Enabling Turnitin on a New Dropbox Enabling Turnitin on a New Dropbox

Enabling Turnitin on a New Dropbox

 

Turnitin can be used via MyCourses as a learning tool for improved writing. The program flags similarity and mechanical errors in written work via Originality and GradeMark reports. If you choose to enable this service for your students, place the Turnitin statement in your course syllabus

Turnitin Statement for Syllabus located at the bottom of this guide.

Step-by-Step: 

  1. Click on Submission Review on the Navbar
  2. Click on Dropboxes
  3. Click on New Folder
  4. Enter a Title of the Dropbox
  5. Enter a Score and Due Date (see Creating a Dropbox Tutorial for more information on these settings).
  6. Click pm Availability Dates and Conditions tab on the right side of the screen



  7. Set Start and End Dates for the dropbox. Additional information is on start and end dates below.
  8. Scroll to the Submission & Completion settings, click to expand
  9. under allowed Allowable file extensions, select Compatible with Turnitin
  10. Scroll down and click on the Evaluation and Feedback tab
  11. Click on the Manage Turnitin button located at the bottom of this area (a pop-up will open)


  12.  Check the following options to enable Turnitin for this dropbox:

     Step 1:  Check the box next to “Enable Similarity Report for this folder”

     

     Step 2:  Check the box next to “Allow learners to see Turnitin similarity scores in their submission folder” 

     

     Step 3:  Check the box next to “Enable Online Grading for this folder”

  13. Click Save and Close 

Turnitin Dates

When a folder is initially created, instructors are given the ability to put in dates for the Dropbox within MyCourses. When creating a Turnitin assignment MyCourses will help provide dates to Turnitin by setting default dates in the background. MyCourses is not required to send dates, but since Turnitin relies on them, something must be supplied in place of a ‘null’ value. So, the big question is, how does MyCourses handle the date defaults when no dates are supplied?

 

MyCourses

Turnitin

Start Date Set?

End Date Set?

Start Date value

End Date value

No

No

Current Date

1 week + 24 hours

Yes

No

MyCourses Start Date

2 weeks from start date + 24 hours

No

Yes

Current Date

MyCourses End Date + 24 hours

Yes

Yes

MyCourses Start Date

MyCourses End Date + 24 hours

 

 

Turnitin Statement for Syllabus 

The instructor of this course provides access to Turnitin.com as a tool to promote learning. The tool flags similarity and mechanical issues in written work that merit review. Use of the service enables students and faculty to identify areas that can be strengthened through improved paraphrasing, integration of sources, or proper citation. Submitted papers remain as source documents in the Turnitin database solely for the purpose of detecting originality. Students retain full copyright to their works. The Turnitin Usage Agreement can be reviewed at https://turnitin.com/agreement. Students who do not wish to submit work through Turnitin must notify their instructor via course email within the first seven days of the course.  In lieu of Turnitin use, faculty may require a student to submit copies of sources, preliminary drafts, a research journal, or an annotated bibliography.


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