Instructional Technology Analyst
Wake Forest University
 
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Projects . . . .Turnitin

January, 2007
Quick notes about Turnitin . .
What is Turnitin's purpose?

•To deter plagiarism
•To hold students accountable
•To determine the congruence of text to sources
•To enhance teaching and student learning

Turnitin's teaching benefits . . .

•Deters plagiarism before it happens
•Saves time in the investigation of the originality of student work
•Allows for efficient citation verification
•Provides documentation of any alleged plagiarism
•Provides resources to assist in teaching research and writing skills including proper citation

What Turnitin Searches . . .

Current and archived copy of the publicly accessible Internet pages (more than 4.5 billion pages indexed)
Millions of published works from ProQuest databases and The Gutenburg Collection of literary classics
Millions of student papers previously submitted to Turnitin since 1996
All adapted for WFU from Alex Wolf's ppt Traiing Presentation on TII's websit.

Turnitin FAQ's - University of Pittsburg
About Turnitin - University of Pittsburg

Faculty Resources for Plagiarism:
Turnitin Research Resources for Students:
What is plagiarism?
Preventing plagiarism
Plagiarism FAQ
Citation
Important terms

 
  Contact Information:

Beth Boyd
Department of Religion
 PO Box 7212, Reynolda Station
401 Wingate Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
 Phone: 336.758.5464  Fax: 336.758.4462

Department of Health & Exercise Science

PO Box 7868, Reynolda Station
218G Reynolds Gym
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Phone: 336.758.5464 Fax: 336.758 4680



 

 


 



 
 

Turnitin use at
Wake Forest University


1.Contact
Beth Boyd for your user profile & password, include your department affiliation in body of email.

2. Official website:
www.turnitin.com

Quick Start resources for faculty:

Turnitin/BlackBoard Integration, 2006-2007

Using Turnitin without BlackBoard

View a Video of theOrginality Report on TII's website


 
 
 
         
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