Plagiarism, Originality & Turnitin

Turnitin is a tool built into our Blackboard course management system that provides an "originality check" on student papers. In the feedback it generates, it can also provide formative assessment for students as they develop their papers.

Some of our Brandman courses have been designed so that studnet written assignments are deposited directly into Turnitin. For those of you with such classes, and others who would like to explore the option further, Turnitin provides ongoing webinars. I'll be listing those in the calendar to the right, and here they are as well:

PlagiarismAdvice.com Webinar Series
Wednesdays, 27 October through 1 December @ 7:00 am Pacific time (!)

• 3 November - Identifying and tackling plagiarism
• 10 November - How and why students plagiarise
• 17 November - Designing plagiarism out of coursework
• 24 November - Best practise for dealing with academic misconduct
• 1 December - Institutional policies and procedures

PlagiarismAdvice.org is an academic advisory site that provides community-led guidance and best practices in addressing the issue of academic plagiarism and is operated by iParadigms Europe, Ltd.

Turnitin Academy Webinar: Best Practices for Teaching with Turnitin
1 December 2010 @ 20:30 GMT (Click for local time)
Let’s discuss success strategies for using Turnitin on your campus or in your classroom.  We’ll share how schools have decreased instances of unoriginal content by nearly half.