Guides.turnitin.com Creating a Turnitin Assignment 2 Using the Turnitin Assignment 2 Submission Inbox Creating a Plagiarism Plugin Assignment Managing a Turnitin Assignment 2 1
Creating a Turnitin Assignment 2 A Turnitin Moodle Direct assignment links an activity in Moodle to an assignment or assignments on Turnitin. Once linked, the activity allows instructors to assess and provide feedback to student's written work, using the assessment tools available within Turnitin's Document Viewer. Note: If the administrator did not enable course migration, a course was not migrated, and/or a Moodle course does not exist, instructors will need to contact their Moodle administrator. 1. Select the relevant course from your Moodle homepage. 2. Click the Turn editing on button to the right of your course homepage. 2
3. Once you have turned editing on, click the Add an activity or resource link for the current time period, or a time period in the future. 4. From the Add an activity or resource box, select Turnitin Assignment 2, then click the Add button. General Assignment Options 3
1. Enter your Turnitin Assignment Name and an optional assignment summary. 2. Select the submission type for the assignment. The default is Any Submission Type. There are two student submission options: File Upload and Text Submission. Text Submission will require your students to copy and paste their paper in a text box to submit their paper. Alternatively, you can allow your students to choose their submission type by selecting Any Submission Type. 3. Select the number of parts you would like the assignment to have from the Number of Parts drop down menu. Each Turnitin assignment in Moodle Direct V2 can have multiple parts associated with it. The student must submit a file to each part to complete the assignment. As default, Moodle will create a one part assignment. 4. Select the Maximum File Size for submissions. Turnitin allows up to 2mb for a text only submission and 40mb for a text and graphic submission. The maximum file size can be adjusted in this setting in line with your requirements. 4
5. Opt to allow or disallow any file type. By selecting Yes, submissions will be checked for originality where possible, submissions will be available for download and GradeMark feedback tools will be available where possible. By selecting No, only file types that allow originality reports to be generated will be accepted. 6. The option to Display Originality Reports to Student provides instructors with the ability to control whether students are allowed to view Originality Reports within each created assignment. Select Yes to allow students to see the Originality Report for the assignment. The default setting is No. 7. Opt to show student grades as fractions or percentages. 8. To maintain synchronized data between Turnitin and Moodle, select Yes, automatically refresh originality scores and grades. Alternatively, select No, I will refresh originality scores and grades manually. Note: We advise you check the Set these values as assignment defaults to save time when creating a Turnitin Assignment 2 in the future. Entering Grade Information 1. Select the type of grading for this activity. 5
1a. If selecting point grading, enter the maximum points for this assignment. The default maximum points is 100. 1b. Alternatively, if you opt for scale grading, select the scale from the drop-down list. Click here for guidance on setting up a Moodle grading scale. 2. If available, enter a grade category; this setting controls the category in which this assignment's grades are placed in the grade book. 3. Enter the minimum grade required, which should be less that your maximum point value. Creating an Assignment Part Enter the information for part one of your assignment; this includes your assignment's name, start date, due date, post date, and maximum marks available for this assignment part. The default maximum point is 100. Originality Report Options The Originality Report Options have a significant impact on the score generated in each report. We, therefore, advise that you ensure all report settings are reviewed before completing the setup of this assignment. 6
1. The Allow Late submissions after the Due Date gives students the option to submit work after the assignment due date; late submissions are always marked as being late and the actual submission date is recorded. You can click Yes to allow late submissions, or alternatively, leave this setting at its No default. 2. Select one of the following three options for Originality Report Generation Speed: Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are not allowed) - Originality Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately. Students cannot resubmit papers. Submissions must be deleted by the instructor to enable resubmission. Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are allowed until due date) - Originality Reports for the initial submission by each student user to this assignment will be generated immediately. Students may resubmit as often as the student wishes until the assignment due date. Originality Reports for the second or subsequent submission will require a 24-hour delay before the Originality Report begins processing. Only the latest submission is available to the instructor or student. Previous versions are removed. Student submissions will compare against one another within the assignment on the due date and time, which may result in a change in the Originality Report similarity index and results at the due date and time. This option is typically used when students are self-reviewing and revising their submissions and able to view the Originality Report. No resubmissions after the due date and time of the assignment. Generate reports on due date (resubmissions are allowed until due date) - Originality Reports will not be generated for any submission until the due date and time of the assignment. Students may resubmit as many times as needed until the due date and time without receiving reports. Resubmissions may not be made after the due date and time of the assignment. Note: Originality Report generation for resubmissions is subject to a 24-hour delay. 7
