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1. Chapter 12 Statistics 146 Statistics Overview 147 Deleted Assignments and Dropped Students148 Exporting Statistics 148 Chapter 13 Glossary 149 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 4 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Introduction Introduction Welcome to Turnitin Turnitin provides plagiarism prevention services class management tools and paperless digital grading products to educational institutions around the world This user guide provides thorough explanations of the features and products found in the Turnitin website that are available for use by instructors Turnitin provides plagiarism prevention services class management tools and paperless grading products to educational institutions around the world Turnitin products that may be available based on the purchase made by an institution include e Plagiarism Prevention submitted papers are compared for matches or similar text to information in available databases used by Turnitin The results of this comparison are made available in the easy to read format of the Originality Report e GradeMark digital assessment student submissions are digitally marked and reviewed by the instructor in a paperless environment Students are then able to view the results by logging into their Turnitin user profile e Peer Review student submissions are assigned to peers fo
2. If the instructor selects all from the category menu all topic questions in the set will be displayed regardless of category If no category is selected only uncategorized questions will be displayed If the instructor chooses to select a metric question from the library during step three of the peer review creation process in Chapter 3 select the metric questions to add to the peer review by clicking on the check box area to the left of each metric question to add Once all metric questions to import are selected click the import button to add them to the review Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 130 POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 9 Class Sections Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 131 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Introduction Introduction If sections of a class are taught by other instructors or by teaching assistants a class with sections can be created on Turnitin A top level master class is created to oversee the section classes From the master
3. user profile to log into Turnitin Warning If you do not receive the e mail containing the password reset link make certain that the e mail service is not filtering this e mail from noreply turnitin com to spam or junk mail Add noreply turnitin com to the e mail contact list or contact your e mail service for more information on ensuring this important password reset e mail is able to be received Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 9 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section My Classes The Instructor Homepage After logging in the instructor user is brought to the homepage The instructor homepage provides access to many Turnitin features The instructor homepage lists the accounts and classes the instructor has created and any class sections which the instructor has been assigned as the Teaching Assistant TA for If no accounts are listed please see Joining An Account in the next section My Classes The my classes link leads back to the instructor homepage list of all accounts and classes controlled by the instructor my classes userinfo user type logout messages help User Info A user profile contains personal information and user preferences Click the user info button on the system bar to open the user profile options The user information area is separated into two sections personal information and user preference
4. Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Cut and Paste Submissions mtam sd last name Enter the title for the paper This field is required Click the Browse button and locate the paper to submit e Click submit to upload this file i submit gt 7 Once the paper has been uploaded the following page asks for confirmation of the text of the paper Review the text to confirm the correct file was selected ls this the paper you want to submit To complete the file upload click on yes submit at the top of the page If the wrong file was loaded click on no go back and re submit with the correct file Once the submission is complete a digital receipt is displayed The paper ID on the digital receipt is a unique number assigned to this submission Cut and Paste Submissions The cut and paste submission option allows users to submit information from non supported word processors or file types or to only submit specific parts or areas of a document that may need an Originality Report generated Please note that only text can be submitted via the cut and paste method any graphics graphs images and formatting are lost when pasting into the text submis sion box Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 27 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Cut and Paste Submissions 1 Click on the submit icon to the right of the as
5. Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Refreshing Reports The option to refresh a report is available on the Originality Report once it has opened The current report is deleted and a new report is generated Please note that no report will be available until the new report has finished If the user wishes they can save or print a copy of the existing report before clicking on refresh at the top of the Originality Report to have a new Originality Report generated Printing or Saving Reports The Originality Report can be printed or saved to the user s computer for later reference To print a report click on the print link at the top of the Originality Report view This will prepare a readable print friendly version of the Originality Report The report may be printed in color or black and white at the discretion of the user When printing the print version created is based on the view mode of the Originality Report currently open For example clicking print while using the default show highest matches view mode will print only the highest matches The print view resembles the quickview classic report A copy of the Originality Report can be saved in a HTML format to the computer or a connected data storage device The saved version will no longer have any of the Direct Source Comparison capability and will not be able to show side by side comparisons The view mode of a Saved report is not available in the HTML document
6. To download and view or save a copy of the Originality Report click on the save link in the center of the top of the Originality Report Word Count 3499 exclude bibliography rom 12 11 05 j a di Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 47 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section User Report Preferences User Report Preferences The behavior and appearance of Originality Reports can be changed from the report preferences area The available report settings can be changed e color code matches by default matching text is color coded This can be turned off or reactivated by selecting no from the co or code matches pull down menu e default mode when a report is opened the default view mode is enabled To change the default view mode select the mode from the defau t mode pull down menu e auto navigation when a match is clicked or activated the text scrolls smoothly To jump instead of smooth scrolling select jump to next match from the auto navigation pull down menu Click on save and close in the top corner of the Originality Report preference pane to Save any changes that have been made to the Originality Report preferences To change Originality Report preferences click on prefs at the top of the Originality Report This will open the Originality Report preferences pane Change any of the preferences available using the corresponding pu
7. To switch to the calendar list click the list link on the calendar The calendar list mode works similarly to the calendar mode Any item can be viewed by clicking on it To update an item click the green symbol marked update icon to the right of the item To switch back to the calendar view click the calendar mode link Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 110 POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 112 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Introduction Discussion boards give students the chance to participate in peer discussions using the online discussion board feature in Turnitin The class discussion board allows students to suggest topics for approval by the instructor reply to topics posted by the instructor and reply to the posts made by students or instructors in a moderated discussion environment Accessing Class Discussion Boards The class discussion board is available from the class homepage discussion link The
8. 2 On the next screen enter the following information ame American Literature e the name for the class password e the class enrollment password dass siest date September 4 2007 3 Select the end date for the class Once the end date has passed the class will not be accessible for submissions unless the class is reactivated 4 If the instructor would like students to __ MY Reports for all paps be able to view Originality Reports on their own submissions select yes from the drop down menu Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 13 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Expired Classes 5 Click submit to add the class Class information will be displayed in a submit pop up window containing the ID and enrollment password for confirmation Expired Classes Every class created on Turnitin has an end date When the end date is reached the class expires and is limited to read only access The students and instructor will no longer be able to submit papers or peer reviews create assignments or mark any of the papers using GradeMark When a class expires it no longer appears on the active classes list To view expired classes only select expired from the show pull down menu on the Turnitin instructor homepage The all classes option available on the same pull down menu will list both active and expired classes Reactivating an Expire
9. Chapter 8 Libraries Section Introduction Introduction The libraries section of an instructor s Turnitin profile stores information from assignments rubrics and peer reviews that the instructor has created The instructor can use the libraries to import assignments and peer reviews to new classes manage the rubrics and add topic or metric questions for use in new peer reviews Accessing the Libraries To open the library page click on the libraries tab in the class bar from within a class WS__E The Libraries Page The Turnitin libraries page is separated into a number of pages accessible by using the appropriate tab The initial page is the assignments library The areas of the library page are assignments a list of assignments created in any class controlled by the instructor rubrics a list of the rubrics created for peer review sets by the instructor in any class as well as the default sets provided by Turnitin peer reviews a list of peer reviews created in any class controlled by the instructor topic questions a list of topic questions created by the instructor in any peer re views as well as the default questions provided by Turnitin metrics a list of metric questions created by the instructor in any peer reviews as well as the default metric questions provided by Turnitin Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8
10. A printable version of the paper will load and the user s print menu should appear once the paper has finished loading Once the paper has begun printing or after the printing job has been completed click on the Return to grading paper link at the top right corner to return to the normal GradeMark screen lt lt Return to grading paper gt GradeMark Huck Finn by Student New Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 89 POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 5 GradeBook Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 92 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 5 GradeBook Introduction The GradeBook product allows an instructor to track student grades and attendance for a class To access the GradeBook click the gradebook tab in the class bar Students enrolled in the class appear in the left column of the class GradeBook Turnitin assignments for the class are listed along the top of the GradeBook view There are multiple methods that allow an instructor to enter grades into the GradeBook Grades may be entered directly fro
11. 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 2 Chapter 1 Getting Started GradeBook Student Page 95 Scaling and Dropping Grades 96 Graphing Tools 98 Exporting from GradeBook 101 Chapter 6 Class Calendar 102 Accessing the Class Calendar 103 Calendar Entries 104 Uploading a Syllabus 108 Calendar List 108 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards 109 Introduction 110 Accessing Class Discussion Boards 110 Posting a Discussion Topic 110 Posting a Reply 112 Discussion Board Views 114 Moderation 116 Chapter 8 Libraries 118 Accessing the Libraries 119 The Libraries Page 119 Assignments Library 120 Rubric Library 121 The Peer View Library 125 Topic Questions Library 126 Metric Library 127 Chapter 9 Class Sections 128 Adding a Master Class 129 Adding Sections 131 Administrating a Master Class 132 The Master Class Homepage 134 Student Enrollment 135 GradeBook 136 Calendar 137 Preferences137 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 3 Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter 10 Quick Submit 139 Accessing Quick Submit 140 Submitting Papers 140 Accessing Originality Reports 141 Chapter 11 Preferences amp Notifications 142 User Preferences 143 Class Preferences 144 Messages and Announcements 145
12. Click Grading on the assessment graph A graph displaying the performance of the student versus the class average on all assignments will open Click All Assignments to open a list of ale F All assignments 48 400 assignments that can be viewed Attendance T days absent Aa Grading Summary To view the graph for an individual 7 All assigner assignment click on the name of the assignment Book Review 1 48 100 Ronk Rewiew Pri To view rubric statistics File View 1 Open the Tools pull down menu and click on Statistics 2 Click Rubrics on the assessment graph A graph displaying the paper rubric score if any versus the class rubric student s Papi scores on the assignment will open Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 85 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Paper and Assignment Statistics To view rubric statistics 3 Click the name of the rubric to open the list of criteria Literary Criticism a7 5 100 22 5 30 22 5 30 4 Click the name of a criterion to view the are graph for the individual criterion within the selected rubric Content 10 40 File View Tools Help Open the Tools pull down menu and click on Statistics Click on the QuickMarks tab A graph displaying the number of QuickMark comments used on the paper versus the class QuickMark comment use will open Click the name of a Quick
13. Click the check box to the left of the import assi assignment s to import to another vi R eviow of Atlas Shrugged class select assignment set 5 Click the import button above the assignment name list 6 Select to use the assignment dates existing in the library or to enter new Otte pease sl tere siart cate for tis astnent you dates To use library dates click the are importing more than one assignment the new dates e preserve dates link To enter new dates 77Y Ses from your class home page for a new school year or semester enter the start and due dates and click submit ae To preserve the dates from the original assignment s click here The assignment s selected will be imported into the current class Note If more than one assignment is being imported the selected dates are applied to all assignments imported at the same time Dates can be edited later for individual assignments by clicking on the assignment update button The user may also import assignments one by one selecting new dates for each assignment Rubric Library To open the Peer Review rubrics library click the rubrics tab from the library page Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 124 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Creating Rubric Sets The rubric library allows an instructor to create new rubrics and to organize existing or new rubrics into set
14. account administrator for the institution may disable this feature or the feature may not be in use If the discussion link is not available it has been disabled If the discussion board link is available access the class discussion board by clicking on the discussion tab Posting a Discussion Topic Before students are able to use the discussion board the instructor must create and post a discussion topic Students may also submit discussion topics but these discussion topics only become active or visible to other students if the instructor approves these topics How to post a new discussion topic 1 From the discussion board page click on the post a new topic link 2 Enter the topic information e topic title required e topic description optional 3 Choose a start and end date for the topic Students will not be able to post to a discussion before the start date or after the end date 4 Choose whether the topic will be moderated If so the instructor remain the moderator or may appoint a student enrolled in the class as moderator on the discussion Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 113 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Discussion Page Overview How to post a new discussion topic A Warning When a discussion is moderated students cannot read new posts until they have been approved by the moderator Refer to the section Mo
15. due and post dates The revision assignment may have a different Generate Originality Reports for student submissions setting The instructor may also select a different set of optional special instructions or assign a different point value Creating revision assignments 1 From the class home page click on create a new assignment 2 From the drop down menu labeled create a new select revision assignment aper assignment assiqnment 1 Personal Essay is Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 19 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Getting Your Students Started revision assi From the pull down menu labeled based on paper assignment select e e e e based i m f l i t ij Per I T the assignment this revision should be ON paper INNS pn ES E auauna point value assignment 1 Person based on assignment 2 Book F assi nment 3 Review n paper assignment assignment 1 Pe Optional Enter a point value for the a i point value revision assignment Select the start date due date and if E available post date for the assignment t date Select an option from the Generate SS z Originality Reports for student post date z submissions drop down menu Ee a ee ee ee E eee j R enter special instructions optional Optional Enter any special assignment instructions Click on submit to save this revision
16. ia Fe Pet oF re Per 2 ty TFI Pees LE f tee Eee he Fe of ek Ji i after you have selected a distribution to finalize your re e Important Make sure to click sub Sfinalize this 2 Select the number of papers each student must select to review Note The number of papers assigned to each student and the number each student is able to select to review will equal the number of papers each student must review For example two random assigned papers and two papers selected by the student means each student must write four total reviews 3 If any student or submitted paper cLudapts Papers assigned update should be locked out of the peer review click on the green lock icon to the left of the student name or the green lock icon for that paper If the lock icon is red the paper or student is locked i have mot yet submitted all of their papers you should no nalize your review Papers will be distributed using your 4 Click the distribute button to send the 9 finalize this peer review m papers immediately to the students for peer reviewing Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 57 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Step 4b Delayed Automatic Distribution Papers that have been distributed to the students will appear in the papers assigned column The numbers that appear correspond with the papers listed in the papers available column
17. 122 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Importing Assignments Assignments Library The assignments library assists an instructor in managing the assignment sets created in all of the instructor s classes on Turnitin When an assignment is created for a class the assignment is added to that class assignment set When the library page is opened the assignment library displays the assignment set for the current class by default To select a different class assignment set to view use the pull down menu labeled se ect assignment set and choose the name of a class The assignment set for the selected class will be displayed Am erican Literature Western Literature Importing Assignments From the assignment library an instructor can import assignments to copy them from one class to another To import an assignment 1 Log into Turnitin and click on the name 984510 of the class to import an assignment or American Literature i i A set of assignments into eno iit button to submit a paper 2 Click on the libraries link in the class aview grad ook libraries cale dar disc ee 3 Use the select assignment set pull down menu to choose a class to import assignments from American Literature Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 123 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Importing Assignments To import an assignment 4
18. Chapter 12 Statistics Section Introduction submissions total number of files submitted to the class in all assignments Originality Reports total number of Originality Reports generated for submissions percentage ranges 75 100 50 74 25 49 0 24 or no matches the number of Originality Reports whose overall similarity index was in the indicated percentage range peer reviews number of student peer reviews written grademarks number of papers that have been marked with GradeMark graded papers number of papers given a numeric grade discussion replies number of responses posted in discussion board topics Deleted Assignments and Dropped Students By default the statistics page does not display deleted assignments or dropped students For example if a student has been dropped from a class the submissions by this student will not be included in the statistics An instructor can view the Statistics with this information reincluded To reinclude deleted assignments or dropped students use the pull down menu to the right of the class name on the statistics page and select show dropped and deleted Exporting Statistics The information from the class statistics page can be exported in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format To download in this format click on the export to Excel tab on the statistics page You have chosen to open _ class_stats_export xls bra specific dat which is a Excel Spreadshee
19. Count 3499 Similarity Index 10 J exclude quoted exclude bibliography rgo Gn Populist Harvey Milk a clarity of his populist vision Paper text of the Aonomic crisis confronting contemporary America and his eloquent Ssers onal mertine pices Milk has been aie ch the majar Mode Menu The mode pull down menu allows users to switch views of a Turnitin Originality Report The default viewing mode is the cumulative view which is listed as show highest matches together To change the view mode for an Originality Report click on the mode pull down menu and select a viewing mode to display the report in The browser window will automatically change to the selected view mode Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 42 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Changing Viewing Modes aa a one ata time quickview classic report 2 match internet from 05 07 03 Ji www modermwarrior com Changing Viewing Modes By default the Originality Report opens in show highest matches together mode In some cases matches to smaller areas of similarity may be obscured by larger matches and not shown on this view mode To find the underlying sources use the show matches one at a time viewing mode to show an exhaustive list of the sources To switch to this mode click on the mode pull down menu and select show matches one at a time The Origin
20. Handbook Chapter 3 64 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Reading Reviews from the Assignment Inbox Reading Reviews from the Assignment Inbox To read the reviews of student papers the instructor can click on the inbox icon for the peer review assignment from the class homepage review of paper paper author date score compare Huck Finn Instructor English New Student 09 18 07 2 25 A list of all the reviews that have been submitted will be displayed To read a review click on the paper title under the review of paper column To view all the reviews that have been written for a paper click the icon in the compare column for that paper Reading Reviews from a Student s Class Portfolio The class portfolio is reached by clicking on the name of the student in an assignment inbox or on the class students page A list of all submissions made by this student in the class will be shown To read a review click on the paper title to the next to the review Creating a Writing Review Writing reviews are created to allow students to submit a paper about what they have learned during the review process While not part of the peer review itself a writing review is often a good follow up to a peer review to reinforce the lessons of peer reviewed work To create a writing review 1 Click the create a new assignment link create a new assignment on the class homepage 2 Use the create a new pull down men
