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This guide is for staff using the Turnitin iPad App to mark students' work in Turnitin.
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It is recommended that you disable Auto-lock so that it does not interfere with syncing your ipad iPad with Turnitin.
When you use the Turnitin iPad app you bypass Moodle entirely; your iPad connects directly to Turnitin server and vice versa,.
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.
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Like the web version, the app provides Turnitin's suite of marking tools - bubble comments, quickmarksquick marks, voice comments, rubrics, highlights, text comments, strike-throughs, grades and the rest, along with originality reports, and the full sources of any matches.
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Note that installing Apple iOS upgrades before Turnitin has released a compatible upgrade to its iPad app may interfere with the running of the app. There are alternatives for avoiding this. One is to delay upgrading iOS until Turnitin has caught up and released a compatible version; the other is to upgrade iOS but avoid using the app until there is a new version. A third is to upgrade one or the other and then proceed with caution, testing dummy submissions first, syncing a few at a time and checking carefully. |
To keep informed, check Turnitin’s System Status alerts or on on Twitter to @TurnitinStatus).
How can I install the app?
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Before you do anything else, link your app to TurnitinUK - to do this see Turnitin's guidance on 'Access for TurnitinUK users'. |
Before you start,
- make sure the assignment in question has at least one submission in it (otherwise you can't get to its Document Viewer to generate a unique access code).
- and have you linked your app to TurnitinUK yet? Do that first - Turnitin has instructions.
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- Accounts - select University College London.
- Classes - select the name of the Moodle course area containing the assignment you want to mark.
- Assignments - select the assignment containing the submissions you want to mark.
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- Tap on the paper for most interactions such as leaving marks.
- Press to select text or marks.
- Drag to move marks or change the selection length.
- Swipe across with one finger to access the Grade Overview.
- Tap to change grades, mark rubrics, and leave general and Voice comments in the Grade Overview.
- Swipe with two fingers to move between papers.
For more in-depth information about using Turnitin for iPad, check out the interactive tutorial using the “Try Tutorial” button inside the app.
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This needs care and attention because syncing from your iPad isn't 'syncing' in the strict sense of the word; although Turnitin technically allows different markers, it hasn't designed the software for them. So rather than merging marks and comments, syncing will overwrite any existing marks and comments. Marks will be saved from the last device marks were synced from. If the marker on the iPad app didn't have the markings of the other markers synched to the iPad app prior to creating his or her markings, then only the markers who used the iPad app will have their markings synced and saved. This is because Turnitin only provides for a single marker at any one time.
Let's consider the following scenario. You have a large cohort submitting to a single assignment and have divided them into, say, thirds so that you can allocate each third to a different marker. One way to reduce risk of iPad overwriting marks and feedback is to use Moodle Groupings and as many separate Turnitin assignments as there are markers, each made available only to one Grouping of students.
What is a Grouping? Whereas enabling Groups for an Activity still means that the Activity is available to all students, creating a Grouping of one or more Groups allows an Activity or a Resource to be made available to just some students. The grouping that each Turnitin assignment is available can be set on the Turnitin Assignment's settings page and will then appear in brackets after the Assignment name (visible to staff only) so you can tell which students will be able to see it.
The instructions below first divide the cohort into three without the confusion of displaying three alternative Turnitin Assignments to students - each student will see only their respective Assignment. Next, the instructions match each Turnitin Assignment with its marker - this means that if that marker uses the iPad app and then syncs markings back to Turnitin, they will not overwrite any other marker's markings (as long as each marker is the exclusive marker on that Assignment).
- First, create Groups (see the M13 guide) based on which students are allocated to which markers - i.e. one Group per marker. It makes sense to use each marker's name as a Group title.
- As well as adding students, add the marker to the Group.
- Next, create Groupings (see the M13 guide) - again one per marker. Since in this case, they map directly onto the Groups you made above, you can give the Groupings the same titles.
- Add each Group to its respective Grouping.
- Next, create (in this scenario) three separate Turnitin assignments.
- For each, enable its Grouping, and check the Available for group members only box to restrict access to just that Grouping.
- Yes, it's a bit confusing the first time round.
Alternatively, you can use the Bulk Enrolment block to assign students to groups and groupings en in masse, by uploading a CSV file of the students and the group they belong in (see the the M06d guide: Using the Bulk Enrolment block for instructions).
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- Tap on the OriginalityCheck button at the top right of the paper.
- Slide the switch at the top of the source list to “On”'On'.
Matches to sources will then be highlighted within the paper. Tap on the numbered flag at the beginning of a match highlight to view the glimpse (view of the source text) for a match.
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- Check to be certain that your iPad is online (try going to a new page in Safari).
- Open Turnitin for iPad.
Click the Sync button at the top right (arrow in a circle).
Note It's a good idea to sync as often as you can, as insurance against worst case scenarios such as a baboon making off with your iPad or capsizing capsising in your kayak and watching it float irretrievably over the 150 metre waterfall, etc.
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Any long spells in the same position or making small repetitive movements has its occupational health implications - whether online or on paper. , iPads are no exception.
Consult the Health & Safety Executive's Assessment of Repetitive Tasks Tool which includes guidance on repetition and posture.
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