3. Opt to either store student papers in the standard repository or no repository. By storing papers in the standard repository, this will allow these papers to be checked against in this future. By selecting No repository, submitted papers will not be saved in the Turnitin repository. However this means that if two students submit the same paper to the same assignment, Turnitin will not find any match. 4. There are three repository source options available for you to select. Turnitin can check against stored student papers, the Internet, and journals, periodicals, and publications. Select Yes or No for each source you would or would not like us to check against. For any source that you do not wish to check against, the similarity score may decrease. Note: If you do not select 'Yes' for at least one of the 'Check against...' options, then an Originality Report will not be generated. 5. Turnitin can exclude certain elements of a paper from an Originality Report to provide a more accurate similarity score. You can opt to exclude the following from an Originality Report: Bibliography - Text appearing in the bibliography, works cited, and references sections can be excluded. Quoted Material - Text appearing in the quotes of student papers can be excluded. Small Matches - Matches that are not of sufficient length can be excluded. The number of words or paper percentage to be excluded is determined by yourself, and entered into the text box. Note: This setting can be overridden in individual Originality Reports. GradeMark Options 1. 1a. Attach a rubric to the assignment by selecting a rubric from the dropdown list. 8
1b. Alternatively, click Launch Rubric Manager to edit or create a rubric. Moodle Groups The Moodle functionality for managing groups and groupings of students within Moodle courses / activities is fully supported in Moodle Direct. Click Save and return to course or Save and display to complete your assignment. 9
Using the Turnitin Assignment 2 Submission Inbox Instructors can access the Turnitin submission inbox to make amendments to their assignment settings, export files, access the rubric and QuickMark managers, as well as submit on behalf of students, delete papers, and view Originality Reports for submitted papers. The submission inbox displays a list of the students enrolled in the course and a summary of the originality scores associated with their submissions. The columns headings in the submission inbox are: Student - A column containing the names for Moodle students in the assignment. Clicking on the name takes you to the Moodle user page for that student. If a student is enrolled in the Turnitin system but not enrolled in the Moodle system the student is listed as Non Moodle Student. If the student is subsequently enrolled in Moodle the submission will be linked to the student account automatically. The number of submissions made by a student is included in brackets. If anonymous marking is enabled for the account the student's name will appear as 'Anonymous Marking Enabled'. Once the student has submitted to the assignment clicking on this will allow you to remove the student's anonymity. You will be prompted to input a reason to release the student's information. Anonymous marking is revealed on an Assignment Part level. 10
Submission Title - A column containing the submission s title Turnitin Paper ID This column of the report contains the paper id of the submission. Submitted This column of the report contains the date and time of the submission. Late submissions are color coded red. Similarity - This column contains a percentage indicating the overall similarity of the paper to information in the Turnitin repositories, 100% being fully similar, 0% indicating no similarity. Clicking on the Similarity % icon opens the Originality Report. Grade This column either contains a grade and a pencil icon for editing the grade or if GradeMark has been enabled the column indicates if GradeMark is available. A pencil icon shows what papers can be accessed in GradeMark. No icon will appear if a student has not submitted a paper to the assignment or if GradeMark has not been purchased for the account. If the icon is available, click on the pencil icon to open a GradeMark window. For further guidance on using the GradeMark service, click here. Delete icon - A trash bin icon located to the right of the submission. Click on the icon to delete the submission from the inbox. 11
Refresh Submissions - This option checks with Turnitin to see if more submissions have been entered or if new Originality Reports are available. Assignment Submission Dates All assignment dates are contained within the Submission Inbox for the Turnitin Assignment 2. The due date will default to a week after the date the assignment was created. 1. To change any of the assignment dates click on the pencil icon to the right of the date. 2. Use the drop-down menus to change the date and times for the Start Date, Due Date, or the Post Date. You may also change the assignment part name and the assignment point value. Once you have finished editing the dates click elsewhere on the screen to save your changes. Start Date -The start date defines the earliest time a student can make a submission to the assignment part. Due Date -This is the final date by which the student should have submitted their assignment. If you are allowing late submissions, the submissions will be marked as late after this date. Post Date - This is the date when marks/grades will be released to students. If anonymous marking is turned on (UK only) this is also the date when marks will be released to students. 12