21. a student to visit the class portfolio for the student assignment i Personal Essay 1st draft 09 04 07 09 11 07 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 38 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Student Page Features e e mail a student click on the e mail address of any student to open a mail window in the user s default e mail program user ID email address drop a e e mail all students click the e mail all students link to compose and send an e mail to all students in the class i email all students user ID email address e lock unlock a student students can be locked or unlocked from a class once they have logged into Turnitin with their user profile Click on the lock icon to toggle the student from unlocked green lock icon to locked red lock icon if needed When a student is locked the student profile can no longer access the class enrolled student name 08 24 06 Oi udent New 08 24 06 Ventative Pre e remove a student click on the drop icon to the right of the student e mail address to remove the student from a class Accidentally dropped students may be re added manually but must be added under the same e mail address to regain access to the previous submissions which were made A Warning Students should be dropped from a class only if the instructor is absolutely certain that the student user profile
22. an announcement icon and be able to view the announcement by clicking on the icon after the student accesses the class calendar page for the class Adding an announcement to the calendar 1 Click on the date on the calendar for the day the announcement pertains to start Personal 2 On the calendar entry page enter a title and additional information for the announcements announcement 3 Click submit to add the announcement to the class calendar An announcement icon will appear on the class calendar along with a linked announcement title Students or the instructor can view the full announcement detail by clicking on the link 4 start Review of Atlas Shrugged start Revision 1 start Personal GF Writing Day To delete an existing announcement click on the date of the announcement The screen will display all announcements that have been added to the selected date To delete an announcement click on the red x icon to the right of the announcement current Writing Day holiday Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 108 Chapter 6 Class Calendar Section Holidays Holidays From the entry page holidays can be added to the class calendar If the class does not meet on a specified holiday it can be designated as a day Off To add a holiday to the calendar 1 Click on the date on the calendar for the day the holiday pertai
23. an individual section class ID and section enrollment password that is used if students are manually joining the class on Turnitin Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 132 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Converting a Standard Class to a Master Class A new master class will be created New master classes created from scratch do not have any sections To create sections please see Adding Sections in this chapter Converting a Standard Class to a Master Class An existing standard class can also be converted to a master class The assignments and any papers students and grade information in the standard class are placed in an automatically created section of the master class To convert a regular class into a master class click the green marked update button on the instructor homepage Ensure the correct class is being converted by checking the class name To convert the class immediately into a master section class click the convert to master class button at the bottom of the page convert to master class Any existing students papers grades and assignments from the standard class are moved to a newly created section beneath the new master class To access the existing information click on the name of the section class ID class name 2014088 Section 1985908 Western Literature The master class instructor is automatic
24. and Deleting Rubrics To modify a rubric the instructor will click on the name of the rubric in the rubric list rubric name The instructor can then modify the rubric information as needed Once the changes are complete clicking on submit will save any changes that have been made 6 character max fapt To delete a rubric click on the red X marked delete icon to the far right of the rubric in the rubric library If this rubric is definitely no longer wanted click OK on the pop up warning window to continue If this is not the correct rubric to delete click Cancel to return to the rubric library page select library__ assignments rubrics peer reviews topic questions select rubric set Western Literature create new rubric set viewing rubric set Western Literature rubric name Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 127 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Deleting Peer Reviews The Peer View Library The peer review library keeps track of all the peer reviews created by the instructor in any class To view the peer review library click on the peer review tab on the library page T_T Se All reviews created in the current class will be displayed The instructor can use the select review from pull down menu to view peer reviews created in any class the instructor controls Turnitin Review Library American Literature
25. and its submissions are no longer needed Dropped students cannot re add themselves to the class even with the class ID and enrollment password email all students Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 39 POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 39 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Introduction Introduction A typical submission made to an assignment on Turnitin generates an Originality Report The Originality Report is the result of comparison between the text of the Submission against the search targets selected for the assignment which may include billions of pages of active and archived internet information a database of works previously submitted to Turnitin and a database of tens of thousands of periodicals journals amp publications Any matching or highly similar text discovered is detailed in the Originality Report that is available in the assignment inbox Although the Originality Report can be used as a tool
26. assignment Revision assignments appear as sub assignments 1a 2a 3b on the class home page for instructors Getting Your Students Started Once a class and assignment have been created the instructor or students are ready to begin submitting papers and using Turnitin If the instructor is planning to do the submissions of papers please skip to the next section Submitting Papers A Warning It is strongly recommended that students submit papers themselves This will save time and enable the use of the Peer Review GradeMark or Gradebook products Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 20 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Having Students Enroll Enrolling Students Students must be enrolled in a class to submit papers access grades or access peer review assignments Students can self enroll by creating a user profile using the class ID number and class enrollment password The instructor can enroll students in a class one by one or by uploading a list of e mails and student names If the instructor chooses to add students to the class directly each student added to the class will be automatically e mailed a temporary password and login information If the e mail address entered when adding a student is not valid the student will not receive an e mail For this reason students who do not possessxs valid e mail ad dresses must enroll themselves using th
27. edu Once the student list is available the list may be uploaded from the student page of the class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 22 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Enrollment E mails From the class home page click on the student tab Click the link for upload student list Click the browse button and locate the file containing the student list on the computer For example lists use the click here link to see templates Click submit to upload the student list file The student list will be displayed Check the displayed list for errors To submit this list click yes submit If the incorrect file was selected choose no go back and select a different file for step 3 email rechooledu Ma ramai Err am horl aida E Once yes submit has been selected ma e coek iaa the final screen will display the newly enrolled list of student users To return e created a user profile for this student and to the class student page click the iaraa arpaa atar ee return to students link Jdent is now enrolled in your class Enrollment E mails As soon as students are added to a class a confirmation e mail is sent to the e mail address provided If the student has an existing user profile the confirmation e mail contains only notification of the new class enrollment If the e mail address was not for an existing student user
28. graph to display The graph types available are e graphs showing class performance for all assignments e graphs showing class performance for one assignment e graphs showing performance of a student for all assignments or one assignment e agraph comparing the performance of a student to the rest of a class Most graphs are available in a line graph or as a pie chart Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 100 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Printing Graphs When a graph for student performance or assignment performance is selected a new pull down menu will appear labeled as for and the instructor will need to select a student or assignment to display depending on the graph type that is being viewed class ence for ALL ee line i class performance for ALL assignments ple chart class performance for ONE assignment bar graph class performance for ONE assignment ple chart student performance for ALL assignments line graph 5 tudent performance for ONE assignment ple chart tiuthesiys class performance for ALL assignments line graph When viewing a line graph the user has the option of showing grades instead of showing percentages To show grades use the show breakpoints as pull down menu and select grades To hide the grades and only display percentages select percentages When viewing a bar graph for class performance in
29. gt gt Western Literature p s When an instructor is creating a peer review the instructor can choose to select a review from the library during step one of the peer review assignment creation process Selecting this will open the peer review library To select a review from the library click on the select icon to the left of the name of the peer review ny special assignment instructions Warning An instructor can only select a peer review from the peer review library during step one of the peer review creation process Deleting Peer Reviews A peer review can be deleted permanently from the peer review library by clicking on the red X marked delete icon to the right of the peer review title To remove this review click OK on the pop up confirmation window To keep the review click Cancel on the confirmation window select review from Western Lite peer review it z se i l r review 1 Book Review Analysis a Re Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 128 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Deleting Peer Reviews Topic Questions Library The topic question library saves any new topic questions written during the creation of a Peer Review assignment on Turnitin by an instructor This library also contains default topic questions provided by Turnitin for the instructors To access the topic question library click the topics tab on the lib
30. in the Turnitin system the confirmation e mail contains a temporary password and login instructions New student user profiles that have never logged in are indicated with a pink highlight over the enrollment date to the left of the student name on the student list page Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 23 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Re sending New User Enrollment E Mail Re sending New User Enrollment E Mail The instructor can re send the welcome e mail including the temporary password to student users who have never logged into Turnitin The instructor can also change the e mail or name information to fix any incorrect information in the event that a student no longer has access to the e mail address used initially for the user profile Students who did not receive the enrollment e mails will need to check junk mail or any other mail filters Such as parental filters on e mail and ensure that they are able to receive e mail from noreply turnitin com and helpdesk turnitin com before the welcome e mail is re sent by the instructor Student users who have logged into Turnitin one or more times cannot have this information reset by the instructor and must use the Forgot Your Password link on the Turnitin homepage How to Re Send Welcome E mail An instructor can re send welcome e mails from the student list page of a class To reach the student
31. indicates that an assignment has been pushed to at least one section but not to all sections of a master class e full indicates an assignment has been pushed to all sections of a master class The assignment push page can be returned to by clicking the push to sections button next to an assignment at any time assignment library Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 137 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Adding Assignments Without Dates If an assignment has been previously added to a section the assignment can be pushed to the section a second time with any new changes made to the assignment This is only available if the assignment has not been modified by the TA and if no students have submitted to the assignment If the TA has made any changes to the assignment or students have submitted a paper the assignment is locked The messages on the push page next to each assignment will inform the master class instructor if an assignment is unmodified or if it has been locked Note If changes must be made to a locked assignment access the assignment through the section or sections it has been pushed to and make any necessary changes through the sections directly Changes cannot be made from the master class Student Enrollment The master class does not allow students to enroll Student enrollment is handled in each section individually students can even b
32. master class to add students in tthe bho fF ere TiRED Se l FI Pa prEN 1 Gard oe 8 sections column D umes in this colum Click on the students tab on the master class homepage Click on add student or upload list link as appropriate for the method of adding students the instructor wishes to use at this time Select the section to enroll the student or list of students to from the add student to pull down menu add student to English 100 Section 1 Continue with the standard process of 1 adding a student as outlined in Chapter PE eTA 1 section Enrolling Students in this last name manual email user name ffirststudent yourschool edu The student or list of students will be added to the master student list and the section class student list New students will be e mailed a new user welcome notification Students with an existing profile will receive a notification e mail that a new class has been added to their student user homepage GradeBook If the Turnitin GradeBook product has been purchased for the account the gradebook tab on the class navigation bar is available Click on the gradebook tab and get a quick overview of the grades in the sections of the master class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 139 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Adding Assignments Without Dates This is your master class s GradeBook page whi
33. note to a student for the grade given to the student for their submission in a particular assignment To enter a note for a student on an assignment click on the note icon next to a Submission Who Shot JFK doc On the note page enter the text of the note for the student in the text box provided On this is complete click submit to save the note making it viewable for the student send a note with grade assignment Personal Essay 15t draft grade 79 80 0 99 Enter your note Realy great work on this personal essay Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 97 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Notes The instructor is also able to enter a general note for a student from the student notes page To open the note page click the notebook icon From the student notes page the instructor can also perform these actions e toggle between viewing assignment specific and general notes using the show pull down and selecting all notes assignment notes only or class notes only e update and delete notes by clicking on the icons under the update or delete columns e return to the student s grade page by clicking on back to student i GradeBook notes for Student First show all notes add n Plack to suden gt Really great work on this personal essay from Personal Essay 7st draft Scaling and Dropping Grades With Gradebook the instructor ca
34. on a normal Turnitin assignment where the student papers are initially Submitted Peer Review assignment the Peer Review product allows an instructor to create an assignment where students will peer review the Submissions of Turnitin classmates on a previous assignment Peer review assignments distribute the papers based on the instructors selection of the distribution type to be used for the peer review Once the due date passes no further peer reviews can be written for the assignment by the students Plagiarism Prevention this product creates Originality Reports for submissions in assignments on Turnitin The Originality Reports allow instructors and students to easily determine any problems in citation or referencing and assists instructors in determining the Originality of a submitted work post date the post date of an assignment is set by the instructor during the assignment creation When the post date and time has Section Definitions passed students will be able to view GradeMark and GradeBook information on their submissions in this assignment If the assignment is a Peer Review students will be able to read the assessments written by their peers after the post date passes The post date does not control Originality Reports The post date must come after the start date and due date during assignment creation product a specific service feature or group of features offered by Turnitin as part o
35. page click on the class name and then the gray student tab above the assignment list On the students page any students who have never logged in and completed the information on the user profile will have a pink highlight over the date in the enrolled column to the left of the student name Note Students who do not have the pink highlight over the enrolled date must use the Turnitin password reset system if the student has forgotten or lost the password to the student user profile This is accessible on www turnitin com by clicking on the Forgot Your Password link at the top right corner To re send the activation mail click on the pink highlighted date to the left of the student name Check the user information and make any needed changes to this information To send the new user confirmation and welcome e mail click on submit A new copy of the welcome e mail including temporary password will be sent resend enrollment email and password submit Q submit D The student below has not yet logged in and completed their user profile This may be because they have deleted or not received their enrollment email lf you believe the email address for this student is correct click submit and we will Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 24 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section File Types and Size Submitting Papers Instructors joined to a Turnitin ac
36. products selected for the class Section Definitions user agreement For access to any Turnitin product all users of Turnitin must accept the Turnitin user agreement presented during user profile creation or during the first login with the user profile The user agreement can be found by clicking on the link provided on the bottom of the page on the primary pages of the Turnitin website labeled usage policy user profile the user profile is a set of user preferences and information associated with a specific ID within Turnitin Each user profile requires a unique e mail address A specific e mail address can only be used once within the Turnitin database New attempts to create a profile associated with an e mail address currently existing in Turnitin will not succeed user password a user password is a six to twelve character case sensitive password that requires the presence of at least one letter and at least one number The user password is generated randomly when a user is created and added by list upload from the administrator or instructor or is set by the user when joining the Turnitin account for their institution by creating a new user profile User passwords may only be reset via e mail to the user name selected or via use of the secret question and answer set for the user profile No other method of password reset can be done outside of this manual system due to the privacy policies of the Turnitin
37. time out and result in lost work Responses requiring more than ten minutes of typing should be written in word processor software on the computer and then copy and pasted into the Peer Review topic question box Some users may wish to pre write the peer review topic question responses in their word processor software then log into Turnitin and copy and paste all of the responses in sequentially to save time Writing a Peer Review for a selected paper 1 Enter the class by clicking the class name 2 Click the pencil icon to the right of the Peer Review assignment start O7 12 07 due 08 28 07 post 08 29 07 author write review reviews 3 Click on the pencil icon to the right of the paper to review Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 61 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Adding Marks Writing a Peer Review for a selected paper revIEWING Paper Nuk view metrics hide rr 4 Answer the first topic question to place comment numbering marks or peer review rubric marks to a review see Adding Marks c question 1 What are the piece s main strengths and weaknesses How m minimum length hoa rubric selected mark rubric hide marks save amp close help Click submit to save the answer to the me Em mghtiha wezknmnns bITpIoYai inn topic question Repeat steps 4 and 5 for any remaining topic questions ensuring that each Tip
38. user profile on Turnitin the user welcome e mail indicates only that the user has been added to a class as a student If the e mail address provided by the instructor has never been used to create a Turnitin profile before a new user welcome e mail is sent The student is provided with a temporary password for logging into Turnitin to complete the user profile Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 21 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Enrolling Students From a List Enrolling students one by one 1 From the class homepage click on the students tab to open the student list for the class 2 Click the add student link 3 Enter the required information the student first name last name and e mail address 4 Click submit to enroll the student A welcome e mail will be sent to the user Enrolling Students From a List An instructor may upload a student list to add to a course The student list must be one hundred 100 entries or less Larger classes may be separated into multiple lists each of which can be uploaded individually The list must be a Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel or plain text txt file The first name last name and e mail for each student must be provided The formatting must be as follows Microsoft Word or Plain Text John Doe JDoe schoolname edu Microsoft Excel Johnn Doe ________________ JDoe schoolIname
39. user to select Originally Submitted format or PDF format Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 34 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Downloading Papers 3 The files will download to be saved on the user s computer Downloading papers in a zip file 1 From the assignment inbox click the check boxes to select the papers that will be downloaded 1a The user may also select the check box in the column heading to download all papers from all pages of an assignment inbox 2 Click on the download tab above the check box column to begin the download Third Shidiant Np C gt gt Lie SEI Pes ei o your computer Do you want to 3 Click on ok to accept the download i 4 Select the file format to download in if prompted to do so GradeMark and Peer Review accounts only 5 The files will download to be saved on the user s computer Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 35 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Opening the Originality Report Viewing Originality Reports The Turnitin Originality Report provides an overall similarity index for a submission This index determines the percentage of similarity between a submission and information existing in the Turnitin databases selected as search targets for an assignment Any text from the paper matching to text
