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First things first: caveats and notices
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The public-spirited University of Northampton have posted on an instance of data loss at http://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/learntech/2014/01/14/marking-using-the-turnitin-ipad-app-handling-synchronization-problems/
In short:
Lack of internet connectivity may result in the app refusing to sync papers.
Changing the iPad settings (moving from ‘TurnitinUK’ to ‘Turnitin’) will irretrievably destroy any local data stored on the iPad.
It's important to sync as often as possible.The public-spirited University of Northampton have posted on an instance of data loss at
In short:
Lack of internet connectivity may result in the app refusing to sync papers.
Changing the iPad settings (moving from ‘TurnitinUK’ to ‘Turnitin’) will irretrievably destroy any local data stored on the iPad.
It's important to sync as often as possible.
The public-spirited University of Northampton have posted on an instance of data loss. In short:
- Lack of internet connectivity may result in the app refusing to sync papers.
- Changing the iPad settings (moving from ‘TurnitinUK’ to ‘Turnitin’) will irretrievably destroy any local data stored on the iPad.
- It's important to sync as often as possible.
When you use the Turnitin iPad app you bypass Moodle entirely; your iPad connects directly to Turnitin server and vice versa
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What Turnitin refers to as 'syncing' doesn't merge - it overwrites that entire submission inbox. Read on for examples of how this could affect you.
- More than one marker for an essay? See guidance further down the page. Syncing from the app actually overwrites any existing marks and comments. In other words, marks will be saved from the last device that marks were synced from. If the marker on the iPad app didn't have the markings of the other markers synced to the iPad app prior to creating his or her markings, then only the marker who used the iPad app will have their markings synced and saved. If more than one marker is using an iPad app, the one who syncs last overwrites any other markings in the submission inbox. This is because Turnitin is designed for only a single marker at any one time (though there are plans to support multiple marking). We make some suggestions below.
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