Turnitin

1. Turnitin @ TUT – Turnitin website
Marius Pienaar (Instructional Designer)

2. • myTUTor course
• Two routes
• Plagiarism and Copyright
• Using the Turnitin website
• Using Turnitin on myTUTor
Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Overview

3. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
http://mytutor.tut.ac.za
Request access:
Rezel Janse van RensburgRezel Janse van Rensburg
jansevanrensburgr@tut.ac.za / x5479
Or
Julia MakolaJulia Makola
makolajk@tut.ac.za / x4427
Documentation available in the
TII: TurnitinTII: Turnitin course

4. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Using the Turnitin website
Two routes
Manually
•Set up a class
•Enrol students
Request your User ID:
•Etienne le RouxEtienne le Roux
lerouxe@tut.ac.za
•Rezel Janse van RensburgRezel Janse van Rensburg
jansevanrensburgr@tut.ac.za
You can also access your assignments on the Turnitin website after you have created it in
myTUTor
Using Turnitin in myTUTor Setting up of class and enrolment of students done automatically

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Creating an assignment
Open the course in which to upload Turnitin
Click on the Create AssessmentCreate Assessment Tab

6. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Creating an assignment
Click the Turnitin AssignmentTurnitin Assignment link

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Creating an assignment
Type in the assignment title and give a point value e.g. 100
Choose the start date, due date and post date and time for the
assignment to be uploaded.

8. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Creating an assignment
Click on MMore Optionsore Options and tick the radio buttons as indicated

9. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Creating an assignment
Tick the radio buttons as indicated
Click SubmitSubmit

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Creating an assignment
The Turnitin Assignment is added to your course
Click OKOK

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
The Turnitin link here is named Literature Review
Student clicks on the link to submit his assignment

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
The student is asked to click in the field which states that he/she is
older than 13 years and then clicks on the I agreeI agree button

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
The student clicks SubmitSubmit

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
The student enters his information
for submission: name, surname and
the title of the assignment
The assignment is uploaded via the
browse button.
If the document appears in the
browse window the student can
upload the document.

15. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
A preview is given and the student can submit the assignment to
Turnitin

16. Turnitin @ TUT: GRC course
Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
A preview of the paper is given
The student then clicks on Go to PortfolioGo to Portfolio

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Student View
The student will receive an e-mail that his assignment is uploaded

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Originality Report
The status of the Turnitin report is visible after a while.
To view the report click on the titlethe title of the assignment

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Originality Report
To view the originality report the student/lecturer clicks on the OriginalityOriginality
tab
The resource text(left hand block) is indicated in the same colour as the
resource title on the right hand block

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Originality Report
Students as well as lecturers can see the where plagiarism took place

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Grading & Comments
To add comments and grades to the Assignment,
Click on the GradeMarkGradeMark Tab

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Grading & Comments
1. Click next to text in the assignment and
2. then on the comment tab.
3. Type your comment into the comment box

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor : Grading & Comments
Or choose one of the prepared commonly used comments

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Using Turnitin in myTUTor :: Grading & Comments
To add your mark move the cursor over the Grade box and type
in the mark e.g. 75

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Sources
myTUTor: http://mytutor.tut.ac.za
PPT (S Simelane): Turnitin Lecturer and Student view and Grading of Assignment