40. which Turnitin will display by default for this user when logged in Changing User Types A single user profile can access multiple roles on any Turnitin account This includes instructor student and administrator functions To access the student or administrator homepage you will need to change your user type For more information on using the system as a specific user type please refer to the corresponding User Guide my classes user info voor yee Messages and Announcements To view important Turnitin messages and announcements clicking on the messages button on the system bar my classes userinfo usertype logcut messages hap An exclamation point to the right of the messages button indicates if there are new unread messages or announcements Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 11 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Knowledge Base A Warning Urgent notifications may appear both on the messages page and on the Turnitin user homepage These include messages announcing scheduled downtimes Information and Assistance The help button on the system messages bar allows a user access to the online resources available for assistance with Turnitin We provide user manuals training videos and knowledge base access to our users as well as a site key knowledge base user guides ne _ Knowledge Ba
41. window 4 Close the library by clicking the X in the upper right corner of the library window The QuickMark palette will appear containing the set that was selected To expand or hide the set in the palette click the expand collapse button at the upper right corner of the set Qu amarks aii The novel begins with Huck Finn introducing himself and referencir Awk donat know about me a Huck narrates awithout you have read a bod FTom Sawyer a but that ainat no matter a He tells readers that for the 1 If the QuickMark palette is not open use the Tools menu and select QuickMark palette The novel be 2 Click the QuickMark symbol for the mark to add to the paper gii ae G EER 3 Click the paper where the mark should be placed Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 75 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Creating QuickMark symbols 4 Tip QuickMark symbols with yellow backgrounds on the palette are dynamic These marks require further modification when added to a paper Some of these marks are resizable using handles at the corners of the mark Others allow for text to be added in a text field This allows further customizing of these editing marks Creating QuickMark symbols Instructors can also create and share their own sets of QuickMark symbols in their QuickMark sets This all
42. within the zip file Turnitin will attempt to detect duplicate or invalid files and warn the user of any duplicate or unacceptable files file ere 1 Click on the submit icon to the right inbox submit of the assignment name on the class Fos homepage 2 Select zip upload from the submit a paper by pull down menu File upload is the default submission type for new users ressed d zip i files es may contain upt O TERTI 3 Click on Browse and select the zip file i that will be uploaded Browse Oe Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 30 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Zip File Uploads file Click submit to load the zip file and view the list of papers A pop up window indicating download progress should be shown Select the papers to submit by checking or unchecking the include check box for the paper For each paper being included the user may select an enrolled student in the class or submit as non enrolled giving first name or last name submit without first and last name which will default to anonymous submit with a paper title submit without a paper title which will default to the name of the file Once the files to submit from the zip file have been selected and if needed assigned name and title information the user must click on submit to continue the upload of papers into the assignment 7 A confi
43. 2 infarrmmatinn wei anther hara will ha cant te the seed T Click submit to continue On the next page enter the required Pe aa section information password section enrollment password ns name num ber English 100 Section 1 name for the section Click on submit to add the section to the master class and send the assigned TA a welcome notice or new user notification e mail The TA will only be e mailed a password if they have no user profile existing under the e mail provided for formaton fer your them in the TA information section Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 134 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Allowing TA s to Create Sections Each new section will appear on the instructor homepage for the master class instructor listed in smaller print beneath the master class When a section is added an e mail with the section information will be sent to the TA If the TA does not have a user profile with Turnitin under the e mail address that was provided Turnitin will generate a new user profile for the TA and include the new user password in the e mail sent to the TA Allowing TA s to Create Sections To allow TA s to create their own sections under a master class the TA s must be provided with the master class ID number and the TA join password set for the master class For new TA users who do not have an existing Turnitin pr
44. AR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 4 GradeMark Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 67 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Introduction GradeMark Digital Assessment Introduction With GradeMark digital assessment an instructor is able to edit and grade student papers online The instructor can add comments within the body of the paper point out grammar and punctuation mistakes evaluate the paper against qualitative or quantitative rubrics assess the student s performance within the class and enter a grade for the paper that is automatically saved into GradeBook optional GradeMark digital assessment is currently designed for full compatibility with the following browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 and 7 Windows Mozilla Firefox 1 0 Windows Mac OS X Safari Mac OS X Other browsers can be used to view or access this product but may not have access to the full functions and features GradeMark digital assessment is best used with one of the approved browsers An instructor can access the GradeMark system from any one of four locations within Turnitin e the assignment inbox e a student portfolio e viewing a paper after clicking on the paper title e from th
45. Book a note may be added to the student overall grade or to a specific assignment for a student by the class instructor using the GradeBook product These notes are viewed by the student through the my grades link on the class toolbar menu Optical Character Recognition OCR Optical character recognition software converts a image of text information into an actual text document that can be read and altered by word processing software Papers or documents transferred into a computer via a scanner require optical character recognition software conversion to be submitted to Turnitin Turnitin only accepts documents containing actual text data rather than an imaged document or submission Some scanners offer OCR conversion automatically but most OCR Section Definitions conversion requires hand correction to resolve any inaccuracies which can cause major changes to the actual content of a document Originality Report the Originality Report is a flexible document that allows students and instructors to review matches between a Submitted work and the databases scanned by Turnitin Citations quotations and bibliographic material are all scanned against Turnitin s databases to determine an overall similarity percentage as well as specific matches to similar text Overall Similarity Index the overall similarity index is a percentage indicating the similarity of the text submitted to information contained in th
46. In step 4 the instructor determines how papers will be distributed to the students in the course All eligible students are listed in a table to the left and the available papers are listed on a table to the right Depending on the distribution method being used select the method described in Step 4a immediate distribution or Step 4b delayed automatic distribution Immediate distribution should only be used when all students have submitted papers to the assignment the peer review is based on Any students who have not submitted will be excluded from the peer review and once the papers have been distributed no additional papers can be added Delayed automatic distribution waits for the start date of the Peer Review assignment and at that time distributes the papers in the assignment the Peer Review is based on This allows time to ensure all students have submitted to the assignment so that all students enrolled in the class can receive peer reviews distribute papers for peer review step 4 of 4 Choose how many total papers each student will review You can choose one of the following options assign specific papers for eac review let students choose the papers that they would like to review or a combination of the two for example you can assign two pi student and let your students choose two papers to review each student in your class would have to write four reviews to complete When you are done you can click distribute to see who i
47. Mark set to open the list of marks within that set and to display a graph of the use of that set within the class Click the name of a specific mark in the QuickMark set to view the graph for the usage of that individual mark Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 86 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section The Comment List Additional Functions The Comment List The list of all marks that have been added to a paper can be viewed by clicking comment list at the bottom right of the GradeMark window idnight Huck hears a noise outside his window and climbs out ening sentence of the novel notifies readers thatbbe comment list gengral comments dE rubric scorecard O 4 The list of comments can be used to navigate to the location of a comment on the paper by clicking on a mark in the comment list Comment List General Comments Rubric Scoring that you do not have enough to write about A complex thesis on the other hand requires you to co cannot be easily anticipated A worthwhile thesis will always outline an argument with which a readers is quote does not have a page reference or a bibliography entry Navigating Between Marks An instructor can jump from mark to mark sequentially using the navigation arrows at the top of the GradeMark interface e Clicking on the up arrow will move to and select the previous mark on the pape
48. POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 1 Getting Started Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter _ 1 1 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 1 Getting Started Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started 1 Creating a User Profile 5 Resetting Your Password 8 The Instructor Homepage 10 Information and Assistance 12 Enrolling Students 21 Submitting Papers 25 Assignment Inbox 32 Viewing Originality Reports 36 Managing Students 38 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention 40 Originality Reports 41 Viewing Originality Reports 42 Chapter 3 Peer Review 50 Overview 51 Creating a Peer Review 52 Writing a Review of a Student Paper 60 Reading Peer Reviews 64 Creating a Writing Review 65 Chapter 4 GradeMark 67 GradeMark Digital Assessment 68 Comments 69 The Clipboard 71 QuickMark Standard Editing Marks 74 Rubric Scorecards 78 GradeMark Assessment 84 Additional Functions 87 Chapter 5 GradeBook 90 Introduction 91 Areas of the Turnitin GradeBook 91 Entering Grades 94 Copyright
49. Turnitin Administrator Handbook Chapter 13 165 Chapter 13 Glossary user must change these preferences as needed topic discussion board the topic is a question or statement to which students can reply on the class discussion board Topics may only be approved by the instructor though students may post a topic Suggestion Topic suggestions may be deleted by instructors topic question Peer Review topic questions are a list of questions selected by an instructor for students to answer on a review of a peer s paper Topic questions may be sorted into categories and may have minimum length requirements Instructors have the option of including rubric sets for students to use during marking of peer s papers Students may also place numbered marks during their reply to a topic question to indicate areas they are speaking to when answering a topic question total active students in applicable accounts the number of active students in the selected account and any sub accounts which are drawing on the selected account for student limit availability upload list sending a Comma Separated Values CSV or Microsoft Excel document containing multiple sets of user information for bulk creation of student or instructor profiles Also the bulk addition of users to an account or class upload file the act of submitting or sending a file into a specific assignment within a Turnitin for use with the Turnitin
50. access a discussion and view the responses in the discussion click the title of the topic listed on the discussion board page This will bring the user into the detailed view of the topic The topic is listed at the top of the page and any responses are listed beneath the topic started by Your Name on 07 13 07 at 1 05 PM 13 2007 at 11 59 PM reply to topic your opinion who was the real author of d your view Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 115 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Responding to Previous Replies To post a reply to a topic 1 From the discussion board page click on the name or title of the topic to reply to discussion boards for Introduction to Tur 2 Click on the reply to topic button next to reply to topic amp reply te topic the discussion topic post discussion boards reply 3 Enter the response in the reply box provided By default only the latest reply mane n nee is Shown To display the entire thread Shakespeare s plays Be prepared to defe jew use the pull down menu at the top of the form and select entire thread 4 Once the reply is entered click on submit to add the reply to the st message only discussion ted by Your Name on 07 13 07 at 13005 e real author of 4 Tip Responses that will take more than a few minutes to type should be written in a word processor software and t
51. ach parent account Only individual accounts may not create sub accounts The number of institutional accounts created beneath a consortium account is determined by license purchases submission a file or files uploaded by a student or instructor user into an assignment within a Turnitin class Only a single file per student user can be submitted to an assignment by a student user submission type Turnitin offers multiple submission types for students and instructors Students are able to submit a single file at a time by either file upload or cut and paste submission Instructors are able to submit files by file upload copy and paste zip upload or bulk upload options The default file type for a user to submit by can be viewed or changed in the preferences section of the user info page syllabus calendar the syllabus link on the calendar page allows a user to view the syllabus document if any for a specific class The instructor is able to upload a class syllabus for easy reference by the Students during the course teaching assistant a user assigned access to one or more sections of a master class thread discussion board the list of replies and responses to a specific topic on the discussion board The thread can be displayed based on the needs of the user by changing the viewing options on the topic in the discussion board Each Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved
52. ality Report Permanent exclusion of bibliography or quoted material can only be handled by the instructor Students are only able to remove quoted or bibliographic material for the duration of the current session of viewing the Originality Report if the instructor has enabled this option Please note that the functions for excluding material are approximate and human judgement is the final arbiter for proper quotation or bibliographic reference Cited material cannot be excluded directly and quotations can only be excluded if block indentation or direct quotation marks begin and end the quotation Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 45 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Excluding a Match Excluding quoted or bibliographic Matches 1 Open an Originality Report 2 Click on the exclude quoted or exclude a uiad axcluda bilograr bibliography links 3 Review the revised report Quoted or bibliographic material can be re include quoted include bibliography included by clicking the include quoted or include bibliography links Excluding a Match Any source or match source can be removed from the Originality Report show highest matches together or quickview classic mode views of the Originality Report This allows the instructor to find any underlying sources or if the instructor determines a match is not needed to remove it from cons
53. ality Report browser window will reload to display this view ure if this is ne this idea 63 match internet http www jazzcomertalk com In this mode all sources for a given paper are listed even those that are obscured by larger percentage matches in the default view Select a source to display on the student paper to the left by clicking on the radio button next to a source When printing this view mode will print only the currently selected source quoted exclude bibliography for one am not sure if this is Users may also view the Originality Report showing only matching text and source links without the source view This is known as the quickview or classic report mode To access this view use the mode pull down menu on an open Originality Report and select quickview classic report from the pull down menu The originality Report browser window will refresh to display this view Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 43 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Direct Source Comparison turnitin The quickview mode is similar to the printed view of the Originality Report This view mode allows a user to view a source in its original format from the internet or from the Turnitin database if the source is a journal or periodical by clicking on the name of the source at the top of the Originality Report Not all sources will be availab
54. ally assigned as the TA of the converted class The TA or other class information can be changed by clicking on the green update icon to the right of the newly created section class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 133 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Manually Creating New Sections Adding Sections New sections can be added to a master class in two ways A section can be manually created by the instructor of the master class or the master class ID and TA join password can be distributed to the TA s which will allow the TA s to join themselves to the master class and create their own sections Manually Creating New Sections New sections can be manually created by the master class instructor TA users can be assigned one or more sections which they will be able to access through Turnitin Only one TA can be assigned per section Only the master class instructor will be able to view the submissions in the sections To create a section and adda TA Click the section icon to the left of the name of the master class Section 1 Instructor E coctinns Eewllok Afii Maeno On the add section screen enter all of the following information TAa mat rna pesistant TA s last name tah i m TA s first name TA s e mail address for notification or new user password e mails TA s email address feachingassistanti yourschool
55. an assignment an option is provided for viewing percentages or points Use the break down distribution using pull down and select percentages or points to change this option Printing Graphs All of the GradeBook graphs are printer friendly To view a graph in print format click the print link below the graph This will open a separate window Use the browser print command to print the selected graph print this graph Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 101 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Attendance Attendance An instructor can use the GradeBook to track student late arrivals and attendance by using the attendance page To open the attendance page click the attendance button on the GradeBook main page ccc tte cael 450 max graded points 100 points Do grade late absent The attendance form lists students enrolled in the class The top of the form shows the current date To mark an absence or tardy for a different date click on the calendar button or use the pull down menus to select the date to record attendances or tardies for To mark a late or absent student click the check box to the right of the student name in the correct column First Student Last Student New Student Second Student Once all student absence or tardies are recorded for the selected date click on the submit button to save the information Ab
56. and secret question answer information The new password that is set by the user will replace the temporary password and will be required for all future login attempts Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 7 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Logging In To login to Turnitin turnitin PRODUCTS TRAINING and Service s Getting Started 1 Go to www turnitin com Plagiarism Prevention Peer Review GradeMark GradeBook Only at Turnitin Login Page Forge 2 At the top right enter the e mail address and password associated j j yourschool edu 355 with the instructor user profile y Passy Login Page Forgot Your Password New Users 3 Click the Login button to log into the Pyourschool edu Password ae student homepage y asswor Login Note To use a Secure Socket Layer SSL connection select the lock icon from the drop down menu to the right of the login button To disable SSL connection select the opened gray lock icon from the drop down menu Before using a SSL connection please ensure your browser is set up to enable SSL protocol For assistance please check your web browser help documents or consult your local computer technical support staff to ensure this option is available ur Password Resetting Your Password If a Turnitin user password is forgotten or the initial user welcome e mail is not received the pa
57. ant information such as product upgrades major changes customer polls class notifications and scheduled downtime information enrollment student users on Turnitin must be enrolled in an active class Student users can be enrolled by an instructor who provides the required information to create a user profile and e mail the student Student users can also Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handbook Chapter 13 158 Chapter 13 Glossary be authorized to log into Turnitin and enroll in a class by use of the numeric class ID and the case sensitive class enrollment password selected by the instructor during class creation exclude bibliography the exclude bibliography link is an option on the Turnitin Originality Report Use of this feature automatically excludes information in the bibliography section of a paper Only an instructor can exclude the bibliography permanently Student exclusion of the bibliography will revert when the Originality Report view window is closed This function is an approximation and not all bibliography structures will be correctly removed Proper usage of bibliographic information can be determined by the class instructor exclude quoted the exclude quoted link is an option on the Turnitin Originality Report Use of this feature automatically excludes information from directly quoted areas of the submission Citation is not
58. aper s title Leerttw i iginality RePes click the papers Originality Report icon in the repi per review gfadebook Grae calendar ascussiy preferences When the calendar opens it will display the current month and year The instructor can move between months of the year by clicking on the month tabs along the top of the calendar list syllabus Assignment Dates Assignments and peer reviews created by an instructor automatically become part of the class calendar A link appears for each assignment s date The link displays the assignment or peer review title To view a summary of an assignment or review click the assignment or review title on the class calendar start Revision 1 start Personal Essay 1st draft wart Book Review Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 105 Chapter 6 Class Calendar Section Assignment Dates Calendar Entries Class Notes class notes uploaded to the calendar are accessible to students enrolled in a class The instructor can add a single set of notes to a calendar date or can upload notes for multiple dates using the bulk upload feature To add a single class note document 1 Click on the date on the calendar for the day the note pertains to 2 From the calendar entry page click Browse to select a note document to upload Accepted file types are Microsoft Word Corel WordPerfect RTF PDF pla
59. apter 1 Getting Started Section Cut and Paste Submissions Submitting multiple papers using bulk upload 1 Click on the submit icon to the right of the assignment name on the class homepage Select bulk upload from the submit a paper by pull down menu File upload is the default submission type for new users ing and then attaching the r click on the attach button rane en sick it LPL Sa fh Ure Li DISS OL al ee vy erro ay LIL Lil G formation defaults are anonymous and click on the at ant to upload click submit at the top right 3 Click on Browse and select the first file to attach to the bulk upload list Browse gt Ve currently accept document files of the following TOn Ean Te YOU AACN Will STACK IN IME ADIE DERW WWI 4a Select an enrolled student name using the pull down menu on the submission EES ren ansalled stucient page Papers submitted by an instructor non enrolled student behalf of d ill in th First Student firststudent yourschool ec on behalf ofa student will appear inthe Last Student laststudent yourschool ed student portfolio just as if the student New Student newstudent yourschoolna ee mission Second Student secondstudent yoursecl made the submission itle Third Student thirdstudent urschool i 4b Enter the first and last name as a non enrolled student Not entering a first and last name results in an author name of anonymous Warning Papers you subm