Downloading Files from the Submission Inbox Instructors can download an assignment s submissions one by one or in bulk. Submissions can be downloaded in their original file type or in PDF format, and GradeMark files can be exported as a PDF format. A similarity overview for all students can also be downloaded as an Excel file. After the download is initiated the downloadable file is located in the Messages Inbox. Downloading a Single Submission To download an individual file from the submission inbox, submitted by one particular student, simply click the download icon alongside their submission. This will initiate an automatic download in your browser. Downloading All Papers as a Zip File From the top of the submission inbox you may download a selection of files. 1. To download the assignment s submissions in PDF format, click the PDF icon. 2. Alternatively, you can download the file in its original format by clicking the blank paper icon. 3. Finally, you may download collated results from all Similarity Reports, generated from student submissions, by clicking the Excel icon. 13
Downloading Selected Files as a Zip File To download selected papers in their original formats or GradeMark PDF files, simply select the files within the submission list by clicking the checkbox next to the relevant submission. 1. 1a. Click the checkbox beside each of the submissions you would like to download. 1b. Alternatively, you can bulk download all submissions by clicking the checkbox to the left of the Student header. This will automatically select all submissions. 2. Click the Download button that appears towards the middle of the submission inbox. 14
3. 3a. Click Original Files to download the submission(s) in the original format. This will download as a.zip file. A modal may appear, indicating that your download is being prepared. 3b. Alternatively, download the GradeMark files for an assignment by clicking Selected GradeMark Files. This is a.zip file of all selected student submissions, containing all of marks and comments that you may have added to the paper. A modal may appear, indicating that your download is being prepared. Note: The process of compiling GradeMark files can take time, depending on the amount of files that will be processed. You can close the window at any time, allowing the files to process in the background. Once files are ready to download, you will receive a message in your Moodle Inbox. Open this message to download your files. Within the Moodle message, you will find two files: A manifest, containing all a log of files that have been processed for download and any errors that may have occurred, and a download link to a zip file, containing your requested files. Turnitin Students Tab 15
1. From Turnitin Assignment 2, click the Turnitin Students tabto begin enrolling all of the Moodle students for the course in your Turnitin Assignment 2. From this page, you can also view all enrolled students in Turnitin Assignment 2. 2. You can perform three actions from the Turnitin students page: Click the Enroll All Students link to enroll all course students to this assignment. Click an enrolled student's name to view their details. Click the trash can icon to the left of a student's name to remove them from this assignment. Note: This enrollment only affects users that also access Turnitin directly (through turnitin.com or turnitinuk.com. Clicking on this button enrolls all students from this Moodle class in Turnitin in one go. You do not normally need to select this option, as students are enrolled in Turnitin as required for the purposes of submission. Turnitin Tutors Tab Within Turnitin, a class created via Moodle Direct can be managed by multiple instructors. Moodle allows multiple instructors to work on a class and the Turnitin integration supports this ability. By clicking on the Turnitin Tutors tab for the assignment (only instructors can do this), instructors are redirected to a screen that provides the ability to add and remove any currently enrolled Moodle Teacher as a tutor of a Turnitin Assignment 2. 1. From Turnitin Assignment 2, click the Turnitin Tutors tabto enroll Moodle instructors onto your Turnitin Assignment 2. From this page, you can also view all enrolled tutors in Turnitin Assignment 2. 16
2. You can perform three actions from the Turnitin instructors page: Expand the Add a Turnitin Tutor section, select a tutor from the dropdown list, and click Add Turnitin Tutor. Click an enrolled tutor' name to view their details. Click the trash can icon to the left of a tutor's name to remove them from this assignment. Note: This setting has no effect within Moodle itself and only controls who can see the class within Turnitin. You must log in to Turnitin to see this change. For the majority of cases, you will never need to change this setting or log into Turnitin. In a future release of Turnitin, multiple instructors will be supported, and this setting will be removed from the integration. 17
Creating a Plagiarism Plugin Assignment A Moodle Direct Version 2 offers the Turnitin Plagiarism Plugin, and can be integrated within the existing Moodle assignment module. When creating one of these activities, additional settings appear for the Turnitin plugin, which can be customized to provide an accurate similarity score. 1. Select the relevant course from your Moodle homepage. 2. Click the Turn editing on button to the right of your course homepage. 3. Once you have turned editing on, click the Add an activity or resource link for the current time period, or a time period in the future. 18
4. From the Add an activity or resource box, select Turnitin Assignment 2, then click the Add button. 5. Enter your assignment's general information. Your assignment name must be entered, as well as the submission type. 19
6. In the availability section, select the date from which you would like to allow submissions from, the assignment's due date, and cut off date, and use the checkbox to enable or disable these dates, too. 7. Select the remaining section titles to customize your assignment further. 20
