Turnitin HKU

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Turnitin HKU
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What we will cover

• (I) Why need plagiarism detection?
• (II) What is Turnitin?
• (III) How to apply for a Turnitin account?
• (IV) How to use Turnitin?

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(I) Why need plagiarism detection?
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1. The simple copy-and-paste technology
Web resources
Student assignment
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2. Ubiquity of the Internet
Powerful search engines
Student assignment
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3. Full text resources in HKUL
Student assignment
HKUL Electronic Resources
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4. Purchase of customized papers
Papermills
Student assignment
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5. Recent cases of plagiarism
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Action taken in HKU
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Action by Knowledge Team

• Knowledge Team (KT) of HKU
• Mission
• Devoted to helping HKU make better informed
  decisions and develop better strategies for using
  ICT to enhance teaching and learning
• Convenor
• Dr Tony Ferguson (University Librarian)
• Web site
• http//lib.hku.hk/kt

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Action Taken
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Survey Results

• Faculty found Turnitin useful and would strongly
  recommend it to be used university wide.

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• Student response has been positive, although not
  as enthusiastic as those from the faculty.

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Recommendation from KT

• Turnitin should continue to be made available to
  users campus-wide for integration into teaching
  and learning as an educational tool, fostering an
  awareness of plagiarism and the ability to
  acknowledge others ideas
• Renewal to the subscription to Turnitin
• Marketing and training activities to be organized
  by the Libraries
• Regular review and evaluation of the software

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What is Turnitin?
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• A proprietary system that instantly identifies
  papers containing unoriginal material and acts as
  a powerful deterrent to stop student plagiarism
  before it starts.
• (Source www.turnitin.com)

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http//www.turnitin.com/static/resource_files/tii_
process.pdf
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Whats inside the Turnitin content database?

• 1. Internet Database
• Current and archived copy of the Internet
• 2. Published works
• Academic journals, books and newspapers
• 3. Student Paper Database
• Student papers already submitted to Turnitin

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(III) How to apply for a Turnitin account?
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Two types of arrangment
Main Administrator(HKU Libraries)
(II) Instructor Account
(I) Departmental Administrator
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
Instructor Account
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(I) Departmental Administrator
Appoint an administrator in your department
Send an email to
Subject as
Information of the Administrator
Note Use your HKU Email Account to validate that
you are a HKU staff.
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Instructor Account
Send an email to
Subject as
Your information
Note Use your HKU Email Account to validate that
you are a HKU staff.
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Receive Account Information
Turnitin URL
Login name Password
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(IV) How to use Turnitin?
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How to use Turnitin?
Create a Class
Create an assignment
Submit paper
View Originality Report
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How to use Turnitin?
Create a Class
Create an assignment
Submit paper
View Originality Report
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http//www.turnitin.com
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Enter your email address and password
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Click here to add a class
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Enter - Class name - Enrollment password -
Class end date
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If you would like students to view the
originality report, change to Yes. Otherwise,
leave it as default No.
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The class ID and enrollment password will be
shown to you.
Note If you ask your students to submit papers
to Turnitin themselves, you will need to
distribute this information to your students.
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You will then see the class you have just created
If you have forgotten the enrollment password,
click on the update icon.
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How to use Turnitin?
Create a Class
Create an assignment
Submit paper
View Originality Report
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Click on a class name to enter the class
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Click on Create a new assignment
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Enter the assignment title, and dates, etc.
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Your assignment is now ready for submissions for
plagiarism checking
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How to use Turnitin?
Create a Class
Create an assignment
Submit paper
View Originality Report
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Click on a class name to enter the class
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Click on Submit
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Select your desired upload method
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Method 1 File Upload
2. Click on Submit
1. Click on Browse to locate the assignment for
submission
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Method 2 Cut and Paste
2. Click on Submit
1. Copy and paste one assignment at a
time
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Method 3 Bulk upload
4. Submit when all files are attached
1. Browse for the assignment
2. Attach
3. Attached files will stack up below
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Method 4 zip upload
Browse for the zipped file
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How to use Turnitin?
Create a Class
Create an assignment
Submit paper
View Originality Report
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Click on the inbox icon to display the list of
assignments.
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Click to view the originality report
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Percentage Match
Note The similarity index does not reflect
whether the paper has or has not been
plagiarized. Careful consideration should be
made before deciding on a work is plagiarized.
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An example of an originality report with no
matches.
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An example of a yellow originality report.
Matching Sources
Paper Text
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Direct Source Comparison
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Different viewing options
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Types of Matching Source
1. An archived Internet source
The source will open in a new window
2. An Internet source
3. An article from a database
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5. A student paper under another instructor
Click to send a request to obtain permission from
that instructor to view the paper
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The report will be printed based on the mode you
are currently viewing.
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The report will be saved in html format
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Re-analyzing Reports

• Exclude quoted and bibliographies
• Exclude selected sources
• Refresh the report after it has been submitted

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Exclude quotes and bibliographies
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Exclude selected sources from the matching
Click on the cross button to exclude this source
from the match
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To re-instate the source for matching
1. Change display to show matches one at time.
2. Click on the plus button.
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Generate a new report for a submitted paper
Click on Refresh to check on any new matching
source documents or you suspect that a student
has shared his or her paper with another student.
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View Statistics
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Shows the distribution of the similarity index
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Turnitin_at_HKU Resource Page

• http//lib.hku.hk/turnitin

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• Questions?