60. ark Section Creating QuickMark symbols To create a rubric scorecard 9 Repeat steps 9 and 10 for all scales If additional scales are needed click on Add Scale in the upper right hand corner of the Rubric Builder 10 Click Next to move to the final step of the Rubric Builder 11 Optional Click inside a descriptor field to enter an explanation of what qualifies for that scale value of a criterion Repeat for remaining this paper is below the minimum length descriptors 12 To use the rubric to score papers select a scoring method from the Scoring pull down menu 13 Enter the appropriate point or percentage value for the criterion and scales 14 Click on Finish to save the rubric scorecard to the Rubric Library Finish Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 80 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Additional Rubric Scorecard Notes Additional Rubric Scorecard Notes When creating scoring rubrics instructors should be aware of the following e If criteria are used as percentages and the instructor needs each criterion to be worth an identical percentage select the Distribute Criteria option to automatically distribute the percentages evenly e The values in the Max Points fields cannot be altered directly These values reflect how many points towards the total points for the rubric will be awar
61. ate of a submission Any dates shown in red indicate a late submission made after the due date and time of an assignment The format is month day year If no submission was made after the due date time for a student this column Shows late in red If the due date has not passed students in the class with no Submissions have a in this column The assignment inbox also contains a number of items in the assignment inbox panel at the top of the assignment inbox See the Organizing the Assignment Inbox section for more information on these functions The items are show drop down menu the drop down menu under show allows an instructor to select which folder of an assignment inbox to view By default all papers are in the new folder The available folders are new viewed and marked Papers can be moved between folders in the assignment inbox by using of the move to function Papers only can be placed in a single folder Selecting a folder from the drop down menu will display only that folder unless a is selected which shows every submission in an assignment doc show check box list a list from low to high of the colors corresponding to percentage ranges of the Originality Report The instructor can check the box for the similarity indexes to display in the inbox Essay 1st draft Fa E QL submit Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 33 Chapter 1 Get
62. ates for the assignment Specific times are also selected Students are only able to submit once the start date and time has passed After the due date paper assignment assignmenttitle SS point value at en Eee and time students will be blocked from submitting papers unless late submissions are enabled enter special instructions optional 3a GradeMark and GradeBook users must select a post date for the assignment The post date determines when marked papers or grades will be available for student view The post date must come after the due date of an assignment Se ae eee a eT ET enter special instructions optional Would you like to select a rubric set no yes no this k EE 4 Select whether the assignment will create Originality Reports for submissions The default is yes Generate Originality Reports for submissia Show advanced assignment options 5 Click submit to finalize the assignment It will appear on the class homepage Optional The user may continue to the next step Advanced Assignment Options to select additional information before submitting the assignment Turnitin Instructor Handboo Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 1 15 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Advanced Assignment Options Advanced Assignment Options When creating a paper assignment the user may select to view and change any of the advan
63. bmissions Students enrolled in a class show up in the assignment inbox If a student has not submitted a paper no submission will show up in place of a paper title To quickly view which enrolled users have not submitted a paper sort the inbox by paper title by clicking on the title column heading Note that some users may accidentally enroll multiple times and appear both as no submission and with a submission To check this click on the author column heading to sort the student list by name and check for duplicates If a paper is submitted late to an assignment the submission date appears in red If no submission has been received by the due date and time ate will show up in red in the date column fel doc 50211605 Gl doc 50212932 Gdo 50212936 Managing Students The student list page allows an instructor to access the class portfolio a collection of submissions Originality Reports Peer reviews and marked papers for the class for each student drop or add students block students from accessing the class or contact the list of students individually or via e mail Access to the student list for a class is gained by clicking the students tab on the class bar j This is your class homepage Click the create a new assignment link to add an assign Button to submit a pape Student Page Features The features of the student home page include e view student class portfolio click on the name of
64. bottom right corner of the GradeMark student view Comment List General Comments Rubric Scoring ough the paper exceeds the minimum word length there is inadequaters commentary seem to be taken from popular websites GradeMark Assessment Paper and Assignment Statistics Instructors can use the Statistics link from the Too s menu to view the paper information for the current student in comparison to the performance of the rest of the class in the assignment The tool contains statistics for the grade given to the paper against the overall class grades in the assignment the rubric scores for the paper versus the rubric scores for all other papers submitted to the assignment and the number of QuickMark comments used on the student paper versus the number of QuickMark comments used for all other submissions in the same assignment Note Statistics can only be displayed for submissions linked to a student user profile Non enrolled student submissions do not have any statistical information available through the GradeMark tools Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 84 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Paper and Assignment Statistics To view grade statistics Open the GradeMark view of the student paper to access statistics for Fp sot 50 Pos on C doc 5i mm File View Tools Help Open the Tools pull down menu and click on Statistics
65. c selected POQ Punctuation Outside Oto selected for the assignment this is not Ltrs iscciedicas ak g available PASS Paean Vale 2 Click anywhere on the student paper A mark will appear when the paper is clicked Each mark is assigned a number that you can use to reference this mark in the topic responses Any rubric that was selected will appear next to the mark 3 Accidentally added marks can be deleted by clicking on the mark once to select it and then clicking the mark again Deleted marks cannot be recovered l Fome eee F Changing or Adding a Rubric Once a mark has been placed a rubric may be added to the mark or a rubric attached to the mark can be changed or deleted To add or change a rubric select the rubric to change to from the active rubric pull down menu Lo Comma Splice THES Thesis Needs Work SIMP Thesis Too Simple eats lofie Click the select icon shown below to the right of the currently assigned rubric to add the active rubric with the existing mark bric 1 Thesis Needs Work Moving a Mark Marks placed on a reviewed paper can be selected and moved to a new location on the paper Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 63 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Deleting a Mark To move a mark click on the mark It will change to a marker icon Who Shot JFK Click and drag the mark
66. ce all topic questions to import are selected click the import button to add them to the review Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 129 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Deleting Peer Reviews Metric Library The metric library saves any new metric questions written during the creation of a Peer Review assignment on Turnitin by an instructor This library also contains default metric questions provided by Turnitin for the instructors To access the metric question library click the metrics tab on the library page oo _ topie question metrien W S There are two available sets of metric questions my questions or library questions The ibrary questions selection contains a large number of metric questions provided by Turnitin The my questions section contains any metric questions the user has created for peer review assignments Use the select set pull down menu on the right to select a set to view or to view both available sets ale of 1 to 5 rate nse of the content of the book andy i Once a set of metric questions has been selected the instructor is able to limit the questions displayed by selecting a category Click on the se ect category pull down menu to choose a category to display The library will show only metric questions sorted into that category ne gt category thesis introduction on a scale of 1 to 5 rate Seer rere
67. ced assignment options The advanced assignment options are viewed by using the Show Advanced Assignment Options pull down menu at the bottom of the assignment creation or assignment update page Generate Originality Reports for student submissions Allow submissions after the due date Allow other papers t ced against submissions yes Advanced assignment options are listed and described below When an advanced assignment option is changed the user may also select whether or not this change Should be the future default for any new assignments created This allows the user to automatically create all new assignments with their preference of advanced options rather than manually selecting the advanced options for every new assignment Available Assignment Options Generate Originality Reports for student submissions e immediately first report is final Originality Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately Students cannot resubmit papers Submissions must be deleted by the instructor to enable resubmission e immediately can overwrite reports 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 lat
68. ch provides you with a cumulative ove b To view detailed grade information for a student or section click on the student or section name to jump to the appropriate section s GradeBook page Cumulative gradebook for Western Literature Master Class student name Last Student Second Student Third Student Calendar The master class calendar functions similarly to the class calendar For more information please see the section on the class calendar in this manual Any announcements notes or holidays that are added to the master calendar will appear in the calendars of all sections of the master class To view the master class calendar page click on the calendar tab in the class navigation bar Preferences The master class preferences page allows a master class instructor to determine which Turnitin products or features are available in section classes and set limits to the capabilities assigned to TA s for all sections of the master class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 140 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Adding Assignments Without Dates To access the master class preferences page click on the preferences tab on the master class homepage In addition to the standard class preference options the master class instructor can select to e lock assignment information on sections e lock assignment dates on sect
69. class the instructor creating the master class can set up sections for the other instructors These instructors are referred to in the master section class system as Teaching Assistants TA s The master class instructor can set up sections for each TA or each TA can create a section by using the master class ID and a TA join password set by the master class instructor The master class instructor can set class preferences create and push assignments to the sections reassign a section to a new TA or access the section Each TA can only access a single section of a master class The same TA user may be added to multiple sections if needed Adding a Master Class There are two ways for an instructor to add a master class creating a master class from scratch or converting an existing standard class into a master class Creating a New Master Class To create a new master class from scratch click on the add a class link on the instructor homepage of Turnitin On the add a class page use the create a new pull down menu and select master Class Enter a name for the master class and a TA join password The TA join password is provided only if TA s are creating their own sections in the master class The TA join password combined with the master class ID number should only be provided if a TA is joining manually A Warning Do not provide the TA join password or master class ID to students Each section will have
70. com pared to the student submission jaws bone Ti Pra F o 5 o k geth 5 When finished with the direct compari gether E son Click on the close link on the right hand side to return to the previous view mode Note If an area of submission text is matched to a source in the student paper database on Turnitin it will be listed as student papers Direct Source Comparison is not available to students for student paper matches Instructor users are able to send an e mail request to the instructor who received the matching paper If one instructor user profile controls the class containing both papers that instructor user is able to see the paper in direct source comparison Database Sources Turnitin utilizes multiple types of databases in the generation of the Originality Reports There are currently three types of databases e internet database billions of active and archived web pages from the internet Internet sources indicate a date of download on the Turnitin Originality Report if the match is not found on the most recent download of content from this site e periodicals a database of frequently updated content from professional journals periodicals and publications e student paper database a database of papers previously submitted by Turnitin users Excluding Quoted or Bibliographic Material If quoted or bibliographic material is flagged as similar or matching this information can be removed from the Origin
71. count can submit papers using the four available methods Instructor uploads may be submitted by e file upload a single file submission selected by the instructor e bulk upload multiple files selected one by one Similar to adding multiple at tachments to an e mail e cut and paste submission of text copied and pasted into a Turnitin submission box May be used to submit from a file format that is not accepted No images or non text information can be copied and pasted only plain text can be accepted e zip file submit a standard zip file containing multiple papers May contain up to 100MB or 1 000 files Zip file uploads of significant size may require additional time to complete File Types and Size Turnitin currently accepts the following file types for upload into an assignment Microsoft Word including Word 2007 Corel WordPerfect HTML Adobe PostScript Plain text TXT Rich Text Format RTF Portable Document Format PDF The file size may not exceed 10 48576 MB Files of larger size may be reduced in size by removal of non text content Files that are password protected encrypted hidden system files or read only files cannot be uploaded or submitted to Turnitin The zip file upload accepts up to 1000 files or 100MB of zipped information A zip file to be uploaded may not exceed either limit Zip files should be checked to ensure only usable file formats are included in the upload Note PDF document
72. d and number of replies This is accomplished by clicking on the column header for the sorting method A single click of the column header author will alphabetize the reply list from A Z A second click of the author column header will organize the list from Z A The default organization is listed in the organizational examples earlier in this chapter Shakespeare s plays Be prepared to defend your view flat view with nes Moderation An instructor may choose to appoint a moderator for a discussion or may moderate the discussion directly The role of the moderator is to approve any and all replies made on a discussion board Typically this approval is used to ensure that only acceptable content is posted that the discussion stays on topic and that no inappropriate language is used If the instructor sets a student user as the discussion moderator an e mail is sent to notify the student of this assignment As moderator the student user is responsible for approving pending replies An indicator of the number of pending replies in each discussion topic that the user is moderating is visible from the discussion board main page If a discussion topic has pending replies these can be viewed by clicking the discussion topic title Pending replies will be listed at the top of the discussion How to moderate discussion topic replies 1 Click the approve link next to a pending reply The pending reply will be shown 2 Edit the rep
73. d Class An expired class can be reactivated only by the instructor The update icon can be used to reactivate the course by giving it a new end date From the class update screen the instructor can change the end date of the class Once the end date has been changed the instructor must click on submit to save the new end date and reactivate the class class name American Literature enrollment password class start date September 4 Mar z Let students wiew their own Originality Reports for all paper n E Creating Assignments All submissions by students are made to assignments in a Turnitin class Assignments for a given class are created displayed and modified from the class homepage To reach the class homepage the instructor must click on the name of the class Note An instructor with GradeMark or GradeBook available will be required to set a post date on an assignment This post date and time must be after the start date and due date of the assignment Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 14 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Creating Assignments 1 Click on the create a new assignment link on the class portfolio eo ney manignmeant ja 2 On the next page enter the following information assignment title optional point value for GradeBook users optional special assignment instructions 3 Select start and due d
74. ded if a paper receives the highest possible scale value for the criterion e g if the rubric has a total point value of 100 a highest scale value of 100 and a criterion worth 20 the Max Points for that criterion will be 20 T G D Ea the minimum length the minimum requirement for e If the instructor is using criteria as percentages and scale as percentage the instructor must set the total point value field for the rubric at the bottom of the rubric scorecard Modifying Rubrics Rubric scorecards can be modified after creation However if the rubric scorecard has been used to score student papers modification of the rubric scorecard will erase any scoring done on papers in the current assignment Changes will not be applied to the rubric scorecard of previous assignments Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 81 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Attaching a Rubric to an Assignment To modify a rubric 1 Click on the Tools menu and select Rubric Library 2 Select the rubric to modify by clicking on the name of the rubric 3 Change the rubric as needed 4 Click Done CX the changes to the Rubric in the library bgt applying changes to the current 5 When prompted select
75. deration in this chapter for more information Choose whether replies will be anonymous or attributed If yes is selected for anonymous reply only the instructor will be able to see the user anonymous replies wo information of the person who made a particular reply Jescribe what book has been your favorite and why An Click submit to add the new topic to the class discussion board The discussion will not accept student posts until the start date Once the start date of the topic has been reached students can log in view the topic and begin discussion by posts to the discussion board Discussion Page Overview The discussion page lists all discussion topics for a class From this page the user has a quick overview of all the discussions that are ongoing or previously active in the class The status column displays if a topic is active or inactive Active discussions still allow student posting Inactive topics do not allow any student posts to be made unless the instructor reactivates the topic The replies column shows the total number of replies to a topic The new column shows how many replies if any have been posted since the user last viewed the discussion topic If the user has selected a moderator for a topic the pending column shows how many replies need to be moderated Refer to the Moderation section in this chapter for more information on moderating a discussion topic The ast reply column shows when t
76. detected or disregarded A Significant percentage of overall quoted material will cause an automatic notification that the exclusion may be exceptionally large Only the class instructor can exclude the quoted sections permanently Student use of this feature will revert to normal when the Originality Report view window is closed This function iS an approximation and not all quoted material can be correctly disregarded Correct use and type of quotation or citation ina Submission is the jurisdiction of the instructor Section Definitions expired class in the class context an expired status indicates the class is no longer available for the instructor to create new assignments Students will not be able to submit any new files Existing submissions can still be viewed or downloaded A class can be reactivated from expired status by the instructor from the class update screen expired account in the account context an expired account is no longer available to create new Sub accounts or any instructor or student usage Currently existing information will still be available for viewing Expired accounts will need to contact a Turnitin account representative for renewal Expired accounts on Turnitin will become inactive after a period of 180 days export GradeMark libraries Saving and downloading a copy of a specific GradeMark rubric or QuickMark set locally to the computer of the user export stats do
77. e submitted work The digital receipt is shown on screen after submission and a copy is sent by e mail to the user at the e mail address provided Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 157 Chapter 13 Glossary as the user login name This e mail is sent by noreply turnitin com and spam filters should be checked to ensure they do not block users from receiving this e mail direct source comparison a type of viewing mode on the Turnitin Originality Report that allows users to compare a matching or similar area of a submitted paper with a specific source to visually assess the extent of matching or Similar text This view mode is provided to allow the user better determination of the usage of the matching or similar areas in both the submitted paper and the source found in the Turnitin databases Not all match types allow Direct Source Comparison discussion board the discussion board feature on Turnitin allows instructor and student users to converse through a basic discussion board feature as part of a Turnitin class The discussion board is enabled by default but the instructor or institutional administrator for the account may disable this feature at any time Instructor approval is required for topic posting and replies ona discussion board may be moderated for content by a user in the class and may be anonymous or attributed dow
78. e GradeBook grading page To mark a paper in the GradeMark system from the assignment inbox student portfolio page or GradeBook grading page the instructor will click on the black and red paper icon under the GM column to the right of the paper that needs to be marked A new window will open displaying the GradeMark interface Using this interface an instructor can add marks general comments and location specific comments to a student paper as well as entering a numeric grade 4 doc Frederick Jackson Turner doc Jake s paper C doc First Paper l tet Submission Check doc e LELI Note If the GradeMark icon is ghosted out or gray and white the paper is not available for digital assessment Please wait while the system generates the interface so that this paper can be marked Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 68 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Grading Marks Grading Marks The GradeMark system contains several tools and types of mark that instructors can use in grading and assessing papers These include e comments e inline comments e QuickMark symbols e rubric scorecards e general comments Comments A comment is equivalent to the notes that an instructor may write in the margins of a paper A comment might be Your thesis is unfocused Consider refining your thesis in subsequent versions of this paper A com
