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e-Submission and plagiarism detection (using Turnitin)

Details

This course provides an overview of the Turnitin plagiarism detection software and how it can be used to scan assignments submitted through WebCT.

Face-to-face duration: 1hr
Suggested prerequisites: VISTA01 - An Introduction for Online Tutors, APOD ELT022 - Assessment, marking and feedback 

Aims

The aims of this course are to:

  • familiarise participants with the interface for creating a Turnitin assignment in WebCT
  • enable participants to download assignment submissions and view originality reports
  • encourage participants to consider the legal and moral aspects when submitting their students' work to the Turnitin database
Outcomes / Objectives

By the end of this course you should be able to:

  • create a new Turnitin assignment within a WebCT section
  • submit an assignment on behalf of one of your students
  • download student submissions to your local disk
  • view originality reports for student submissions
How to book

Fill out our register of interest form. We will contact you to let you know when the date of the next delivery of this will be.