Enabling the Turnitin Plagiarism Plugin To enable the plagiarism plugin, select the Turnitin plagiarism plugin settings, and ensure Yes is selected next to Enable Turnitin. Click here for guidance about customizing the Turnitin plagiarism plugin settings. Customizing the Turnitin Plagiarism Plugin 21
1. The option to Display Originality Reports to Student provides instructors with the ability to control whether students are allowed to view Originality Reports within each created assignment. Select Yes to allow students to see the Originality Report for the assignment. The default setting is No. 2. Opt to allow or disallow any file type. By selecting Yes, submissions will be checked for originality where possible, submissions will be available for download and GradeMark feedback tools will be available where possible. By selecting No, only file types that allow originality reports to be generated will be accepted. 3. Opt to either store student papers in the standard repository or no repository. By storing papers in the standard repository, this will allow these papers to be checked against in this future. By selecting No repository, submitted papers will not be saved in the Turnitin repository. However this means that if two students submit the same paper to the same assignment, Turnitin will not find any match. 4. There are three repository source options available for you to select. Turnitin can check against stored student papers, the Internet, and journals, periodicals, and publications. Select Yes or No for each source you would or would not like us to check against. For any source that you do not wish to check against, the similarity score may decrease. Note: If you do not select 'Yes' for at least one of the 'Check against...' options, then an Originality Report will not be generated. 5. Select one of the following three options for Originality Report Generation Speed: Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are not allowed) - Originality Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately. Students cannot resubmit papers. Submissions must be deleted by the instructor to enable resubmission. Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are allowed until due date) - Originality Reports for the initial submission by each student user to this assignment will be generated immediately. Students may resubmit as often as the student wishes until the assignment due date. Originality Reports for the second or subsequent submission will require a 24-hour delay before the Originality Report begins processing. Only the latest submission is available to the instructor or student. Previous versions are removed. Student submissions will compare against one another within the assignment on the due date and time, which may result in a change in the Originality Report similarity index and results at the due date and time. This option is typically used when 22
students are self-reviewing and revising their submissions and able to view the Originality Report. No resubmissions after the due date and time of the assignment. Generate reports on due date (resubmissions are allowed until due date) - Originality Reports will not be generated for any submission until the due date and time of the assignment. Students may resubmit as many times as needed until the due date and time without receiving reports. Resubmissions may not be made after the due date and time of the assignment. Note: Originality Report generation for resubmissions is subject to a 24-hour delay. 6. Turnitin can exclude certain elements of a paper from an Originality Report to provide a more accurate similarity score. You can opt to exclude the following from an Originality Report: Bibliography - Text appearing in the bibliography, works cited, and references sections can be excluded. Quoted Material - Text appearing in the quotes of student papers can be excluded. Small Matches - Matches that are not of sufficient length can be excluded. The number of words or paper percentage to be excluded is determined by yourself, and entered into the text box. Note: This setting can be overridden in individual Originality Reports. 7. 7a. Attach a rubric to the assignment by selecting a rubric from the drop-down list. 7b. Alternatively, click Launch Rubric Manager to edit or create a rubric. 23
9. Click Save and return to course or Save and display to complete your assignment. 24
Managing a Turnitin Assignment 2 Updating an Assignment 1. Select the relevant course from your Moodle homepage. 2. Select the Turnitin Assignment 2 from which you would like to delete a paper. 25
3. From the top right-hand corner of the Turnitin assignment inbox, click the Update this Turnitin Assignment 2 button. 4. On this assignment update page, you have the option to update various part of your assignment, including the assignment name, submission type, overall grade and various other settings. You can find full descriptions of these fields by visiting guidance for customizing your Turnitin Assignment 2. Deleting a Paper 1. Select the relevant course from your Moodle homepage. 26
2. Select the Turnitin Assignment 2 from which you would like to delete a paper. 3. From the submission inbox, click the trash can icon alongside the paper submission you would like to delete. 4. A dialog box will appear, stating 'Deleting papers removes them from your submissions list and inbox but does not completely remove them from the Turnitin database. Are you sure you want to delete this submission? This action cannot be undone'. Click OK to confirm this deletion. Note: Should you wish to completely remove a paper from the Turnitin database, please contact your Turnitin administrator. Please provide your administrator with the class ID, paper ID, and the assignment 27
name. Your administrator should then raise a ticket with the Turnitin Support Team to request the paper's removal. 28