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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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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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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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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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Similarity percentage regulation
What criteria should be considered to develop institutional policies of similarity in research works
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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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New Challenges to Academic Integrity
As the new term approaches, schools and universities are faced with the difficult task of adapting high-quality, face-to-face instruction and assessment for online and hybrid learning environments.…
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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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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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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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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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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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Turnitin Academic Integrity Award Details
How and where details are available
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Similarity report of work not plagiarized
I have submitted my MS Thesis to university. It has been returned with the remarks that it is 39% plagiarized. While I checked the report, turnitin was showing similarity of the text with 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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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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The Turnitin Similarity Score: what does it actually mean?
The Turnitin Similarity Score is often the source of much discussion. Not only is the score often an indicator of unattributed text and possible misconduct,…
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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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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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Interpreting the Turnitin Similarity Report
The Turnitin Similarity Score is always a contentious issue. What is the ‘right’ percentage? Is a high percentage always bad and what about a low score,…
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The Honor Code in 2020
Our recent blog post considers that cornerstone of institutional academic integrity policy, the honor code, and looks at why universities and schools should consider reviewing their code to ensure…
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Similarity rate differs!
Hello folks, I trust this message finds you well. I'm using Turnit in. I have a weird thing that appeared when I tried to perform a similarity report. The rate on the Similarity tab is 11 and when I…
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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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Checking a late paper for plagiarism
My university uses turnitin for student submissions through Canvas. A student emailed me a late assignment (not submitted through Canvas and therefore not checked by turnitin).…