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UPS 300.021

• Plagiarism is defined as the act of taking the
  work of another and offering it as ones own
  without giving credit to that source. When
  sources are used in a paper, acknowledgment of
  the original author or source must be made
  through appropriate references and, if directly
  quoted, quotation marks or indentations must be
  used.

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CSUFs Punishments for Plagiarism

• Oral reprimand (where there is reasonable doubt
  that the student knew that his/her action
  constituted academic dishonesty)
• F on the particular paper, project, or
  examination (where the act of dishonesty was
  unpremeditated, or where there were significant
  mitigating circumstances)
• F in the course (where the dishonesty was
  premeditated or planned)

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What Is Turnitin?

• Plagiarism detection service
• You submit your papers electronically
• You write your paper on a computer either at home
  or on campus.
• You point your Web browser to turnitin.com
• You either upload the paper or cut and paste the
  text of your paper using a special web form at
  turnitin.com

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From The Economist, 5/14/02

• Turnitin chops each paper submitted for
  scrutiny into small pieces of text.
• The resulting digital fingerprint is compared,
  using statistical techniques originally designed
  to analyse brain waves ... to more than a billion
  documents that have been fingerprinted in a
  similar fashion.

Source http//www.economist.com/science/displaySt
ory.cfm?story_id1033832
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From The Economist, 5/14/02

• Whenever a matching pattern is found, the
  software makes a note.
• After highlighting instances of replication, or
  obvious paraphrasing ... the computer running the
  software returns the annotated document to the
  teacher who originally submitted itleaving him
  sic with the final decision on what is and is
  not permissible.

Source http//www.economist.com/science/displaySt
ory.cfm?story_id1033832
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Stuff to Keep in Mind

• When you submit you paper, Turnitin checks your
  papers originality against over a billion other
  documents and websites.
• Turnitin also adds your paper to its database.
• This ensures that no one else can take credit for
  your work. (For example, someone else submitting
  your paper with their name on it.)

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How to Use Turnitin

• Create a Turnitin student account
• Join this class using a special class ID and
  enrollment password
• Submit your paper (upload or cut-and-paste)

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http//www.turnitin.com/

• Go to the Turnitin website.
• Click on create user profile in the upper right
  corner of the page.
• Dont click on Log In.
• You dont have an account yet.

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Create a New User Profile

• This takes you to the Create a new user profile
  page.
• Key in your correct email address
• Then click next.

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Create a New User Profile (Step 2)

• The next page asks you to select a Turnitin user
  password.
• The password
• Is case sensitive.
• Must be 6-12 characters long.
• Must contain at least one letter and one number.
• Click next to continue.

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Create a New User Profile (Step 3)

• The next page asks you enter your
• First and last name,
• Country, and
• State.
• Click next to continue.

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Create a New User Profile (Step 4)

• The next page asks you to identify your role at
  CSUF.
• From the pull-down list, choose student.
• Click next to continue.

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Create a New User Profile (Step 5)

• The next page shows you Turnitins user
  agreement.
• If you agree, click on I agree continue with
  profile.

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Create a New User Profile (Finish)

• When your profile is complete, you are given two
  options
• Return to login page or
• Start class enrollment wizard.
• Click on return to login page.
• Thats it! You now have a Turnitin account!

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Logging In For The First Time

• Now that you have a Turnitin.com student account,
  you need to tell Turnitin.com that you are a
  student in this class.
• You do this by joining this class.

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http//www.turnitin.com/

• Go to the Turnitin website
• Key in your email address and password in the
  upper right corner of the page.
• Then either press enter or click on Log In.

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Your Classes

• This takes you to your all classes page.
• Click on the enroll in a class button.

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Enroll in a Class

• The Enroll in a Class page appears.
• In the class/section ID and enrollment
  password boxes, key in the ID and password
  provided by your professor.
• Click on the submit button.

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All Classes

• This takes you back to the all classes page.
• This completes your account setup.
• Click on log out at the top of the page.

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Write Your Paper

• Write your paper using any word processor.
• Proofread, spell-check, and grammar-check your
  paper.
• There is no way to update, edit, or change your
  paper after youve submitted it to Turnitin.
• When you are finished writing and editing your
  paper, submit it to Turnitin.
• Heres how

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http//www.turnitin.com/

• Go to the Turnitin website
• Key in your email address and password in the
  upper right corner of the page.
• Then either press enter or click on Log In.

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All Classes

• This takes you back to the all classes page.
• Open your course portfolio by clicking on the
  name of this course.
• Click on the blue, underlined text in the enter
  a class column.

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Course Portfolio

• On the course portfolio page, click on the submit
  button next to the appropriate assignment.

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Uploading v. Cutting and Pasting

• You can upload your paper as a Microsoft Word
  (.doc), plain text (.txt), Adobe Postscript
  (.ps), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Web page (.html) or
  Rich Text (.rtf) document.
• OR, you can cut and paste the text of your paper
  onto this web page.

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You MUST choose whether you want to upload your
report or cut and paste it

• You CANT do both.

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To Upload Your Paper

• In the Submit a paper by pull-down list, choose
  file upload.
• Key in your papers title in the submission
  title box.
• Click on the Browse button.
• Find and choose your paper on your computer (or
  removable disk.)
• Finally, click on the submit button (in the
  upper right corner.)

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Submission Receipt

• Turnitin will show you the text of your paper and
  ask you if this is the paper you want to submit.
• If it is, click on yes, submit.
• Thats it. Youre done!

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Remember

• You can either submit your paper by uploading it
  or by cutting and pasting it.
• YOU CANT DO BOTH.
• The next four slides show you how to cut and
  paste. The instructions on the next four slides
  should only be used if you choose not to upload
  your paper.

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Cutting and Pasting

• In the submit a paper by pull-down list, choose
  cut paste.
• Then key in your papers title in the submission
  title box.

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Cutting and Pasting

• Copy the text of your paper from your word
  processor and paste it into the Cut paste your
  paper box.
• CTRL A to select all text
• CTRL C to copy selected text
• CTRL V to paste copied text

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Cutting and Pasting 3

• Unlike uploading, there is no way to edit your
  cut-and-pasted paper after youve submitted it,
  so PROOFREAD EVERYTHING ONE LAST TIME.
• When you are ready to submit your paper, click on
  the submit button.

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Cutting and Pasting 4

• Turnitin will display a digital receipt and show
  you the contents of your submitted paper.
• Thats it! Youre done!

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How to Use Turnitin

• Create a Turnitin student account
• Join this class using a special class ID and
  enrollment password
• Submit your paper (upload or cut-and-paste)

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For More Information

• Please visit http//fdc.fullerton.edu/technology/
  turnitin/

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