In house workshop on academic integrity

1. Dave and
Debbie
tech chat
Academic plagiarism and how
to avoidit
Link to recording

2. Overview
Promoting academic integrity and good
practice
The benefits of Turnitin as a similarity checker
tool
Explanation of Turnitin and it’s different functions
Rubrics to support equity in marking
Artificial intelligence and what is on the horizon.

3. Tales from the classroom floor
Lets share some examples of students being
creative with their assessments
Why do students feel the need to be creative ?
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4. What is Turnitin?
Turnitin is a third-party integration to Brightspace
Used to check written submissions for similarity to
existing work, publications or websites etc
Flags suspect actions which may be aimed at
avoiding similarity checks
Also provides tools for grading and feedback

5. Turnitin for formative and summative
assessment
Turnitin ‘Draft Checker’ accessible from the
Brightspace Homepage
Allows students to view Similarity Reports for
drafts of their assignments prior to their final
submission
Helps students identify and rectify any
referencing issues
Draft submissions are not ‘remembered’, so will
not affect assignment submission

6. How does it work?
 Comparison between the text of the assignment
submission against Turnitin’s database which
contains pages of active and archived internet
information, a repository of works previously
submitted to Turnitin, and tens of thousands of
periodicals, journals, and publications

7. What does the Similarity
Report show?
The percentage match of the assignment
against Turnitin’s repository of journals,
publications and internet archive.
Highlights potential problem areas that can then
be investigated.

8. How the Similarity Report
aids you
Ensures a level playing field when marking
Checks that online sources have been cited
correctly
Identifies collusion between students at different
UK institutions
Deters students from plagiarising work
Identifying re-sitting students

9. What do the Flags mean?
Hidden characters
Similar looking characters

10. Demonstration
Students getting creative
Student similarity draft checker
Examples:
Standard similarity
Hidden text (MS Word & PDF)
Use of text images
Questions

11. What are Rubrics?
Rubrics are used to evaluate an activity or item based
on a predefined set of criteria.

12. Benefits
Using rubrics;
• Can speed up marking
• Can improve equity and marking consistency
• Students can use the rubric as a guide
• Students can identify how they achieved their
grade and what they need to improve in the
future

13. Types
• Standard
• Qualitative
• Custom
Qualitative is most commonly
used

14. Attaching a Rubric
Note: an assignment submission must be set up first and
Turnitin enabled.
Existing rubric (Generic Assessment Criteria)
Copy and modify an existing rubric
Create a new rubric

15. In summary
Good unit and assessment design will minimise
offences (talk to Debbie and Dave)
Similarity Reports:
Encourage good academic practice
Take time to understand how the similarity report works
Investigate where you have concerns
Rubrics

16. Academic Integrity Speaker Series
Brightspace > Help > Brightspace Staff Resources > Workshops and drop-in sessions
Artificial intelligence (AI) (ChatGPT) Top 10 AI
predictions for 2023
Turnitin (15th Feb)
Contract cheating
Machine translation
Academic misconduct
Turnitin Gradescope
JISC National centre for AI
Is it time to re-think teaching and assessment?

17. Review
Turnitin Similarity
Turnitin Rubrics
Any Questions?
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18. Further help and guidance
 You can find online guidance on using and interpreting
the Turnitin Similarity report in the Brightspace Staff
Resources area:
Using the Similarity Report
 If you have questions around the use of Turnitin, talk to
your Faculty Learning Technologist.
 For further support on interpreting a Similarity Report,
contact your Faculty Librarian.
 If further action is required, contact Academic Quality