Turnitin/Academic Integrity Guide Introduction
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1. Subrmit Cancel WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Step 1 Go to Turnitin directly from your eCollege Course 1 Click on the Turnitin content item under the Course Home unit 2 Once inside the content item click on the link to go to Turnitin this will open in new window please ensure pop ups are allowed or disabled in your Internet browser 2 ee mee e o eo e a oa di CA Author CourseAdmin Gradebook Email Chat Doc Sharing Dropbox Webliography i Walden University considers academic integg to be essential for each student s intellectual development Assignrnents must adhere to APA format style and must include the p Lourse support citing of references References to outsidagtources must be paraphrased and summarized appropriately Course Informati Class Caf Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention gel and detection software that assists students and faculty to ensure the academic Integrity of submitted work You will be required to submit coursework through Turnitin Software checks your work against all the published material stored in its database to see if your writing contains borrowed passages The datab includes but is nat limited ebsites journals and student papers Course Home Syllabus C Course Home Turnitin ETER Term Calendar 1 Course Introduction Instructor TURNITIN Presenters Ask the Ip uctor Walde inks wudelnes worm you which assign2. 13 WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose violations are on file eventually PDs ADs will be able to check themselves but for now that knowledge has to be obtained from the CoC office Your PD AI designee may or may not confer with you and may or may not inform you of prior violations on file for privacy reasons Please work with your program director as you begin this process to clarify roles related to sanctions 5 Fill out an Academic Integrity Violation form found on the faculty portal once sanctions have been decided but before they are communicated to the student The Academic Integrity Violation form will have all relevant information a program director needs to send the formal sanctions letter Send the form to your program director designee and copy Codeofconduct waldenu edu 6 A findings letter should be sent to the student from the PD AI designee with a copy to the instructor Codeofconduct waldenu edu and the associate dean Thank you for going through this entire guide As a thank you please enjoy this cartoon drawn and written by Chris Pirillo and Brad Fitzpatrick 14
3. for any and all hits 4 We recommend you change the Exclude quoted materials from Similarity Index for all papers in this assignment selection to yes In your regular content analysis you should determine if your student has placed a heavy reliance on quotes and remediate accordingly but this can be excluded from a plagiarism search 5 We recommend you change the Exclude small matches selection to yes If you are working with larger papers over 10 pages this selection can remain at no as even a 1 match could be significant and could reveal several sentences not properly paraphrased As this pilot will only have smaller papers please choose percentage then 1 for this section We can revise this recommendation based on your experience For the discussion board assignments that you as faculty will submit change this area to word count instead of percentage and choose 3 4 This will allow you to eliminate common phrases on the discussion board WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose 6 Allow students to see Originality Reports should be left at its default selection which is yes Itis important for students to be able view the results and take responsibility for the integrity of their work 7 Allow submissions after the due date should be left at its default selection which is yes If we are going to give students a bit of leeway in getting these reports submitted just choose a due date a few days after the due date
4. for the eCollege application 8 Submit papers to should be left at its default selection which is standard paper repository 9 Search options should be left at its default selection which is all checked 10 Click submit to add the assignment to your Turnitin class homepage WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Step 5 View Student Submissions and Self Submit Once you have created your assignment s and students begin submitting their papers click View within the Turnitin class to open the assignment inbox and view all submission activity Here you can view originality percentages for papers submitted by students The Student Turnitin Quickstart Guide will outline the steps students will need to take to submit their own papers assignments students peer review gradebook libraries NOW VIEWING HOME CAPSTONE PROPOSALS About this page calendar discussion preferences This is your class homepage Click the new assignment button to add an assignment to your class homepage Click an assignment s View button to view the assignment inbox and any submissions that hav been made to the assignment You can submit papers by clicking on the Submit paper option in the assignment s More actions menu Capstone Proposals CLASS HOMEPAGE START DUE Dissertation Draft 1 POST STATUS ACTIONS 03 25 11 11 59PM PAPER 032410 03 26 11 i v 12 00AM More actions 1 1 submitted Doctor
