Turnitin.com
Marshall University defines plagiarism as a form of academic
dishonesty. Plagiarism and its consequences is defined in the
Marshall University Student Handbook.
Turnitin is a plagiarism detection service as well as an
online resource for faculty and students. Turnitin scans
submitted students papers for similarity to material that may have
been copied from the web, academic journals, and essays and
assignments previously submitted to the Turnitin database. The scan
produces an "originality report" for course instructors to review.
Turnitin uses a sophisticated method to detect an identical
string of words as short as eight words. However, detection of these
strings does not mean the work is plagiarized; these strings might
be appropriately referenced or cited. The final decision as to
whether plagiarism has occurred or not is made by the instructor.
All submitted papers become source documents in the Turnitin.com
database and are used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism
in papers submitted in the future. Use of the Turnitin.com service
is subject to the terms of use agreement posted on the Turnitin.com
site.
Turnitin.com is very easy to use and will save you many hours of
time you would otherwise use to check the originality of student
papers. You will first need to set up an account. For account setup
information, please contact: Dr. laura Little at littlel@marshall.edu.
If you are new to turnitin, you can also take a quick look:
(1) go to Turnitin.com;
(2) click New to Turnitin?;
(3) click sample.
Please make a note in your syllabus that you are using
turnitin.com. Here is an example:
"In this course, students will submit papers to me through this
Vista course and also to Turnitin.com. This a a plagiarism-detection
service which is designed to protect everyone's original work.
Students agree that by taking this course their required assignments
must also be submitted to
Turnitin.com for review."
Also include instructions for your students on how to submit
papers to turnitin.com (for example....)
Go to this site: www.turnitin.com
- set up a student user profile
- enter the classID (xxxxxxx) and enrollment password (xxxxx)
- enter your email address
- enter a password
- enter your personal info
- agree to the terms of the site
Once you have set up your profile you will see that it is very
easy to submit an assignment.
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