79. e Turnitin databases used for comparison on the assignment the submission was made in This percentage indicates a percentage based on the length of the paper compared to the length of the areas flagged as similar during the comparison page information the page information bar shows any information provided on the page including error messages or tips on the use or requirements of the page the user is currently viewing within the primary areas of the Turnitin site paper a paper refers to the document or file submitted by a user to an assignment in a class on the Turnitin website paper ID the paper ID number is a unique identifier that can be used to refer to a specific paper The paper ID number can be viewed by accessing the paper in the Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 162 Chapter 13 Glossary assignment inbox for instructors The paper ID number is also available on the paper view page Originality Report and GradeMark digital assessment view of the Submission Peer Review this product allows students to anonymously or with attribution review submissions made by other students within the course Students reply to topic questions selected or created by the instructor as well as metric scoring questions Basic rubric marking is available for students if selected by the instructor A peer review assignment must be based
80. e best overall matches to the entire submission This viewing mode is also known as show best matches together Section Definitions database a set of information of a specific type or types In the specific context of the Originality Report provided by Turnitin database is used to refer to the type of information the submission was evaluated against for direct matching or high levels of similarity Available databases include internet archived internet periodical journal publication information and previous Submissions default submission type a user preference set by instructor or student users to define which file submission method should be displayed by default for submissions to an assignment in a Turnitin class default user type a user preference which determines the type of user homepage viewed after the user logs into Turnitin Users may switch user types without logging out by use of the user type tool bar menu link departmental account Departmental accounts are created for specific departments within an institution to use Turnitin products Instructors are able to join departmental accounts or be added by the departmental administrator digital receipt the digital receipt is a confirmation of a successful paper submission to a Turnitin assignment The digital receipt contains the unique paper ID number user name submission date and time class name assignment title and a copy of th
81. e class ID and enrollment password Having Students Enroll Students self enrolling into a Turnitin class must have the numeric class ID and the case sensitive class enrollment password This provides a student user with authorization to access the class on Turnitin To confirm the class ID and enrollment password click on the class stats icon on the Turnitin instructor homepage The class ID and enrollment password are displayed as part of the class statistics If needed the instructor can change the enrollment password to remove accidental capitalization or spaces that may be causing student enrollment issues Changing the enrollment password after student enrollment is completed also prevents students with forgotten passwords from enrolling multiple times and causing confusion To change the enrollment password click on the update icon for the class on the Turnitin instructor homepage Update the enrollment password and click on submit to save the change For step by step student oriented instructions or student self enrollment information please view the Turnitin Student User Manual Student Quick Start Guide or Student training video Enrolling Students Manually An instructor may add students individually to the class The instructor must provide first name last name and e mail address for the user A welcome e mail will be sent to the student being added to the class If the e mail address provided already exists on a
82. e enrolled in multiple sections of the Same master class and will see each section as a separate class Student enrollment into sections can be handled in the same ways as students enrolling into standard classes The student users can be provided with the section ID and the section enrollment password or can be manually enrolled by the instructor Providing students with the section ID and section enrollment password may save the most time for the instructor Students enrolling in a section class on Turnitin use the Standard steps for joining a class which can be found in the Student User Manual or the Student QuickStart Guide Students can also be added to the section class by the TA or by the master class instructor Students can be added one by one or as a list Step by step instructions for adding students individually or creating a student list for upload can be found in Chapter 1 Getting Started in this manual under Enrolling Students The master class instructor may also add students to sections by using the master class student page interface The master class instructor can then upload individual students or a list of students to be added to a specific section of a master class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 138 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Adding Assignments Without Dates To add students from a master class Bn Click on the name of the
83. e grades The instructor can choose to display grades as a percentage a letter grade or using a 4 0 scale If using a different grading system the instructor can create their own grading format by selecting other and entering the percentage breakdowns and grades desired for the class A Warning When creating a customized grading scale be certain that all possible ranges of percentage are accounted for If there are any gaps an error message will be generated Once a format has been selected for the grades determine the breakdown that Should be used for each grade If the instructor would like to import the values from another class use the pull down menu to select the class When the modifications are completed click on submit to return to the GradeBook Entering Grades Grades can be entered from the Gradebook assignment or Gradebook student pages The GradeBook assignment page lists all student submissions to an assignment To open an assignment page click the grade button beneath an assignment Mass discussion Revision 1 450 max graded points 180 points grade ate absent BO pts grade 100 pts 172 95 6 0 96 The Gradebook student page shows a selected student s submissions and grades To open a student page click a student s name To grade a submission enter an integer point value next to the submission To view the grades before submitting them to GradeBook click the calculate link P
84. e of all assignments in the class These relative values are reflected in the total percentage and final grades only The GradeBook will now display grades based on the new scaled values entered by the instructor To view the grades based on their natural value click the scaling hide link Changes can be made to scaled values by returning to the scale tab and adjusting the grading scale Dropping Grades An instructor can automatically drop the lowest grade for all students in a class To drop the lowest grade go to the scale page and from the drop down menu labeled drop lowest grade for all students select yes Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 99 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Dropping Grades When the lowest grade has been dropped each student s lowest grade is marked in GradeBook by placing the grade in a highlighting square These grades can be reinstated at any time by returning to the scaling page and changing the drop lowest grade for all students drop down menu to no naturalize values natural value Scaled value Graphing Tools With Turnitin s graphing tools an instructor can effectively track class and student performance To access GradeBook s graphing tools click the graphs tab on the main page of the GradeBook for the class absent m On the graphs page use the show pull down menu to choose what type of
85. e type will Support images or non text data within the file Plain text format does not support any formatting and rich text format supports only limited formatting options A Warning Users who are converting to a new file format will need to save their file with a name different than the original Any file should be saved with a new file name when converting to plain text or rich text formats to prevent permanent loss of the original formatting or image content of a file Submitting a paper by file upload 1 Click on the submit icon to the right inbox submit of the assignment name on the class homepage 2 If needed select file upload from the submit a paper by pull down menu File upload is the default submission type for new users non enrolled student 3a Select an enrolled student name using the pull down menu on the submission non enrolled student page Papers submitted by an instructor no Lonlatine on behalf of a student will appear in the azT Stucent Hactetedent eotirechool student portfolio just as if the student Se T arp aama made the submission t Student firststudent you 3b The instructor may enter the first and last name as a non enrolled student r non enrolled student Warning Papers you submit for non enrolled students cannot be graded or marked for paperless return to students Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 26
86. ection GradeBook Preferences Chapter 5 GradeBook Adding an entry to GradeBook 1 Click the add entry tab On the entry page fill in an entry hame a point value for the entry optional additional information for Please enter any additional information for this entry the entry Optional To group the new entry with an existing assignment use the pull down menu to select the assignment je TOU like to group this entry with an existing assinmec Grouping an assignment places the No don t group entry in the GradeBook as a subset of the assignment selected Click submit to save the entry and add the entry to the GradeBook GradeBook Preferences The preferences page allows an instructor to control the format in which the grades in the class are displayed The available grade display options are letter point scale or custom This area also allows instructors to customize the percentage values that equate to any given grade for example A 92 100 C 78 79 To open the GradeBook preferences page click the prefs tab graphs scale export p graded points 100 points Wo grade late absent Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 95 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section GradeBook Preferences From the preferences page the instructor can select and customize how grades are displayed and the percentage value used to determine th
87. er 9 Libraries for more information 3 Click add to add the metric question to the peer review and the metric question library Metric questions added to a peer review stack at the bottom of the browser window in the metric table 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 until all desired metric questions are added to the peer review Once complete click oject on submit at the top metric library Once a metric question has been added to the review the metric question can be revised or deleted by the instructor To revise a metric question click on the green symbol icon to the right of the metric question Click the red X icon to the right of the metric question to delete it from the peer review Deleted metric questions will remain in the metric question library Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 55 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Step 4 Distributing papers To use a previously created metric question or to select a pre created metric question from the Turnitin metric library click the metric library link to open the library of metric questions that are available review step 3 of 4 below and click add You may also select you want for this review click submit at the toy When finished creating and adding metric questions to the peer review the instructor must click submit to proceed to Step 4 Step 4 Distributing papers
88. er icon to a new location on the paper when the user releases the mouse button the mark will be moved to the location the mouse button was released at Deleting a Mark A mark can be deleted by clicking on the red X icon to the right of the mark rubric name on the top frame on the Peer Review window Deleted marks cannot be retrieved mark rubric 1 Thesis Needs Work Reading Peer Reviews Peer reviews that have been completed can be accessed from three locations e the peer review tab which leads to the peer review page for a class The instructor can select which reviews to view e the inbox for the peer review assignment can be reached from the class homepage e the student portfolio page which shows any submissions made by the student including peer reviews This can be accessed by clicking on the student name in an assignment inbox or from the students tab Accessing reviews from the Peer Review Page To reach the peer review page the instructor clicks on the peer review tab from the class homepage Clicking on the read reviews icon next to the paper will display a list of all the reviews written on a specific paper view metric breakdown Instructor English The instructor can then click the read full review button to access a specific review out of the reviews written on the selected paper metric average im Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor
89. ers to be stored in the database cannot have the student paper database as a search target In such assignments the instructor must de select student paper database from the search target list Allow submissions Allow other papers to be checke Database Sources for Similarity Reports The instructor is able to select the available database sources to compare submissions in the assignment against This allows an instructor to disregard a source type if the comparison against this type of source is not needed The available search targets are listed next to Compare submissions against these search targets The targets with a check mark are those that will be searched To remove a search target database click on the check box to remove the mark Clicking on an empty selection box next to the database will re add the database as a search target This selection will not alter any currently generated Originality Reports or Overall Similarity Index scores student paper database Com submissions against these search targets archived internet Search targets Currently available search targets are e student paper database works previously submitted in classes and assign ments on Turnitin e current and archived internet a database of archived and live publicly avail able internet pages containing billions of pages of existing content and tens of Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Inst
90. ersonal Essay 1st draft aU object tithe First Student Who Shot _JFK doc Last Student New Student When point values are entered click the submit button The grades will be entered into the GradeBook and the instructor will be returned to the GradeBook main page The main page will display the point values entered along with the corresponding grades Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 96 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Notes GradeBook Student Page The top of the student grade page gives the instructor a summary of a student s grades and attendance If the grades in the class have been scaled an asterisk will show up next to the student s overall grades indicating that the values are scaled values The view can be toggled between scaled and natural grade values by using the show totals based on pull down menu to select sca ed va ues or natural values Refer to Scaling and Dropping Grades in this chapter for more information on how scaled grades work in GradeBook GradeBook totals for First Student The instructor may also view the student s grades in a variety of graphical formats using our graphic tools To access the graph displays click on the graph icon for the student For more information on using GradeBook s graph tools please refer to the section Graphing Tools in this chapter Notes The instructor is able to send a
91. es one at a time mode Allows a user to view matches between the paper and a specific selected source in the Turnitin databases Contains a full list of all matches found rather than the best matches per area of similarity This listing is exhaustive but will show all matches found including any that are obscured in the cumulative view by virtue of being in the same or similar areas as other better matches e quickview classic report mode A simple printable list of the matches found followed by the paper with highlighting to indicate matching areas e direct source comparison side by side mode An in depth view that shows an area of similarity compared side by side with a specific match from the Turnitin databases Not available on all types of database matches Note If the source of matching text is a student paper in one of the classes controlled by the user as an instructor the paper can be displayed in direct source comparison mode with matching text highlighted Not available for students viewing Originality Reports If the paper is from a class controlled by another instructor no direct access to this paper can be provided To view the paper the instructor must request permission from the instructor in possession of the paper by clicking on the link to the source and then using the permission request button Turnitin will auto generate an e mail request to the instructor who controls the paper The instructor can reply via e mail
92. est 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 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 16 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Available Assignment Options e on 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 Late Submission An instructor can enable submissions after the due date and time To enable late Submission use the drop down menu next to Allow submissions after the due date and select yes The default setting is no When enabled students will be able to Submit papers after the due date and time has passed as long as that student has not already submitted a paper to the assignment Student submissions after the due date and time will be marked with red text in the date colu
93. f the purchase of a Turnitin license by an educational customer QuickMark standard editing marks A library of standard editing or correction marks provided by Turnitin which can be augmented by additional marks created by an instructor quickview Originality Report a view listing the sources for any matching or similar text at the top and shows the student paper with highlights indicating the matched or similar areas beneath This is similar to the print view of Originality Reports reply discussion board a posting made by a student in response to a discussion topic or the response to an existing reply by another student in the discussion board resubmit the act of submitting a new paper in place of an existing Submitted paper Resubmission can only be done if the instructor has set an assignment to allow students to overwrite until the due date and time of the paper or if the instructor has manually deleted the student s existing submission in Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 163 Chapter 13 Glossary the assignment inbox This option can only be enabled by the class instructor revision assignment type an assignment created by an instructor that is linked to an existing assignment Revision assignments may have a different start due or post date than the primary assignment Revision assignments allow ins
94. ge 251 0 89 2 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 103 POS ae ana a Sian as Dot WO Sosy a IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 6 Class Calendar Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 104 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 6 Class Calendar Section Introduction Introduction The class calendar automatically tracks important dates for the Turnitin assignments created in a class It also allows an instructor to add class notes announcements and holidays If an instructor has prepared a syllabus document for the class the instructor can also upload the class syllabus to the calendar area Students access information posted to the class calendar from the student class calendar option that is available to students on the class homepage Accessing the Class Calendar To access the class calendar the instructor must log into Turnitin and click on the class name to enter the class Once the class is open click on the ca endar link on the class tool bar to open the class calendar box To view a paper click the p
95. he class will open Statistics Overview The statistics page will list information about the class in a columnized table The default view of the stats will show the cumulative statistics since the creation of the class a z E c submissions fa 100 no mate hes peer reviews grademarks Western Literature forstudents2 1985908 Review of Atlas Shrugged Revision 1 54TT366 The stats page has options to display information for the maximum range or full lifetime of the class or section or only a selected date range To change to viewing only the statistics for a range of dates use the Show pull down menu on the statistics page and select stats for a specific date range Ranges of dates available for the class will appear Select the desired dates and click on submit date range to update the stats page to only reflect these dates Now viewing Western Literature hide dropped and deleted Stats displayed are from September 4 2007 to September 19 2007 cific date range v from Sep 4 2007 to gH date renee The columns indicate the following information name the class section or assignment name join enrollment password the class TA join or student enrollment password ID the class section or assignment ID number students number of students enrolled in the class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 12 153
96. he last reply was posted in a topic Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 114 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Discussion Page Overview The moderator column displays the moderator for the topic if any If no moderator has been selected none is displayed in this column The pull down menu on the discussion page lets the user choose to view all topics active topics pending topics or inactive topics By default the view is set to all topics Updating a Discussion Topic To make changes to an existing discussion topic the instructor can access the discussion topic by clicking on the green symbol marked update icon to the right of the topic on the discussion board wr pending last reply The instructor can change the topic s title start and end date and add or remove the anonymous reply feature The instructor can also change the moderator status of the topic by adding replacing or removing the moderator from the discussion topic An instructor can also delete the topic by clicking on the red x marked delete icon to the right of the topic on the discussion board pending T last reply T The pull down menu on the discussion page allows the user to choose the topics shown The instructor can select from viewing all topics active topics pending topics or inactive topics The view defaults to all topics Posting a Reply To
97. hecked against The available sources are e a database of active and archived internet information e a database of previous submissions to Turnitin e a database of journal periodical and publication information search the internet cludes the current content of relevant internet sources and ako Fontains content no longer available on the live internet that we have stored in our proprietary database Search student papers Includes papers submitted to Turnitin This database contains millions of documents Search periodicals journals amp publications Includes content contained within licensed commercial databases O i many popular periodicals publications and academic Select the sources for the Originality Report searches by clicking on the check boxes next to the source Continue to the paper submission page by clicking on submit The rest of the quick submission process is similar to the standard submission process outlined in Chapter 1 The notable exception is that during quick submission the instructor cannot submit papers for an enrolled student as the quick submit inbox is not available to student users All papers are submitted as non enrolled For step by step submission instructions please refer to Submitting a Paper in Chapter 1 of this manual Accessing Originality Reports Once a submission is completed Originality Report icons will appear for a submission after the report has completed The instr
98. hen copy and pasted into the reply box for the discussion board This prevents loss of internet connection causing a lost reply to the discussion board especially in the event of complex replies No images or formatting is accepted by the reply box only text will be entered into a discussion board reply thread Responding to Previous Replies Users may also respond to the replies left by other users either instructor or student within the same class This encourages discussion and can help students to polish opinions and ideas with the assistance of their peers To respond to a reply rather than to the discussion topic use the reply link to the right of the specific reply instead of the reply to topic link Deleting or Editing Responses A response may be edited or deleted by the user who created the response or by the instructor for the class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 116 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Deleting or Editing Responses To edit a posting click on the edit link to the right of the post on the view of the topic To delete a posting click on the delete link to the right of the post on the view of the topic If a reply has been added to a post it cannot be deleted or edited by a student Only the moderator or instructor will be able to modify or delete the response Discussion Board Views The discussion boards featu