5. need to be set one day after the due date TROUBLESHOOTING Turnitin is NOT compatible with Internet Explorer 6 0 Please use Internet Explorer 7 0 Firefox 3 0 Safari 4 0 Chrome 4 0 WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Select your assignment type _ 2 Paper Assignment Paper Assignment Paper Assignment Th c Revision Assignment assignment for all athe and Reflections When Creating a paper instructors will need toa post date Mest Step new assignmen an Ce m e 3 general m gates assignment tile start alate SY E 22 Ea 2e70 at 2 e Gel em ll Point Se eal a al Po dyedaies E 29 el 2010 at a1 E so E em EJ Post date E se El 2070 at 12 ol Fa Purl more options Click more options 1 Generate Originality Reports for submissions selection should be left to the default option which is yes 2 For Generate Originality Reports for student submissions change to allow drafts until the due date This allows students to submit drafts until an assignment due date without having the final version be a large match to previous drafts 3 We recommend you change the Exclude bibliographic materials from Similarity Index for all papers in this assignment selection to yes You will continue to pull small matches on bibliographic materials so it is best to exclude this from the analysis If you choose to leave this field at no you will need to do your own analysis
6. APER ID SUBMITTED Doe John Fellowship of Frodo amp Sam 123 90 123255 04 12 10 H Turning Kela Significant Symbolism in Lord of the f 13 200 90 234652 04 12 10 Tully Abraham The Ring Cycle and LOTR 20 85 783456 04 13 10 Lebowitz Kevan Ring Symbolism 0 343 85 142678 04 11 10 The Originality Report will open in a new window called the document viewer The document viewer allows instructors to view the Originality Report Walden currently does not use Turnitin s other products GradeMark or PeerMark IMPORTANT Do not take an Originality Report percentage at face value A high percentage is not necessarily an indication of plagiarism Each individual source must be viewed Other factors that generate matches e Common Phrases i e United States Department of Health and Human Services e Large quotes this should be excluded when you create the assignment regardless students may only need coaching on how to use less quotes e Bibliographic materials this should be excluded when you create the assignment but may still appear in different formats e Prior Draft Submissions if a student submitted the paper for the same assignment in draft format it may appear with a high percentage see more information below All the primary sources found to match the paper submission are in the sidebar located on the right hand side of the paper contents Primary sources are the sources that have the closest match most matching words w
7. WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Turnitin Academic Integrity Guide Introduction This guide will help you get started with Turnitin To begin please enter each academic course through the faculty portal Important Terms and Definitions for this reference guide eCollege Course This is the academic course Turnitin Class Each eCollege course will have a Turnitin class that corresponds to it eCollege Application This is each academically graded assignment that is turned in for a grade through the eCollege course dropbox Turnitin Assignment The eCollege application that is submitted to Turnitin Here is a quick look at the student submission process using Turnitin 1 Determine assignment in the Application detail in eCollege 2 Upload the assignment to Turnitin first THEN 3 Upload the assignment to the eCollege dropbox ae 1 vee ES 9999 02 Children and Technology es mares sta ASSIGNMENT INBOX amp PORTFOLIO Rubrics Resources DUE POST STATUS ACTIONS Discussion Week 2 Application Expand this assignment 11 01 10 11 02 10 This assignment has not yet been SET 11 58PM 1200A a Show details A Application 10 26 10 5 46PM WET Submit Cancel sket Choose one tems f ent Tips gt Application Application Application Application Application Application 1 Application z Add Attachments neis Mo documents attached
8. al Drafts 1 PAPER 09 24 10 03 25 11 03 26 11 Ot View More actions Assignment Homepage Submit Paper GradeMark Report Edit assignment AUTHOR TITLE REPORT GRADEMARK FILE PAPER ID DAT J Murphy James Circe 45 Ml 49262697 08 O Tennison Mary The old man returns home 0 E Oo B 49262698 08 You may also self submit a student s paper by clicking on Submit Paper button On the paper submission page select the author s student s name from the author drop down menu if they have enrolled in your Turnitin class If the student is not enrolled in the Turnitin class please non enrolled student drop down menu for enrolled students and enter the paper s title submission title WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose submit paper by file upload step 1 of 2 choose a paper submission method single file upload author non enrolled student d first name last name submission title fe Requirements for single file upload File must be less than 20 MB File Types allowed MS Word WordPerfect PostScript POF HTML ATF and plain text If your file exceeds 20 MB read suggestions to meet requirements browse for the file to upload Browse upload cancel qo back To select a paper for submission click the browse button and locate the paper on your computer We accept submissions in these formats e MS Word WordPerfect RTF PDF PostScript HTML plain tex
