You will be able to see and print reports that show you exactly where you have properly and improperly referenced the outside sources and materials in your assignment.
In this course, you may screen your own assignments through Turnitin as many times as you wish before the due date. Use of the service is subject to the Usage Policy posted on the site.Ī major benefit of using Turnitin is that students will be able to educate and empower themselves in preventing academic misconduct. In this course, your instructor will be using Turnitin, integrated with the CourseLink Dropbox tool, to detect possible plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration or copying as part of the ongoing efforts to maintain academic integrity at the University of Guelph.Īll submitted assignments will be included as source documents in the reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Here are example statements on Turnitin and Academic Misconduct: Turnitin The Course Outline Checklist provided by the Associate Vice President Academic includes a section about “Academic Misconduct.” We recommend that within this section of your Course Outline you include commentary about plagiarism and the use of Turnitin. Use of the tool should be aligned according to the writing and academic integrity needs of the specific discipline.įinally, consider designing plagiarism-resistant assignments.įor those instructors intending to use Turnitin in their course, it is required that you inform your students accordingly within your Course Outline. The approach with first year students may be different than with students later on in their degree. Turnitin should be aligned with the students’ academic progress. It should be part of a larger effort to promote students’ understanding academic integrity. Instructors are encouraged to take a curricular approach to the use of Turnitin and integrate its use with the course’s overall approach to academic writing within the programme curriculum. Instructors can work with Writing Services at the Library to tailor activities that will help students understand and recognize proper academic writing. Turnitin needs to be used as a learning tool, engaging with students and the writing process, when appropriate, allowing students to submit multiple drafts. To recognize plagiarism, is essential that students understand the concept of academic integrity as well as the various components of academic writing, including proper citation and use of sources. Determining plagiarism requires human judgment, on the part of course instructors, and perhaps most importantly on the part of students. Turnitin is an originality checker, not a plagiarism detection tool.
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