TURNITIN
A WEB-BASED PLAGIARISM
AND AI PREVENTION SYSTEM
Most assignments will be submitted and marked on Turnitin (unless otherwise stated, e.g. Classmarker quizzes).
Turnitin is a web-based plagiarism and AI prevention system used by most universities in the UK. There are three main uses of Turnitin:
To act as a deterrent against plagiarism & AI use.
To provide reports which can help identify occurrences of plagiarism & AI use.
To provide students with a tool to identify and correct possible occurrences of plagiarism in their own work and improve their academic writing.
HOW DOES TURNITIN WORK?
A Turnitin assignment is set up by Betonica on the Turnitin website (www.turnitinuk.com). Students access the assignment online and upload their work by 12 midday on the published submission date. Turnitin will analyse the submitted work to identify text matches with other sources and provide a similarity score. Betonica markers and moderators view each submission, annotate the script, mark the work on the Grading Form including feedback which the student will see once the submissions are released at 5 pm on the date published in the assessment timetable.
For each piece of submitted work, Turnitin provides three things:
A similarity score, which indicates the percentage of the submitted paper that Turnitin has identified as being matched against one or more other sources.
An originality report, which shows each of these matches in more detail, including the source(s) that Turnitin has found. These can be websites, books, journals and articles, or work that has previously been submitted through Turnitin.
An AI score, which flags if a student has used AI to produce their work. You can view the Betonica Plagiarism & AI Policy on the Turnitin page of the Learning Platform or click on the button opposite. Use the AI Detection quick mark at the beginning of work identified as AI and see the handbook for instructions when AI score is 40 or more.
TURNITIN FEEDBACK STUDIO
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Safeguard academic integrity: Combine cutting-edge tools with curricular resources to deter plagiarism, teach the value of authentic writing, and protect your institution's reputation.
Save time on grading and feedback: Empower instructors with commenting and grading tools that make the feedback process faster, easier, and more consistent.
Measure student success at scale: Track and analyse student progress to inform instruction and support strategic initiatives throughout your institution.
Turnitin Feedback Studio provides its users with Similarity checks, the possibility to provide written as well as oral feedback, and can standardise grading via rubrics.
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The Betonica Admin team is available and happy to help with anything, so please email them at admin@betonica.co.uk with any questions you may have.