9. ent s paper which you cannot view when in reality the match is from a webpage that another student used as well It will be important to view additional sources to tailor your letter of inquiry to the student It may not be useful to say it s a match to another paper but instead to focus in on the actual source of the plagiarism If there does not appear to be a secondary source and the paper is an 80 100 match it is likely that it is a match to another paper This could be for many different reasons e Arecent draft you should be able to see if the student submitted a draft to your Turnitin class within the last few days the draft should be excluded from your originality calculation e Work created by the student and submitted in a previous or concurrent course this will require an Academic Integrity inquiry as students cannot use the same work for two different courses unless approved in advance by the course instructor 10 WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose e Work created by another student and submitted previously this will require an Academic Integrity inquiry MT scurce overp internet source Www2 smumn edu gt www astro utoronto ca WWW answers com eee ee ee oe aml inl aman To exclude a source from the Source Overlap list click on the Exclude Sources button at the bottom of the source list This will bring up check boxes and allows you to reduce an originality percentage
10. her purpose Step 8 Academic Integrity Inquiries Warnings and Sanctions for Walden University Turnitin is a tool to assist you in determining the integrity of a submitted assignment it is not proof of plagiarism nor should the similarity index be taken at face value As a faculty member you should read the work separately from Turnitin to determine any concerns with the content as it relates to the assignment and any changes in voice style and vocabulary from previous work Next when examining an originality report of said assignment skim the individual sources to determine if any significant content has been copied without citation or with incorrect citations Once you have determined that there 1s a concern you must then discuss the concern with your student Listed below is a general framework to use to uphold Academic Integrity in your classroom Please discuss with your program director the appropriate steps to take with regards to reporting Academic Integrity concerns as each program will differ slightly from these guidelines Current Protocol is listed below We are currently in the process of reviewing our protocol and processes and these guidelines may change in the next few months please be sure watch for and review any updates sent to you from Code of Conduct or the Center for Faculty Excellence regarding academic integrity 1 Manage expectations in your classroom For many faculty members pro active steps and in c
11. ithout variation to the document s text WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose m 4 Paper 16 of 23 Triton merece 85 Primary Source View Source View internet source somewhat like Uranus s with polar and equatorial regions alternately Internet source pointing toward the Sun This probably results in radical seasonal changes as one pole then the Internet source other moves into the sunlight During the Voyager 2 encounter Triton s south pole was facing the Sun Triton s density 2 0 is slightly greater than that of Saturn s icy moons c g Rhea Triton is probably only about 25 water ice with remainder rocky material Internet source Voyager found that Triton has an atmosphere albeit a very tenuous one about 0 01 millibar Internet source composed mostly of nitrogen with a small amount of methane A thin haze extends up 5 10 km Internet source The temperature at the surface of Triton is only 34 5 K 235 C 391 F as cold as Pluto This is Internet source due in nart ta ite hich alheda 7 Ri which meane that little nf the Snn e meager hcht ic To view all overlapping sources for a Primary Source hover the cursor over the source and click on the View additional sources button Primary Source View Internet source tt IMPORTANT The overlapping sources are now listed below the primary source There may be times when a paper appears to match another stud
12. lassroom coaching are at the heart of their commitment to academic integrity Many will post an announcement in their classroom or send an email at the beginning of the course to remind students that Turnitin will be used 2 Send a formal letter of inquiry copy your program director or their Academic Integrity designee Once Academic Integrity concerns have risen above a warning level either by egregiousness or by volume you will need to involve your academic leadership Multiple offenses of Academic Integrity over time lead to greater academic progress sanctions including course failure and even academic dismissal Program directors and eventually associate deans need to be the decision makers in order to ensure that the appropriate consequences are consistently sanctioned as it relates to a student s performance and subsequent academic progress Inquiry letters can be found on the Faculty Portal in the Academic Integrity sections Follow the template and fill in the specifics of the inquiry Subject line of inquiry email Academic Integrity Inquiry 3 Allow the student to respond to the inquiry in the timeframe allotted Students may not respond at all After 5 business days proceed to step 4 4 Collaborate with your program director or academic integrity designee on appropriate actions sanctions after reviewing the student s response Your PD AI designee should consult with the Code of Conduct office to determine if any prior
