Plagiarism checking provided by Turnitin can be added to several activities within Moodle.
Resources
- Plagiarism Detection Software Use at Otago
- Supported file types (turnitin.com)
- Academic Integrity at Otago
University Policy on Using Anti-Plagiarism Tools
Adapted from the University of Otago Blackboard helpsite.
In accordance with University policy teaching staff must give students the option to submit and view a draft Similarity Report so they can review their work. Upon making a final submission to be assessed students should not be able to see the Similarity report.
Setting up a draft Turnitin Submission area
- Log in to Moodle and navigate to your course.
- Make sure editing is turned on (Turn editing on – orange button in top right hand corner).
- Go to the section where you will be adding your draft submission area (usually Assessment).
- Click + Add an activity of resource at the bottom of that section.
- Select Turnitin Assignment 2 from the list and click Add.
- Give the submission area a name.
- The following settings need to be set:
- Number of parts – ff you’re wanting to use the same submission area for multiple assignments (up to 5) set the number of parts to the number of assignments (i.e Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3).
- Display Originality Reports to Students – Yes
- Grade > Type – None
- Assignment Part # > Name – give the assignment part a name, especially useful if you’re using each part for a different assignment draft area. Suggest ‘Assignment # – Draft’.
- Originality Report Options > Report Generation Speed – Generate reports immediately (students cannot resubmit)
- Originality Report Options > Store Student Papers – No Repository
- Click Save and return to course.
Adding Turnitin to an Assignment
These instructions do not cover how to set up an from scratch assignment – see the Assignments page for those instructions.
- Log in to Moodle and navigate to your existing Assignment activity.
- Make sure editing is turned on (Turn editing on – orange button in top right hand corner).
- Click Edit > Edit settings to the right of your assignment.
- Scroll down until you find Turnitin plagiarism plugin settings and expand.
- You will need to set the following settings:
- Enable Turnitin – yes
- Display Originality Reports to Students – No
- Store Student Papers – Institutional Repository . If the assignment contains sensitive information that should not be stored outside of the University of Otago select No – this does however mean that future assignments will not use it as a potential match.
- Click Save and return to course.