99. how these E S Rubric changes will be made in accordance with Bathe changes to the Rubric and apply ges to the current assignment s Rubric this the notification window that appears will erase current scorecard information Cancel Ok Attaching a Rubric to an Assignment To use a rubric scorecard the instructor must first access the GradeMark view of a Student paper in an assignment and attach the rubric to the assignment This enables the rubric scorecard for the assignment Adding a rubric to an assignment 1 Click on the Tools menu and select Rubric Library Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 82 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Using a Rubric Scorecard to Grade Adding a rubric to an assignment 2 Select the rubric to attach by clicking on its name 3 Click Attach to Assignment to add the rubric as the active rubric on this gt assignment If a rubric is already qp Attach to Assignment attached to the assignment a warning notification will be given Z GE Add Scale Gadd Criterion Using a Rubric Scorecard to Grade The rubric scorecard allows the instructor to easily score the performance of a paper against a set of criterion on a scale The rubric scorecard is accessed while the instructor has the GradeMark view of a paper open ist General Comments recard Literary Criticism Grading Scale Substanda rd Ave
100. ideration The overall similarity index will be recalculated and change the current percentage of the Originality Report if matches are excluded To exclude a match open an Originality Report and view it either in show highest matches together or quickview classic mode To the right of each source listed for a match will be a gray X icon Click on this icon to open a prompt to exclude the source Click OK to continue The source will be removed from the Originality Report Any un derlying source if any are present will replace it 4 z man internet Www readingcampaig Note Excluded sources still appear in the show matches one at a time mode of the Originality Report Excluded sources can be restored by moving to the show matches one at a time mode and clicking on the gray symbol to the right of an excluded source This source will be available again in the cumulative view mode of the Originality Report Refreshing Reports Since new material is constantly entering Turnitin s databases from ongoing internet crawls new publication content and submissions made to Turnitin it is sometimes beneficial to generate a new Originality report for a student submission at a later date to see if there are any new matching sources or to ensure that it checks against later Submissions made by other students or other classes Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 46
101. iewed by clicking on the messages button on the system bar An exclamation point will appear next to the messages button when there are new or unread messages or announcements my classes userinfo user type logot messages he Note Urgent notifications including announcements of scheduled downtimes for improvements to Turnitin will appear both on the messages page and on the user homepages for all users including instructors Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 11 151 POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PORN A AI OI AJYVLO ANUM i DOSU AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 12 Statistics Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 12 152 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 12 Statistics Section Introduction Introduction Each class or section created by an instructor has its own statistics page From the Stats page an instructor can view detailed usage statistics for a class To access the class statistics page click on the blue icon to the right of the class on the instructor homepage This icon is listed under the class stats column The statis tics page for t
102. il icon indicates that a peer re view has already been started or completed for the paper indicated Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 51 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section StepOne SelectinganAssignmentandPeerReviewOptions Creating a Peer Review Peer review assignments can only be created once a class has at least one standard paper assignment on Turnitin A peer review requires an assignment to be based on which allows the peer review to have a pool of papers to use as the basis for the peer review The assignment the peer review is based on should meet the following criteria e The due date of the parent assignment comes before the start date and time of the peer review e Student submissions should not contain the name of the student in the paper to preserve anonymity in the peer review process e If the students will need a rubric set available to them on the peer review open the assignment options for the parent assignment by clicking on the assignment name and select the desired peer review rubric set from the drop down menu Step One Selecting an Assignment and Peer Review Options To create a peer review select a paper assignment to use for the review The papers that have been submitted to the selected assignment will be distributed to the students Next select dates for the peer review The dates the instructor must select are e a Sta
103. in text and HTML 3 Click submit to upload the note to the class calendar bulk upload 1 Click on the date on the calendar for the day the note pertains to 2 From the calendar entry page click the bulk upload link 3 Click the Browse button and locate a note document to upload Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 106 Chapter 6 Class Calendar Section Assignment Dates Adding multiple sets of class notes by using bulk upload mi 7 ee n ss notes you want to upload click suk Enter a title for the selected note document Select the date to associate the note document with Click attach to add this note as part of the bulk upload Repeat steps 3 to 5 for each set of notes to add to the calendar When done adding note documents to the bulk upload click the submit button to upload the notes to the calendar ail attachments Just find the tach hiran Eak Film wirkii A notes icon will appear on the appropriate date on the class calendar for each set of notes that were submitted To display a note click on the notepad icon for a date 5 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 107 Chapter 6 Class Calendar Section Announcements Announcements Announcements can be added to the class calendar by the instructor Students will see
104. in the databases is created with a link to the source in the Turnitin database Opening the Originality Report The Turnitin Originality Report can be accessed from the assignment inbox Under the report column are the icons indicating the percentage of the Overall Similarity Index and the corresponding color on a blue to red scale lowe high delete download mowe to file Frederick Jackson Turmer doc Jake s paper Fi First Paper Student Non Enrolle submission Check Organizing the Assignment Inbox Turnitin offers the instructor user many methods to organize papers in the assignment inbox to assist with handling large classes or simply to quickly sort the submissions and Originality Reports in an inbox The following are the ways an instructor is able to organize the assignment inbox e sorting by column header click any of the column names with a downward pointing arrow to the right This includes author title date or report column headings Click a second time to re sort in the opposite direction e g A Z becomes Z A Inbox for Assign 1 Personal Essay 1st draft BETET high Tetek Jackson Turmer doc Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 36 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Organizing the Assignment Inbox e sorting by folder the instructor is able to select and move papers to the viewed
105. ion or to select a pre created topic question from the Turnitin topic library click the topic library link to open the library of topic questions that are available and click add You may also ons You want for this review click gt When finished creating and adding topic questions to the peer review the instructor must click submit to proceed to Step 3 Step 3 Adding Metric Questions Metric questions ask a student to rate the paper they are reviewing on a scale of 1 low to 5 high based on a question An example of a metric question might be On a scale of 1 to 5 rate the effectiveness of the author s thesis Metric questions are always shown in this form and the scale available is 1 5 Students should be informed that 1 is the lowest scoring and 5 is the highest Metric questions are saved in the question library and may be organized into categories For more information please refer to Chapter 9 Libraries in this user manual Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 54 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Step 3 Adding Metric Questions To create a metric question and add it to a Peer Review To add a metric to this peer review write your metric ir metrics 1 Enter a metric question in the text box 2 Select a category for the metric question This category is used to organize the question in the question library See Chapt
106. ions e allow or disallow section TA ability to create or delete assignments e lock settings for sections general preferences let students see Originality Reports e let students submit discussion topics lock assignment dates in sections lock assignment info in sections v discussion boards e sections can create delete assignments distributed grading EH lock for sections These settings allow the master class instructor to enable or disable certain capabilities of the TA users in the sections of the master class This can be used to prevent changes from being made to required settings on assignments Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 141 POS ae ana a Sian as Dot WO Sosy a IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 10 Quick Submit Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 10 145 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 10 Quick Submit Section Quick Submit Quick Submit The quick submit allows instructors to submit papers and receive Originality Reports without creating a class or an assignment This is ideal for instructors who would like
107. it for non enrolled students cannot be graded or marked for paperless return to students 5 Enter the title for the paper If no paper title is entered the title defaults to the file name for the submitted file 6 Click the attach button to add the paper to the bulk upload 6 Repeat steps 3 6 for each paper to submit as part of the upload Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 29 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Zip File Uploads Submitting multiple papers using bulk upload 7 When all the desire files are attached click the submit button to upload the submit i l batch of files want associate it with anyat bu meu RAFA ba mn am mll E bu am EI Lewes ere 2 Note During a bulk upload files can be removed from the upload by clicking the red icon marked with an x to the far right of the file information The user will be prompted to click on Ok to remove the file or cancel to keep the file in the bulk upload Zip File Uploads Instructors are able to upload a zip file of papers to a Turnitin assignment The zip file may be any size up to approximately 100MB and contain up to 1000 individual files If the zip file exceeds either limit it will be rejected Instructors uploading zip files are advised to ensure that no unacceptable file types are contained within the zip file and to be careful of duplicate copies of the same file
108. k create new rubric set Enter the following information rubric Personal Statement rubric a rubric name o S___ 6 char a rubric symbol up to six characters are long sage optional a content link URL deperiptio a rubric description is a personal statement and should be placed in the opini Click submit to save the rubric and add it to the current rubric set Exporting or Copying Rubrics Once rubrics have been created and added to a set they can also be copied or moved to another rubric set This saves time in re creating or organizing rubrics To export rubrics to another set 1 From the rubric libraries page click the check box for the rubrics that will be exported to a new set rubric n Comma Unnecessary Comma 1 select rubric set Wes gO 2 Click the copy or move to button E copy moveto above the list of rubric names Be More Specific Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 126 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Modifying and Deleting Rubrics To export rubrics to another set 3 Select the rubric to copy or move to from the target rubric set pull down wed My Rub menu and click submit Western Literature LIL If the rubrics were copied they will now appear in both sets If the rubrics were moved they will appear only in the set selected as their destination Modifying
109. k to un check the box for the section in the push column Click on submit to save the assignment and push the assignment to all the checked sections Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 136 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Adding Assignments Without Dates Adding Assignments Without Dates Assignments created in the master class can be pushed to the sections without dates Assignments pushed without dates must be given a date by the class TA before the assignment becomes active and available for students Students will not be able to Submit papers or use the assignment until the assignment is given dates Assignments without a date appear in the section class highlighted in red To push an assignment without dates ensure that you un check the box next to the option Push with dates Assignments pushed when this box is un checked will not have dates on the sections The Master Class Homepage The master class homepage displays all assignments created in the master class The push to sections column shows whether an assignment has been pushed to sections and whether it has been pushed to all sometimes or only selected sections create a new assignment assignment library O assignment L i First English Paper 09 19 07 09 26 07 09 27 07 fuli J e not pushed indicates that an assignment has not been pushed to any sections e partial
110. le as the Turnitin privacy policy may prevent displaying some matches iilarity Index 69 E exclude quoted exclude bibliography 63 match internet htto mcadams posc mu edu 6 match internet http www historymatters com essays ifkmed How5investigations HowSinvestigationsGotltWronca Direct Source Comparison The final mode Direct Source Comparison allows a user to quickly compare matching text to the source of the match in the Turnitin database Matches to other student papers are not available for Direct Source Comparison viewing Using Direct Source Comparison can be done from the single source mode or cumulative view mode of the Originality Report Accessing direct source comparison 1 Open an Originality Report i larvey Milk was one of the most charigx 2 Click on a highlighted area of text on populists of the past half century a m3 the left hand student paper side 3 When the source opens on the right the user can navigate through the areas of ow in web page matching text if available using the arrow buttons beside next match Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 44 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Database Sources Accessing direct source comparison _ oe bade a 4 Optional The show in web page link _ 38tport k12 ct us available on live internet matches O brings up a view of the web site as
111. ll down menus To complete the preferences change the user must click on save and close in the top corner of the Originality Report preference pane to save any changes that have been made Word Count 3499 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 48 POS ae ana a Sian as Dot WO Sosy a IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 3 Peer Review Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 50 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Introduction Introduction Peer review assignments allow a student to read review and score or evaluate one or many papers submitted by their classmates At the end of the peer review assignment the papers will be distributed so that all the students are able to read the comments left on their work The peer review can be anonymous or attributed depending on the classroom structure determined by the instructor of the class Peer reviews provide feedback that can help improve the quality of student writing Overview The basic stages of the peer review process e Instructor creates a normal Turnitin assignment I
112. lose the comment again he novel begins with Huck Finn introducing himself and referencing The Adven Deleting a Comment A comment and the associated mark can be deleted by clicking on the mark symbol on the paper When the comment opens click in the trash can icon in the upper left corner of the comment bubble Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 70 Chapter 4 GradeMark The Clipboard Commonly used comments or clips can be saved in the clipboard for later use Comments are organized into the clipboard as part of a set Clips added to the clipboard can be used in any class or assignment controlled by the same instructor Section Deleting a Comment A comment can be added to the clipboard by clicking on the add clip button at the bottom of the comment bubble or through the Clipboard Library The Clipboard Library can be accessed through the Edit link on the Clipboard palette or through the Tools menu Statistics Hit Rubric Library fan QuickMark Palette be a LA U SAELE LE m 1 Click the Tools menu and select Clipboard Library 2 Click on the clipboard set to add a clip to The user may also click on Create a clipboard and create a new set providing a name for the new clipboard Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 71 Chapter 4 GradeMa
113. lumn for the peer review on the class homepage The paper distribution screen will appear and display the current distribution of papers The instructor may change or update this information as needed as long as no students have yet begun writing a peer review Once a peer review has been started by a student the peer review becomes locked Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 59 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Redistributing Papers Redistributing Papers The instructor is able to redistribute papers until a student review has been submitted or until the due date of the peer review has been reached An instructor can however still manually distribute papers to those students who have not yet written reviews To manually assign a paper the instructor must first click the check box next to the paper s that will be assigned to a specific student How many papers do you wal distibute gt available papers a 1st book review Catcher in the Rye The instructor then needs to click the update icon to the right of the student name The newly assigned papers will appear in the papers assigned column to the right of the student name in the enrolled students column enrolled students i i Update N z available papers amp New Student amp First Student Writing a Review of a Student Paper The instructor is able to write a review to supple
114. ly for content if necessary Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 119 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Sorting Replies How to moderate discussion topic replies Use the approve pull down menu at the top and select yes to approve and post the reply or select no to reject the reply Click submit to complete moderation on this reply http www turnitin com If the reply was approved it will be E5 You have chosen not to approve this reply Would posted to the discussion If the reply was you like to delete it Click OK to delete If you want rejected the moderator is prompted to to just save it for later click Canga delete the reply or save it for later r lt lt E Once the reply has been approved it will be assigned a number and added into the discussion thread Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 120 POS ae ana a Sian as b ad OU Noss h IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j PAR a f AFL LKO ASUHA Iva ALD DKYNL AY Goth iva AN amad KOU pa EMATU ch LOS NO AID 0 A ye urnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 8 Libraries Updated October 24 2007 Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 121 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved
115. m the GradeBook from the main gradebook window or from the assignment and student pages The GradeBook will also accept grades entered for papers and peer reviews outside of the GradeBook For example an instructor can enter grades using GradeMark a GradeMark rubric scoring card or for Peer Review assignments Student grades may also be entered when viewing a student paper from the assignment inbox a Students j Areas of the Turnitin GradeBook e attendance instructors can check a box indicating an absence or late arrival for a student on a specific date e add entry create a new entry on Turnitin for an assignment not created in Turnitin e prefs instructors may set the specific grading format for a course e key opens an informative pop up window that displays the meaning of all information on the GradeBook page e graphs statistical graphs that can be used to display student and class performance scale used by an instructor to weigh the value of assignments as part of the possible total number of points in the class e export download a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet version of the current GradeBook e grade access to the grading page for a specific assignment e assignment name click on an assignment name to access further information about this assignment and the grades given in the assignment as well as statistics Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin In
116. ment may be up to one thousand characters in length Adding a comment to a paper 1 Click on the GradeMark icon for a submission to access the interface 2 With the mouse click on the point on the begins with Hk Finn introducing hims paper to add the comment at w about me a Auck narrates awithout yo 3 Enter text into the text field of the Reese ak fete ae eee comment bubble bibliography entry 4 Optional Choose a mark icon for this comment from the pull down menu jel begins with Huck Finn introduc mae el J LT tn ee Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 69 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Deleting a Comment Adding a comment to a paper 5 Optional If the comment references a specific area of the paper the user can click and drag on the paper while the comment bubble is open to create a highlight over text The color of the highlight can be selected before clicking and dragging Multiple if there are multiple areas to reference Highlights may be overlapping sand the Widow Douglas 6 Click the done button to save the comment ide out oh The comment will be added to the paper with the mark icon selected or the default mark icon The comment can be edited at any time by clicking on the mark symbol for the com ment To move a comment select the mark symbol and drag the icon to a new loca tion then click done to c
117. ment those that students will receive from their peers The instructor is provided with the same topic and metric question structure as the students An instructor can begin writing a peer review of a student submission in two ways e click the pear review tab at the op of the class Pa e click the pencil icon next to a review to open the peer review page and select a paper to write a review on read reviews Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 60 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Before Writing a Review At the top of the peer review page is a pull down menu containing the reviews ongoing for the class Use the pull down menu to select a peer review assignment to view To begin writing a peer review on a paper the instructor can click on the peer review pencil icon next to that paper Before Writing a Review 4 Tip Peer review answers must be submitted after every topic questions or set of metric questions is completed A peer review can be saved and closed to be completed at a later time by clicking the save and close link at the top of the peer review page Do not click the topic question numbers or the view metrics link after entering an answer as it will not save and the answer will be lost A Warning Do not leave the Peer Review window open while typing extremely long responses This may cause the internet connection or web site connection to
118. mines if students enrolled in the class are able to access the student view of the Originality Report for any Submission made by that student in all assignments in the class e let students submit discussion topics determines if student users are able to post proposed discussion topics Discussion topics must be approved by the instructor before the topic becomes active e show students link to my e mail determines whether or not the e mail address used by the instructor to log into Turnitin is available as a link for the students to click on to use their default e mail program to contact the instructor e Enable These Products e GradeMark e Peer Review e GradeBook e Discussion boards Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 11 150 Chapter 11 Preferences amp Notifications Section Introduction e Class Link A class link can be created for the instructor and students on the preferences page Enter a name for the link and the full URL for the link The URL must be in the full HTTP format If any changes are made to the class preferences the instructor must click on submit to save the changes that have been made general preferences v let students see Originality Re lv let students submit discussion topics lv show students link to my email v discussion boards Messages and Announcements Important announcements and messages can be v