13. ments should be submitted to Turnitin Submission to Turnitin does not take the place of your Dropbox you will be required to submit y areas Your instructor will access your submissions and will advise you ifthere are any concerns You will be able to view your submission results as well ai Your instructor will Turnitin assignment to b i OOO q Click here to enter Turnigh If you receive an error message please notify your instructor first before contacting Student Support Your instructor must activate this class in Turr pctore you can egbad submit an assignment b Week b Week 3 Turnitin submission instructions reference guides and links to video submission instructions can be found at the Walden Writing Center here b Week 4 The Walden Writing Center has a wealth of resources to strengthen your writing skills including paper templates free grammar checking software and its awn Turnitin class to se p Week 5 dratts that will not be added to the Turnitin database Please be advised that the Walden Writing Center Turnitin class does not take the place of your academic Turnitin class a p Week 6 should be used for drafts only b Week 7 For technical assistance please contact Walden s student Support Team via your student portal Support tab or 1 000 VWWALDENU or submit a help ticket to Turnitin directly once Turnitin by clicking on Help Exit Course TROUBLESHOOTING If you receive an error mes
14. once you have determined that a source percentage is not applicable kokopelili ws gt 3 Py o Click on the check box next to all the sources you would like to exclude Source Overlap v internet source Wwww2 smumn edu www astro utoronto ca Once you have selected all the sources to exclude click on the Exclude the selected sources amp recalculate button at the bottom of the Source Overlap list If the sources that were excluded 11 WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose affect the overall similarity index it will recalculate and display a new percentage of matching content Again doing this can reduce an overall originality percentage d ow senuidan cam b b gt Rs kn W o If you excluded a source in error you can recover and enter it again to the calculation Click on the exclusion list button circle with a line through it at the bottom and it will bring up your exclusion list You can check any exclusion you wish and click on restore at the bottom If you need further assistance with Turnitin or would like to learn about the advanced features the system offers please download the instructor user manual You can view all user manuals and documentation at http turnitin com static support guides_manuals html You can view all support videos here http www turnitin com static support_video_gallery html 12 WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A hig
15. sage try refreshing your browser logging in again as idleness may cause an error If the error persists contact Frontline WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Step 2 Turnitin Class Homepage Features A When you enter Turnitin you will be in the Turnitin Class that corresponds to your eCollege course B You will create assignments that will appear here The assignment name should correspond to the eCollege Applications that will be submitted to Turnitin PSYC 5555 02 Children and Technology CLASS HOMEPAGE START DUE POST STATUS ACTIONS Week 1 Application B me nA Han natal sire View More actions Step 3 Create an Assignment Once you are in your Turnitin class click on the New Assignment button to create an assignment Please create one assignment for each assignment that your student s will upload into Turnitin If Week 2 and Week 3 applications will be run through Turnitin then create two assignments like Week 2 Application and Week 3 Application for example To create an assignment choose your assignment type paper assignment and click next step Enter an assignment title and choose a start and due date for the assignment Students will be able to submit their papers to the assignment starting on the start date and until the due date passes Walden does not use the GradeMark or PeerMark tools at this time which make use of the post date The post date however will
16. t txt When you are done click the upload button to upload the paper The paper you chose to submit will be shown on the next page Review all of the submission information and make sure that it is correct To confirm the submission click the submit button WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Step 6 Originality Report Generation and Access After you submit a paper our system will begin processing the paper and will generate an Originality Report within a few seconds or several minutes for larger papers To view the report click the go to inbox button on submission confirmation page Your assignment inbox will open author Student Demo Please note that you can also open your assignment inbox from your Turnitin class homepage by clicking on the View link in the ACTIONS column STATUS ACTIONS Demo Assignment 11 10 09 11 17 09 11 18 09 1 2 TER SEEN 8 03AM 11 59PM 12 00AM submitted View More actions WALDEN UNIVERSITY A higher degree A higher purpose Step 7 Reading an Originality Report Your assignment inbox shows submitted papers with their Originality Reports To open the Originality Report for the paper you just submitted click the number percent in the similarity or report column Note A grayed out report icon indicates that the report has not yet been generated Please wait a few moments and click your browser s refresh button AUTHOR PAPER GRADEMARK 100 P
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