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Keywords: assessment, feedback, grading, marking, plagiarism, referencing, reference. 

Please refer to the Digital Assessment - an Overview for an overview of marking in Moodle (regardless of the tool you settle on using - either Moodle or Turnitin).

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Turnitin assignments are accessed via Moodle and provide an alternative assignment type to Moodle assignments (although Moodle assignments can be enabled for Turnitin similarity checking via the Moodle assignment settings). Turnitin allows submitted and marked submissions to be downloaded for printing or storage. It is also possible to download marking data from the use of QuickMarks, rubrics and grading forms to a spreadsheet for analysis of students' performance. Marking with Turnitin occurs online (unless you are using an ipad, which enables offline marking.  Digital Education are unable to support issues with offline marking using the iPad app). 

Why use it?

Managing Submissions

Turnitin assignments allow tutors to:

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1. Turn edit mode on, then navigate to the course area and select the +plus symbol, or click on the Add an activity or resource link and select Assignment (Turnitin).
2. Enter a Turnitin Assignment Name
3. Enter a Summary, include brief instructions to students on submission deadline, draft submissions, file type etc. Summary text will display at the top of the assignment page (A template is provided below).
4. Some settings we'd particularly like to flag up:
   
   • Anonymous Marking -This is enabled by default if you create a new assignment.  If you are re-using an existing assignment, please check the settings before making it Visible to students. Student names will be anonymised until the post date and can only be de-anonymised individually and by providing a reason. Once a submission is made, anonymous marking cannot not be disabled via the assignment settings.  If no submissions have yet been made, anonymity can be turned on/off by selecting Edit settings > Anonymous marking: Yes / No.
   • Allow submission of any file type? - If disabled (i.e. set to "No") then your Turnitin assignment will only accept submissions for which it can generate a Similarity Report. For example, according to this user guide Accepted file types and sizes Turnitin cannot create a Similarity Report if the submission has less than 20 words. This can happen if students submit an image-based rather than a text-based PDF file. In this case the PDF may be a “picture” of text rather than being a direct conversion of a text-based file like a Word document to PDF. But, if this setting is enabled, (i.e. set to "Yes") then the Turnitin assignment will accept any file type whether it can process it to produce a Similarity Report or not. 
   • Display Originality Reports to Students - If enabled any Similarity Report generated for a submission is made available to the student submitter.
     

   • Originality Report Options > Store Student Papers :

     • Standard Repository: student papers submitted to this assignment are stored in the Turnitin database and checked against other students' submissions within this assignment, as well as other sources.

     • No repository - (not stored in Turnitin, for drafts/testing): student papers are checked against other sources, but not against other submissions to this assignment and the paper is not stored in the Turnitin database. Use this for testing similarity and for drafts, so that other ('standard repository') submissions won't be matched to it.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save and display.

Caution

• Students need guidance to find any feedback you give using a Rubric. Let them know it exists and where to find it.
• The percentage match on the Similarity Report cannot be used as any indicator of plagiarism.
• If you have a large cohort and wish to divide it into manageable marking loads, set up these groups on Moodle first (and include the marker in the group).
• Ensure both colleagues and students know how you plan to use Turnitin, including grading strategy.
• Turnitin is currently oriented towards single markers. Digital Education can suggest some workflows to manage multiple markers. For example, if you need to keep submissions anonymous for some roles e.g. external examiners but not for others e.g. markers meeting with students, then somebody needs to log into turnitinuk.com before the marks are released, and bulk export the submissions in their original anonymised state.
• Turnitin's word count may be different from that of the original word processed document, and different again from a PDF export of that original.
• Students may submit up to three times and receive a similarity report within 15 minutes. Further submissions will not generate a Similarity Report in less than 24 hours; this is to promote engagement with the reports and avoid gaming.
• To orientate Turnitin to development rather than policing, support students to engage with their Similarity Report before making their final submission. 
• Avoid creating Turnitin Assignments by duplicating existing ones, since the new instance will be linked to the inbox of the original instance.
• iPad users, be aware that because syncing overwrites data, multiple markers need to coordinate with extreme caution. ISD is unable to offer technical support for the iPad app.
• Turnitin only recognises quotations within double quotation marks i.e. not inverted commas. This may inflate the percentage match. 
• Peer marking is possible, although not necessarily recommended due to some outstanding functionality issues (see separate guidance).  Staff configure how work should be allocated and set up questions for student markers to answer.

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