To submit a Turnitin assignment on behalf of a student, the student must first be enrolled in the course. By clicking on the Turnitin assignment, a file can be submitted as a teacher by clicking on the cloud icon located
Continue ReadingIf you want to add a Turnitin assignment to your course, you have to click on Add an activity or resource in the desired section, then choose the Turnitin assignment. You will be asked to choose the type of assignment,
Continue ReadingTo exclude some sources from the similarity percentage, click on the title of your Turnitin assignment, then select Submission Inbox. Next to the student's name you will find the title of the submitted file and the similarity percentage. Click on
Continue ReadingYes, it is always possible to edit the Due date of a Turnitin assignment (as well as the Start date). Click on your assignment and the information about your work will appear, now you can modify the dates. (more…)
Continue ReadingIf you don't want the document you are uploading on Turnitin to remain in the database, you have to edit one of the parameters in the Settings of the Turnitin Assignment2 activity. Under Store Student Papers, you will find selected
Continue ReadingTo estimate the similarity percentage, Turnitin compares the document with all texts available on its database. A high percentage could mean that you are in presence of a serious case of plagiarism or it could also be due to another
Continue ReadingFor the student, the procedure for uploading a Turnitin assignment is quite similar to the one for uploading a "traditional" one. The only difference is that, once uploaded to the iCorsi platform, the file will be transferred to the Turnitin
Continue ReadingYou can upload any kind of file (articles, papers, thesis, assignments, etc.) in the following formats: MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, OpenOffice (ODT) and plain text. Please, note that the file must not exceed 40 MB and its
Continue ReadingIf you have already uploaded a document to Turnitin, but do not want it to appear in the similarity reports of other documents, you can always exclude the document from the 'similarity percentage' calculation (see FAQ: How can I exclude
Continue ReadingSigning up in Turnitin is free for all teachers of USI and SUPSI. To create a Turnitin account you have to add a Turnitin assignment on one of your iCorsi courses (see the following FAQ: How can I add a
Continue ReadingTurnitin is an anti-plagiarism software adopted by USI. Turnitin checks for possible plagiarism by comparing submitted papers to several databases containing public web pages, student papers, library databases and publications. Turnitin compares the student's work with the textes contained in
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