119. mn of the submission in the assignment inbox A student cannot overwrite a Submission past the assignment due date and time even if the late submission option is enabled Note Students self enrolling in a course may accidentally enroll multiple times Check to ensure that student names are not duplicated on the student list for the class If there are multiple listings for a single student the instructor may block or drop the extra student profiles to prevent confusion Submissions made by dropped profiles will no longer be viewable by the instructor See the Managing Students section of this manual for more directions on removing students from a class ST LE Cai ee eee bed Dees E Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 17 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Available Assignment Options Database submission The allow other papers to be checked against submissions option determines wheth er papers submitted in the assignment are saved to the student paper database The default selection of yes allows other submissions to compare against papers in this assignment which helps to prevent and detect collusion or re use of submissions If the instructor would like to prevent papers from being stored in the student paper database for later use in Originality Report comparisons no should be selected from the pull down menu Any assignment that does not allow student pap
120. mp Notifications Section Introduction Class Preferences The class preference page allows an instructor to control the products and features available for the class This allows an instructor to determine whether students can view Originality Reports post proposed discussion topics or whether or not GradeMark or other products are available in a class An instructor can also set a class homepage link which is visible to both students and the instructor on the class homepage and other class pages To open the preferences page for a class click preferences on the class bar Bsignment link to add an assignment to your class homepage tick an assignments inbox button to view submissions that h libraries calendar discusion preferences Each class has two types of preference available to the instructors There are general preferences and products that have been enabled Only services purchased by the instructor s institution are available under the enable these products preference menu Products that are not available will be greyed out and cannot be checked or un checked To enable or disable a preference click the check box to the left of the selected pref erence or product Un checked products or preferences are disabled in the specified class For more information on the products please see the appropriate chapter of this manual for the product or feature General Preferences e let students see Originality Reports deter
121. n Turnitin Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handbook Chapter 13 156 Chapter 13 Glossary class enrollment password an instructor created authorization password for a class on Turnitin Both class ID and enrollment password are required for students who will be self enrolling in a class class portfolio the class portfolio page is the main view page of a student for a specific class comment GradeMark A correction or other mark left on a student submission by the instructor using the GradeMark digital assessment product from Turnitin cookie an information packet sent to and stored on the web browser of a user Access to Turnitin requires the web browser to be set to allow cookies from the service These cookies are used to check and ensure access is granted as the user moves between pages within Turnitin s website consortium account an account type which is the parent for multiple institutional accounts Consortium accounts do not allow instructors to directly join Instructors must be added to an institutional or departmental account criteria GradeMark criteria are a part of the Rubric Scorecard feature in GradeMark Criteria describe the requirements for a Submission to meet specific areas of the grading scale GradeMark cumulative view one of the viewing modes available on the Turnitin Originality Report This view shows th
122. n scale grades in the class and recalculate them instantly The instructor may also select whether to drop the lowest grade for each student in the class To open the scale page click the sca e tab on the GradeBook main page l a aa Personal Essay 1st in class dis max total points 450 max graded poitt 1oc draft student points Yo grade late absent 80 pts 20 pts Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 98 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Dropping Grades The scale pages shows all of the instructor s assignments and entries along with the assignment point values The natural value column shows the value of the assignment without scaling For example if the GradeBook shows four assignments each with a 100 point value the natural value of each would be 25 assignment name points natural value scaled value To increase or decrease value of an assignment enter a new value in the scaled value field Make sure the values total to 100 by the end of the class To view the new scaled grades click on submit to be returned to the main GradeBook view where the scaled values are now displayed drop lowest grade for all students naturalize values assignment name points natural value scaled value A Warning Scaling grades does not change the point values of assignments Scaling grades creates new values for assignments relative to each other and the total valu
123. ng submissions in an assignment The assignment inbox can be organized by any of the criteria listed with a downward pointing arrow to the right for example clicking on the column heading name of author will sort the contents of the assignment box by author last name from A to Z Clicking the column heading again will sort it again by the reverse of the criteria from Z to A The columns headings in the assignment inbox are e author a column containing the names of any enrolled students and the names given for any non enrolled instructor uploaded papers in the assignment Clicking on the name of the author opens the class portfolio page for any enrolled students Enrolled student names are underlined and lettered in blue e title the title given for any paper submitted If there is no submission for a user this field will list no submission Clicking on the title of a paper will open a text version of the paper with submission information but no Originality Report data to allow an instructor to view the student paper report the report column contains the Originality Report icon The icon contains a percentage indicating the overall similarity of the paper to information in the Turnitin database 100 being fully similar 0 indicating no similarity The icon is rectangular and contains the percentage number and the corresponding color If only a grayed out icon is available the report is not ready A in the repo
124. nload file transmission of a file from Turnitin to the computer of the user selecting to download files Some users may need to enable file download due to security considerations on the web browser or computer being used downtime a period of time during which Turnitin will not be available or have extremely limited Section Definitions availability to users due date the due date ona Turnitin assignment indicates the date and time of day at which an assignment is due Submissions after the due date and time may no longer be allowed and will be automatically blocked by the Turnitin system Only the instructor can enable late submissions on an assignment on Turnitin The due date must come after the start date and before the post date during assignment creation The due date and time may be changed by the instructor at their discretion to meet the needs of a class e mail address an address at which a user may be contacted via e mail with digital receipts notifications or announcements if enabled new user login information or welcome notices or password reset information in the event of a password reset request A valid e mail address is highly recommended due to the important information that can be transmitted via these e mail from Turnitin The e mail address used on Turnitin is also the user name for logging into Turnitin e mail updates notification sent from Turnitin to the user with import
125. nments to the sections of the master class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 135 Chapter 9 Class Sections Section Creating Assignments in a Master Class Creating Assignments in a Master Class Assignments that are intended to be used in many or all sections of a class should be created by the master class instructor within the master class For an overview on assignment creation please see the section on creating assignments in Chapter 1 To access the master class assignment page click on the name of the master class on the instructor homepage Your Institution Pees MA me 2014089 sectioO American Literature 1985510 Section 1 Adding Assignments to Sections The master class assignment creation page has an option to add the assignment to some or any section of the master class To add an assignment to one or more sections leave the Do you want to push this assignment to your sections pull down menu set to the default answer of yes 1 First English Paper Once all assignment is ready to create click on submit to continue on to the assignment push page The assignment push page lists all the sections of a master class and allows the master class instructor to decide which sections if any will receive a newly created assignment By default all sections are marked to receive the assignment To remove a section from the list clic
126. ns to 2 On the calendar entry page enter a name for the holiday in the holiday field 4 Click submit to save the holiday onto the calendar The name for the holiday will appear on the class calendar and the day will be given a light blue highlight for emphasis l Professor s Birthday Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 6 109 Chapter 6 Class Calendar Section Holidays Uploading a Syllabus If a class syllabus has been written an instructor can upload it to the class calendar Students can view and download the syllabus from the student view of the class calendar To upload a syllabus 1 Click the syllabus link on the class calendar page 2007 list syllabus 2 From the syllabus page click the Browse button and locate the file to upload Accepted file types are Microsoft Word Corel WordPerfect RTF PDF plain text and HTML 3 Click submit to add the document as the p Ge class syllabus a m The syllabus will be posted to the syllabus page If another syllabus is posted it will replace and overwrite the current syllabus Only a single document at a time will be available on the class syllabus page Calendar List The calendar can also be viewed in list mode The list mode displays all assignments and entries for the current calendar year Dates that do not have assignments or entries are excluded from the list
127. nstructor creates a peer review assignment and assigns a peer review distribution or manually assigns papers as well as creating topic and metric questions for students to use e Student papers are submitted to a regular Turnitin assignment e On the peer review start date the papers assigned to each student show up in their class portfolio for the students to begin writing peer reviews e For each assigned paper the student writes a review by responding to the topic and metric questions selected by the instructor e Once the due date of the peer review passes no more reviews can be written completed or edited by the writer e On the post date of the peer review reviews written by classmates on the paper a student submitted become available for that student to view Distribution of Peer Reviews Student to student peer reviews are created by the instructor and may use or mix the following methods of distribution of the papers to be reviewed e Automatically assigned papers distributed by the Turnitin system e Manually assigned papers distributed by the instructor e Self selection of papers to review by the student For example The instructor may allow students to review 5 total papers One paper would be manually assigned by the instructor to be reviewed by all students Two papers would be automatically distributed by Turnitin The students would also select two papers to review Any paper marked with a check mark beside the penc
128. o search for help or information on specific aspects of using Turnitin Also available are frequently updated lists of the most common questions we receive libraries assignment peer review these library types allow instructors to easily quickly copy or replicate existing assignments or peer reviews from one class to another libraries rubric the rubric library available from the instructor class homepage allows an instructor to create review edit or delete the marking rubrics available for a peer review Peer review rubrics are completely separate from GradeMark libraries of QuickMark editing and rubric scorecards Section Definitions libraries rubric scorecard QuickMark the rubric scorecard or QuickMark scoring marks created by a particular user These libraries allow a user to create edit apply copy move or delete rubric scorecards or QuickMark editing sets These libraries can be shared to section classes by a master class instructor An administrator can share these libraries to all instructors on a specific account list calendar a view mode of the calendar that lists all of the information on a class calendar for the current year This includes assignment information notes announcements and holidays log in the act of an authorized user entering the e mail address and personal password created for a user profile to enter Turnitin as the user associated with the e mail address ente
129. ofile the TA will use the Standard instructor join process When prompted for an account or class ID and join or enrollment password the TA will provide the master class ID and TA join password For users who have an existing instructor profile on Turnitin but need to join a master class as a TA an existing profile can join a class as a TA To join a class as a TA with an existing Turnitin user profile the instructor will log in and click on the join class TA link on the instructor homepage The instructor is then prompted to enter the master class ID and TA join password for the course after which the instructor will be able to set up a TA section in the master class Administrating a Master Class The master class instructor is provided with many options for handling assignments in the sections and the master class itself These options include e creating template assignments that become part of the class assignment library The TA s with sections in the master class can then create their own assignments or select the template assignments from the class assignment library e create complete assignments and add them to some or all of the sections of a master class e create partial assignments e g assignments containing selected preferences but no dates and add them to some or all sections to accommodate different class schedules e creating assignments that are locked against changes by section TA s and adding these assig
130. ols menu and select Rubric Library Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 78 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Creating QuickMark symbols 2a First time rubric users will see a Rubric Builder screen that allows them to view information on What is a rubric or Benefits of using rubrics Click on Get Started in the bottom right corner of the Rubric Builder screen Get Started 2b Users who have accessed the Rubric Library and created a Rubric Set before will see the Rubric Library interface and click on the New Rubric button and then Get Started Provide a Rubric Title for the scorecard Give names to the criteria scales by clicking on the current name on the left Criterionl hand side Fnter dececrintion here 5 Optional Enter a description for the rubric by clicking on the Enter description here area and typing a description Repeat steps 4 and 5 for all the criteria To add additional criteria click on Add Criterion in the upper right corner 7 When all criteria are added click on the Next button at the bottom to move to creating scales rary Criticism Scales are listed at the top of the een scorecard being created Click on the Substandard names of the scales to change the names Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 79 Chapter 4 GradeM
131. or marked folders by checking the box to the left of the author name and clicking the move to button Select the destination folder from the drop down menu and click on submit to move the paper to the selected folder Frederick Jackson Turner doc Jake s paper destination folder new papers destination assignment this assignment e viewing by selected originality indices every Originality Report has an associated color that reflects the amount of similar or matching text that was found for the paper The instructor can view papers with the selected color scale of originality indices by checking the index colors desired to the right of show these papers and clicking the red arrow icon to show only the desired indices of Originality Reports onal Essay 1st draft e deleting unwanted papers an instructor can delete papers at any time by checking the box to the left of the paper and clicking the de ete button These papers are removed from the assignment inbox but not the submission database Inbox for Assign 1 Personal Essay 1st draft tithe Frederick Jackson Turner doc Deleting papers removes them from your inbox but does not remove them from our database Are you sure you want to delete the selected papers Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 37 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Viewing Late Submissions Viewing Late Su
132. ow appear in the selected set Moved clips only appear in the destination set Copied clips appear in both sets Inline Comments Inline comments allow instructors to add marks directly onto the paper The inline comment appears as type overlaid on the paper The instructor may select a color from the drop down menu for the inline comment To add an inline comment select the type tool from the comment tool pull down menu on the menu bar A color from the color pull down menu may also be selected Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 73 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Inline Comments The user can click on the paper where the comment should begin The inline comment will show up as a light gray highlight over which typing may be done When finished click elsewhere on the paper or select the highlighter tool from the comment tool pull down menu The inline comment will appear as typing directly over the paper to athe bad placea 1f he does not behay thinks that will be okay as ooks like this report was written in a font or format othe than the acceptable formats for this class Please refer to you abus to prevent the disappearing quote marks cidentally kills a spit An Inline comment can be deleted by clicking on the comment and then clicking on the gray trash can icon in the top right corner of the comment Deleted comments cannot be reco
133. ows instructors to create class or curriculum specific marks that may not be part of the sets provided by Turnitin or the account administrator To create a new mark 1 Click on the Tools menu and select QuickMark Library Click the name of the set to add a new QuickMark symbol to Click the New button in the upper left side of the set viewing window Enter the following information for the new mark A symbol up to 6 characters in length a name a description for the new mark optional a content link a fully formed URL web address used to link to a site which may contain more information of use to the student Content Click Done to save the new QuickMark symbol into the selected set Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 76 Chapter 4 GradeMark To edit a QuickMark symbol 1 Click on the Tools menu and select QuickMark Library or click on Manage QuickMarks on the QuickMark palette 2 Click the name of the QuickMark set containing the mark to edit 3 Click the pencil icon to the right of the mark that needs to be edited 4 Edit the information on the mark 5 Click Done to save the changes made to the mark in this QuickMark set 1 Click on the Tools menu and select QuickMark Library or click on Manage QuickMarks on the QuickMark palette 2 Click the name of the Q
134. pe class to a master class set the instructor must have the master class ID and TA join password for the master class This is available to the master class instructor Creating classes on Turnitin The creation of a class or classes on the Turnitin system is the first step in allowing an instructor and students to access and use the services available at their institution Most instructor and student activity on Turnitin occurs within the class or classes created by an instructor The class is used by the instructor to organize students and student submissions into groups A single class may be used for multiple courses but is typically not recommended due to the additional challenges this can create in organization A class and its assignments are fully available to the instructor between the date of the class creation and the selected expiration date Once a class has expired the information and assignments in the class are viewable but no new submissions or assignments may be made The instructor is capable of extending the expired class to reactivate it New classes should be created each semester or school year when a new group of students is in a course Assignments can be easily imported to a new class using the directions under the Libraries section of this user guide This allows users to easily add assignment sets in a new course To create a class 1 Click the add a class link on your instructor homepage active classe
135. r e Clicking on the down arrow will move to and select the next mark on the paper Moving from mark to mark will open the comment bubble for each mark Using the navigation arrows can allow an instructor to quickly move between and edit marks sequentially Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 87 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Navigation Between Papers Navigation Between Papers An instructor grading several papers may need to move to the next or previous paper without returning to the inbox and re launching the GradeMark interface The previous paper and next paper links at the top of each paper in the GradeMark interface allow the instructor to continue grading without returning to the assignment inbox Each time the instructor moves between papers any changes that have been made to the papers are saved automatically Paper Information IDs 50243643 Ward Count 1099 Submitted 09 18 0f late Total Marks 1 Last Saved 09 18 07 Time spent 00 04 52 Similarity Status final Entering a Grade A numeric grade may be manually entered for a paper by clicking the Grade field at the top of the paper The Grade field automatically displays as Grade out of possible points e g a 100 point assignment shows as Grade out of 100 Grades entered in this field will also be saved to the GradeBook Note If a rubric has been attached to the assignmen
136. r review based on a series of topic and metric questions created by the instructor Peer reviews can be anonymous or attributed e GradeBook an online tool allowing instructors to track student performance ina class and provide this information to students Creating a User Profile All users on the Turnitin system must create a user profile If the user has previously registered on Turnitin is an account administrator or received an e mail that indicates having been added to an account this section can be skipped Users with existing profiles should skip to the Logging In section of this chapter If the user is new to Turnitin and has not been added to an account by the account administrator a user profile must be created To create a user profile the account ID number and account join password are required This information is needed to authorize a user to join the Turnitin account Note The account ID and account join password may only be distributed by the Turnitin account administrator for an institution Users wishing to access Turnitin must contact the appropriate personnel at the institution to receive the account ID and join password Account administrators may distribute this data or may automatically enroll instructors via e mail Turnitin staff cannot distribute this information to any user Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 5 Chapter 1 Getting S
137. rage Go 2505 50 7 Length SS To open the rubric while viewing a student paper the instructor user will click on the rubric scorecard link at the bottom right corner of the GradeMark window ening sentence of the novel notifies readers that Huck Finn ts the _ comment list general comments dE rubric scorecard To grade with the rubric scorecard the instructor clicks on the scale the paper has met for the criteria Grade points will be automatically tallied and saved to the GradeBook for the class Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 83 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section General Comments General Comments An instructor is able to write a general comment regarding a paper The general comment tool allows for a longer less area specific feedback to be provided to the Student writer To add a general comment click on the general comments link at the bottom right corner of the GradeMark paper view midnight Huck hears a noise outside his window and climbs out ening sentence of the novel notifies readers that Huck Finn ts the general comments AA rubric corecard Type in the general comment in the provided space The general comment will be part of the printable version of the GradeMark page for student users or can be viewed online by the student by clicking on the general comments link in the
