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ChatGTP and other AI
While AI text generation is nothing new, the recently released ChatGTP is pretty sophisticated in providing responses to a variety of prompts. In my department,…
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The HOW & BENEFITS of K-12 & University Partnership
Can India also Initiate & Build a Research Consortium of its kind by bringing together the two pillars together- K12 & University right from the young age of Students ??…
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Skills Deficit or Intentional Plagiarism?
Our recent blog post discusses the thorny question of intentional vs inadvertent plagiarism. As educators we always want to look on the bright side, and we naturally have a very positive outlook, so,…
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Join the International Day of Action against Contract Cheating
Wednesday 21 October is the 5th International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating led by the International Center for Academic Integrity. As more and more institutions turn to remote and hybrid…
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Similarity percentage regulation
What criteria should be considered to develop institutional policies of similarity in research works
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Academic Integrity day/week events: share ideas
Hi everyone, This year, I'm working with some colleagues to organise an inaugural ‘Academic Integrity Week’ at Trinity College, something we’re hoping will become an annual event in the life of the…
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Building a Strong Culture of Academic Integrity
As many of the conversations I have with educators currently tend to focus on threats to integrity I'd like to take a moment to revisit this topic of discussion initially started by @Christine Gee…
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How do you build a culture of Academic Integrity?
WGU is a nonprofit university, and we cater to a diverse student body that has been under served. At the beginning of the program, students are supported during Orientation as they are provided a…
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Similarity matched to student essay but is a public webpage
Hello, I have noticed that Tii matches essays with other student work, rather than with the original source, which is a public website. I am able to easily find these sources simply by googling.…
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Turnitin Feedback Studio resources to supercharge your teaching
Whether you are starting a brand new new academic year or just looking for ways to better engage your students in conversations about academic integrity the following resources will help to enhance…
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Addressing self-plagiarism
Today's Turnitin blog post addresses the complex and sometimes confusing issue of self-plagiarism or "duplicate plagiarism" as it is also known. The article considers the impact of this topic on…
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Starting the Year: What is Academic Integrity?
As we start a new calendar year it's a good idea to reflect on some key terms we use in our universities and schools. We are probably all familiar with the six fundamental values of academic…
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Collating Contract Cheating Data
Our final Turnitin Originality blog post this week looks at the new Contract Cheating Dashboard which can quickly provide Academic Misconduct Officers and investigators with an overview of the scope…
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Identifying Intentional Plagiarism
I’m sure many of you will have noticed the new Flags Insight Panel in Turnitin Originality. This draws attention to any text manipulations within a students’ work,…
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The Plagiarism Spectrum and New and Emerging Trends
The Plagiarism Spectrum that we developed back in 2012 has always been one of our most popular resources. However, we felt it was due a refresh and our new updated resource,…
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Turnitin - Report for PhD Thesis
Dear Turnitin, Please clarify the following case. Suppose a student checks his/ her thesis and finds the report statistics as 9%. He gets the degree. Lets us assume the fellow did not published any…
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Plagiarism Loopholes
Is there anything that can be done to help better detect when students "Frankenstein" their work? I have a clear instance where I detected plagiarism because the student's syntax and diction level…
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Contract cheating - how best to raise student awareness?
Dear global colleagues, I was just having a meeting with our student's union regarding an Academic Integrity/Study Smart week that we ran in November to raise students awareness about academic…
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Identifying a "QuickSubmit" owner as Turnitin Admin.
I was investigating a potential academic misconduct case recently. While most content uploaded to our VLE can be traced using the course / time it was originally uploaded,…
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Restore Inbox reports from 'Quick Submit'
Hi, I have mistakenly deleted reports from inbox of Quick Submit tab, I have raised a ticket but yet not get any response, can you help me to resolve the ticket (Case #22196320) to restore files back…
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Everyone's a cheat! Right? Unethical and Immoral? Right?
OK! all rules, are created for the 4% or 5% that do the wrong thing. All the while 95% of pundits must comply regardless of cost and inconvenience. But hey, we don't like it, but we get it.…
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Deceiving Turnin by replacing characters
Dear all. I have had an experience where after checking for plaguarism in a student's work and a very high percentage comes up, the work is resubmitted within days with a more than 50% reduction.…
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how do I register an instructor's account?
how do I register an instructor's account at Turnitin.com?
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Draft Coach
We're investigating Draft Coach right now - can I double check that, though I've looked at both the initial similarity check & the full report, that it's not including any previously submitted work?…
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Is it plagiarism or similarity?
This week's post on the Turnitin blog discusses the issues of plagiarism or similarity in part one of our debate series on the subject. Of course we know that plagiarism isn't acceptable,…