TurnitinUK
TurnitinUK is an online service which compares student assignments with online sources including web pages, databases of reference material, and content previously submitted by other users across the UK.
The software makes no decision as to whether a student has plagiarised; it is simply a tool which highlights sections of text which have been found in other sources. The assignment submitted by the student and an originality report (the report which identifies the text matches found) are displayed for the member of staff to view. The member of staff can see whether resources have been appropriately referenced and hence whether the student has committed plagiarism. Students can see their Originality Report only if the member of staff enables this.
The University subscribes to this service and it is used in many courses.
TurnitinUK must be used with students' knowledge: it cannot be used retrospectively. An information sheet must be provided to students before they register to use TurnitinUK is provided below.
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TurnitinUK Workshop
- Avoiding Plagiarism using TurnitinUK