submission(type)

Turnitin offers multiple submission types forstudents and instructors. Students are able tosubmit a single file at a time by either file upload orcut-and-paste submission. Instructors are able tosubmit files by file upload, copy and paste, bulkupload, or zip upload options. The default file typefor a user to submit by can be viewed or changed inthe preferences section of the user info page

syllabus (calendar)

The syllabus link on the calendar page allows a userto view the syllabus document, if any, for a specificclass. The instructor is able to upload aclass syllabus for easy reference by the studentsduring the course.

thread (discussion board)

The list of replies and responses to a specific topicon the discussion board. The thread can bedisplayed based on the needs of the userby changing the viewing options on the topic in thediscussion board. Each user must change thesepreferences as needed.

topic (discussion board)

The topic is a question or statement to whichstudents can reply on the class discussion board.Topics may only be approved by theinstructor, though students may post atopic suggestion. Topic suggestions may be deletedby instructors.

topic question (Peer Review)

Topic questions are a list of questions selected byan instructor for students to answer on a review ofa peer’s paper. Topic questions may be sorted intocategories and may have minimum lengthrequirements. Instructors have the option ofincluding rubric sets for students to use duringmarking of peer’s papers. Students may also placenumbered marks during their reply to a topicquestion to indicate areas they are speaking aboutwhen answering a topic question.

total active students inapplicable accounts

The number of active students in theselected account and any sub-accounts which aredrawing on the selected account for student limitavailability

upload (list)Sending a Comma Separated Values(CSV) orMicrosoft Excel® document containing multiple setsof user information for bulk creation of student

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or instructor profiles. Also the bulk addition of usersto an account or class

upload (file)the act of submitting or sending a file into a specificassignment within a Turnitin for use with theTurnitin products selected for the class

user agreement

For access to Turnitin, all users must acceptthe Turnitin user agreement presented during userprofile creation or during the first login with theuser profile. The user agreement can be found byclicking on the link provided on the bottom of thepage on the primary pages of the Turnitin websitelabeled usage policy.

user profile

the user profile is a set of user preferences andinformation associated with a specific ID withinTurnitin. Each user profile requires a unique e-mailaddress. A specific e-mail address can only be usedonce within the Turnitin repository. New attemptsto create a profile associated with an e-mail addresscurrently existing in Turnitin will not succeed

user password

A user password is a six to twelve character,case sensitive password that requires the presenceof at least one letter and at least one number. Theuser password is generated randomly when a useris created and added by list upload from theadministrator or instructor, or is set by the userwhen joining the Turnitin account for theirinstitution by creating a new user profile.User passwords may only be reset via e-mail to theuser name selected or via use of the secretquestion and answer set for the user profile. Noother method of password reset can be doneoutside of this manual system due to the privacypolicies of the Turnitin website.

user type

Turnitin has three available user types:administrator, instructor, and student. A single userprofile may have access to all three user types tofulfill different functions.

view mode (Originality Report)

The Originality Report can be viewed in multiplemodes by users. These modes allow users toaccess the information presented in the OriginalityReport in the mode that most usefully presentsthe information of any matching or similar text inthe comparison of the submitted work to theTurnitin databases in use for a specific assignment.

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