138. rary page a assignments rubrics peer re iews topic questions m trics WSO AE There will be two available sets of topic questions my questions or library questions The library questions set contains a large number of topic questions provided by Turnitin The my questions set contains any topic questions the user has created while adding peer review assignments to a class Use the select set pull down menu on the right to select whether to view one of the available sets or to view both available sets library questions my questions both Once a set of topic questions has been selected the instructor is able to limit the questions displayed by selecting a category Click on the se ect category pull down menu to choose a category to display The library will show only topic questions sorted into that category fa select set no category thesis introduction min length delete organization style maaar mechanics evidence EUL LLELLE If the instructor selects all from the category menu all topic questions in the set will be displayed regardless of category If no category is selected only uncategorized questions will be displayed If the instructor chooses to select a topic question from the library during step two of the peer review creation process in Chapter 3 select the topic questions to add to the peer review by clicking on the check box area to the left of each topic question to add On
139. re two main viewing styles a flat view and a threaded view These views use one basic structure but differ in other ways A topic thread might look like this Topic 1 First response to topic 1 1 Response to reply 1 2 Second response to topic 2 1 First response to 2 2 2 Second response to 2 Flat View The default discussion board view is the flat view This view shows responses flat in thread order like the example above With the flat view users can view responses with or without threads By default the thread is shown For example the following is posted I agree with this topic and the student user replies with Why do you agree with this topic The posting order will show up as I agree with this topic Why do you agree with this topic The flat view with nested threads is the default viewing method To view only re sponses and see no referenced thread use the show replies as pull down menu to select flat view with no thread on the discussion page Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 117 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Threaded View reply to topic equently In your opinion who was the real author of ed to defend your view flat view with no threads as Oo show replies age aE E An AA Ea gel E threaded wiew replies Threaded View The second primary view type is the threaded view To use the threaded view
140. red master class a class controlled by an instructor under which multiple section classes can be created These section classes are controlled by Teaching Assistant TA users Master classes cannot accept submissions but contain assignment sets that may be pushed into the sections of the master class messages a user tool bar menu link that leads to a page listing the current announcements and messages if any from Turnitin metric question peer review a metric question is create by instructors for students to assign ratings to a peer s paper during the peer review assignment Metric questions allow a student to rate Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 161 Chapter 13 Glossary performance of the paper being reviewed against the given question on a scale of one to five moderator discussion board moderation of the discussion board in a class is assigned by the instructor The instructor may moderate the discussion or may assign this duty to a user in the class The moderator must approve all replies before the reply becomes public and is posted to allow all users in the course to view the reply notes calendar an instructor may place notes in the class calendar for information about the class that does not fit as an announcement or assignment Class notes are visible to all students in the class notes Grade
141. rent graph types to better display this information holidays calendar the holiday icon on the class calendar for a Turnitin class indicates a holiday entered by the class instructor Instructors may set a holiday to indicate the class will not meet on this date A holiday with this setting will show up with a blue highlight in the class calendar homepage the default login page which is different based on the selected default user type of the user profile being accessed homepage link a user preference option available under the user info toolbar menu The homepage link allows a user to embed the Section Definitions URL for a link to a specific page on their Turnitin class toolbar for quick reference if needed This link is only available to the user who creates this homepage link for themselves A class homepage link may be created by the instructor inactive account an account which has expired longer than 180 days previous and is now inaccessible for reactivation or viewing inactive class a class which belongs to an inactive account Information contained within inactive classes is no longer available and cannot be viewed by instructors or students Inactive product a product which has not been purchased or has been deactivated for a specific account or course individual account this type of Turnitin account is limited to a Single instructor user Individual accounts receive limits to
142. rk Section Deleting a Comment To add a clip through the Clipboard Library ds 3 Click on New 4 Enter up to six character to represent the clip on the palette in the Palette Symbol field Enter a syi Content Te 5 Enter the text for the clip in the Content Content field OO A 6 Click Done to save the clip This clip will now appear on the clipboard that it was Done created on Adding a set to the clipboard 1 Click on the Tools menu and select Clipboard Library 2 Click the name of the clipboard set that will be added to the palette 3 Click Set Clipboard The selected clipboard set will appear on the clipboard attached to the right side of the comment bubble To add a clip from the clipboard to the comment bubble click on the clip symbol in the palette Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 72 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Inline Comments To move or copy clips between sets 1 Click on the Tools menu and select Clipboard Library Click the name of the clipboard set to move or copy clips from Book Reviews _LOntent This assit present it Select the clips to move or copy by clicking on the check boxes next to the This quot clip i bibliograr Select the set to move clips to or copy clips to from the appropriate pull down menu section of the paper The clips will n
143. rmation screen will be shown listing all file names author names e mail user profiles and submission titles Any fields containing Anonymous or Not Entered are not required but may be set by using the go back link to return to the previous screen Click submit to finalize the zip file upload into the assignment ividual documents and the size 30 back to resubmit your zip file Otherwise click submit to subr ted files 6 duplicate accepted files 0 rejected OE SE __ ee ee ee es ee ee E 7 author First Student Third Student Last Student Non Enrolled Student email user profile firststudentyourschooledu thirds tudent yourschool edu laststudentiyourschoeol edu inot enrolled Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 31 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Elements of the Assignment Inbox Assignment Inbox Each assignment in a class has an assignment inbox The assignment inbox contains any submissions that have been made by students or the instructor to the assignment To access the assignment inbox click on the icon in the inbox column of the class homepage 09 11 07 09 12 07 09 04 07 09 11 07 09 12 07 09 04 07 09 11 07 09 12 07 D 09 12 07 10 30 07 12 20 07 09 18 07 09 25 07 09 26 07 Elements of the Assignment Inbox The assignment inbox is a sorted list of columns containing information regardi
144. rt column indicates no submission or that no Originality Report is generated based on assignment settings Clicking on the Originality Report icon opens the Originality Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 32 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Elements of the Assignment Inbox Report For more information see the Viewing Originality Reports section of this guide or view the Originality Report video e gm the gm column indicates GradeMark image availability A black and red paper icon shows what papers can be accessed in GradeMark A white paper icon indicates that a submission is not available in the GradeMark while a indicates that no submission was made or that GradeMark digital assessment is not available for the class or account If the icon is available click on the red and black paper to open a GradeMark window e file a page icon and indicator of the file type of a submission that was uploaded to Turnitin or in the event no submission was made Click on the page icon to download a copy of the submission as originally uploaded by the student to the assignment e paper ID the unique numeric ID number assigned to every submission made to Turnitin This column contains if no submission was made The paper ID is also provided to students or instructors when submitting by file upload or copy and paste as part of the digital receipt e date the d
145. rt date This is the date students can begin reading papers and writing reviews e a due date Students will not be able to write reviews after this date e a post date This is the date students will have access to reviews written by their classmates Additional assignment criteria include e anonymous default click the check box to make the review non anonymous e title optional e point value applies to GradeBook users only e additional assignment instructions optional e peer review source Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 52 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Step Two Adding Topic Questions To use a peer review that was created previously by this instructor user select it from the peer review library Select use peer review library to open the library and select a review For more information on the peer review library please see the chapter on Libraries in this user manual If there are no previous peer reviews that have been created the instructor user Should ensure that create your own review is selected Once the basic assignment setup is completed click submit to proceed to Step Two Step Two Adding Topic Questions Step two allows an instructor to choose topic questions for the review A topic question example would be Identify the thesis of this paper and discuss its overall effectiveness Topic questions allow an in
146. ructor Handbook Chapter 1 18 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Revision Assignments thousands of new pages added daily periodicals journals amp publications third party periodical journal and pub lication content including many major professional journals periodicals and busi ness publications Changing Advanced Assignment Option Defaults If any changes have been made to the advanced assignment options an additional option will be available at the bottom of the options panel The instructor is asked Would you like to save these options as your defaults for future assignments Select yes to have all future assignment creations use the advanced assignment options that have been selected as the default setting Select no to continue with the previous default advanced assignment option settings The default settings can be changed at any time when creating a new assignment or updating an existing assignment sare submissions against these search targets v current and archived internet Would you like to save these optio Revision Assignments Student users can only submit one paper per assignment If the instructor wishes students to submit multiple drafts without overwriting the previous drafts the instructor can create additional assignments using the revision assignment type Revision assignments are duplicates of the parent assignment s advanced options and standard settings but may have new start
147. ry source of the matching or similar text start date a date and time selected by the instructor when creating an assignment The start date and time must pass before students are able to begin submitting to an assignment Instructors are not prevented from submitting before the start date The start date for an assignment must be before the selected due date and post date during assignment creation This may be updated only by the instructor to meet the needs of a class student a user type able to enroll in courses created by an instructor user Student user profiles can only submit to assignments created by an instructor in a class they are joined to or have been authorized to join student limit the maximum active student count available for an account or accounts based on the number of student licenses purchased student mode the student view mode of a paper reviewed by an instructor using the GradeMark digital assessment product Student mode allows the user to view or print the paper and to view or download a PDF or original format copy of the document that was graded The download copy does not contain any of the GradeMark comment or scoring information Student mode of viewing a GradeMark paper cannot remove or modify marks or grades in any way sub account an account created Section Definitions beneath a parent account The Turnitin account tree allows for multiple sub accounts created under e
148. s Er N my classes userinfo usor type logout messages help Personal Information In the personal information section of the user information page a user is shown a number of fields many of which are optional and can be filled at the discretion of the user There are required fields which are listed here User name e mail Password Confirm password Secret question Question answer Last name First name All other areas of the personal information section are optional Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 10 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section User Preferences User Preferences The user preferences section of a user profile affects how information within the profile account is presented and sets defaults for commonly used functions User preferences include e default user type select the type of user access to default to upon login e default submission type select a default submission type file upload bulk upload or cut and paste e items per page select the number of items you would like displayed per page e show page info toggles the info messages at the top of each page on and off e send me e mail updates choose yes to receive e mail updates from Turnitin e use homepage link choose yes to create a homepage link To set up a link enter a link name and URL below e default language select the language in
149. s These rubric sets can then be used with Turnitin s Peer Review With rubrics an instructor can identify common problems on a student paper quickly and easily For example instead of adding comments to a student paper each time a student uses passive voice a rubric mark can be placed on the paper each time that the passive voice is used throughout a paper copy move to rubric name Be More Specific Comma Missing Comma Excessive Use of To Be Creating Rubric Sets Before an instructor can create rubrics the instructor must create a rubric set to hold the rubrics To create a rubric set 1 Click the create a new rubrics set link 2 Enter a name for the rubric set and an optional description of the rubric set 3 Click submit to add the new rubric set to the instructor rubric library Now that a rubric set has been created the instructor is able to create new rubrics and add them to the set Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 8 125 Chapter 8 Libraries Section Adding Rubrics Adding Rubrics Rubrics can now be created and added to a set for the use of students or the instructor while writing a Peer Review on Turnitin These rubrics allow the user to more easily indicate a type of problem on the student paper being peer reviewed To create a new rubric 1 From the rubric libraries page click the create a new rubric lin
150. s distributed Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 58 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Viewing Paper Distributions To distribute papers at the start date for the Peer Review e r F Se TRIPE IF Ba Ball eel Pai Fe ee Perk E after you have selected a distribution to finalize peh re e Important Make sure to click submit 1 Select the number of papers to randomly distribute to each student 2 Selected the number of papers each student may select to peer review available paper Note The number of papers each student must review is the combined total of those randomly distributed and those the student may select For example three randomly assigned and two selected papers means each student is given five peer reviews to complete for this assignment 3 Click submit to confirm the assigned distribution plan and finalize the peer revlew pecific papers for cest you can assign two papers 3 each Once the peer review creation is completed the peer review will stack beneath the assignment it is based on under the instructor class homepage The peer review will appear on the class portfolio page for students as well but will not be available to students until the start date and time Viewing Paper Distributions To view the current distribution of papers for a peer review click on the paired circle icon under the submit co
151. s must contain text to be submitted PDF files containing only images of text will be rejected during the upload attempt To determine if a document contains actual text copy and paste a section or all of the text into a plain text editor such as Microsoft Notepad or Apple TextEdit If no text is copied over the selection is not actual text 4 Tip Users submitting scanned images of a document or an image saved as a PDF will need to use Optical Character Recognition OCR software to convert the image to a text document Manual correction of the resulting document is highly recommended to fix any errors caused by the conversion software Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 25 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section File Types and Size Note Some document formats can contain multiple data types This includes text images embedded information from another file and formatting Non text information that is not saved directly within the document will not be included in a file upload This includes references to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet included within a Microsoft Office Word document Note Users whose files are saved in a file type that is not accepted by Turnitin will need to use a word processing program to save the file as one of the accepted types Rich Text Format and Plain Text file types are nearly universally available in word processing software Neither fil
152. s reviewing what If your students have not yet submitted all of their distribute papers just yet click submit after you have selected a distribution to finalize your review Papers will be distribute distribution criteria on the peer review start date Important Make sure to click submit to finalize this peer review How many papers do you want to assign each student to review 1 distibute How many papers do you want to let students choose to review 1 guens papers assigned update it available papers author 4 8 My Book Review Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 56 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Step 4a Immediate Peer Review Distribution Step 4a Immediate Peer Review Distribution A Warning Only distribute papers if all submissions have already been made to the assignment the peer review is based on If students have not yet Submitted or not all students have submitted do not distribute the peer review until they have completed submission Once information has been entered in a single peer review by a single student the peer review becomes locked and cannot be updated or modified and no new papers can be distributed If all student submissions have not been made go to Step 4B below 1 Select the number of papers for each student to be randomly assigned To immediately distribute papers for peer review
153. se The knowledge base is an area we have created for our users to search for help or information on specific aspects of using Turnitin Frequently updated lists of the most common questions we receive are also available User Guides The user guides area links to a resource page providing downloadable versions of any of the Quick Start Guides and User Manuals for Turnitin These documents come in PDF format Training Videos Turnitin training videos allow institutions to reduce training time in the implementation of Turnitin We provide new user videos for all user types as well as in depth videos for specific products Join Account amp Join Account TA The join account and join account TA links allow an instructor to join an additional Turnitin account Turnitin accounts may be separated by the institutional administrator into Departments or Campus level groups Some instructors may need to join multiple departmental or campus accounts or may be employed by multiple institutions Dien METCO hone pate Peste a class click the add a class link To displ Join account join account TA Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 12 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Join Account amp Join Account TA The account ID and account join password for each account are required to add an additional account to an instructor s homepage To add a new section ty
154. sences and late arrival totals show up on the GradeBook main page for all students points grade DW 80ts 20 pts First Student Last Student New Student Second Student Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 102 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section GradeBook Key Exporting from GradeBook An instructor can save an offline copy of the grades entered in the Turnitin GradeBook for a class The GradeBook information can be exported as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet To export GradeBook information click the export tab on the GradeBook menu page This will create the spreadsheet and initiate a download of the GradeBook data to the instructor s computer You have chosen to open gradebook_export xls which is a Excel Spreadsheet from http www turnitin com GradeBook Key Click the key tab to view a visual key explaining the meaning of the asterisks and other indicators that can appear on the GradeBook page for an instructor http www turnitin com GradeBook Key class home students poeorreviow gradebook indicates grade gt totals shown are gt scaled totals indicates point total for e id 290 96 7 this student is incom Jones Jack 280 93 3 plete one or more graded assignments Newman Shelly have not been graded i for this student Patterson Bill Smith Eilean 85 0 Classavera
155. signment name on the class homepage 2 Select cut and paste from the submit a paper by pull down menu File upload is the default submission type for new users em e ae L a aT mil k 3a Select an enrolled student name using submit paper by cut amp paste the pull down menu on the submission page Papers submitted by an instructor author fnon enrolled student on behalf of a student will appear in the eh non enrolled student student portfolio just as ifthe student ame Fie Student firststudents made the submission name Last Student laststudent 3b The instructor may enter the first and last name as a non enrolled student Warning Papers you submit for non enrolled students cannot be graded or marked for paperless return to students 4 Enter the title for the paper This field is required cut and paste your paper 5 Copy and paste the selected text into the text box PT Tip To copy and paste text highlight the cut and paste your paper text to submit in a word processing or text editing program and select copy from the edit menu To transfer the text into the text box on Turnitin click inside the text box of the submission page and select paste from the browser edit menu 6 Click on submit to submit the text The digital receipt will be displayed a Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 28 Ch
156. ssword can be reset via secret question or e mail To reset a password via e mail the user information must contain a valid e mail address Turnitin cannot send password reset information to any other e mail Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 8 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Logging In 1 Go to www turnitin com turnitin 2 Click on Forgot Your Password above the Password field thool edu Password Login 3 Enter the e mail address associated with a Turnitin user profile and click on next do not know the email address associated with your Turn Int consult your instructor or administrator who can advise yo address Please note Turnitin cannot release your email addres wtiances secret question 4a Either select the secret question for the ee user profile and enter the answer in the field provided and click next om Gen ee i ee e a e a me 4b Or if you do not know the secret question answer set for the user profile click the link below labeled click here to have a link to a password reset sent via e mail tone letter and one number for added security 5 On the password reset page you must enter a new password and log into Se er ee Turnitin using the e mail and new ee password for your profile Login Page Forgot Your Password 6 Use the e mail and new password for this lt mail yourschool edul Password
157. structor Handbook Chapter 5 93 Chapter 5 GradeBook Section Point Values Point Values Each assignment in GradeBook carries an assigned point value From the GradeBook an instructor can add a point value to an assignment or adjust the point value for an assignment at any time The GradeBook assignment point value can be overridden by the GradeMark rubric scorecard point value Please see more information under Chapter 4 GradeMark in the Rubric Scorecard section 1 To add or modify the point value of an existing assignment adeBook Grades you enter from within your account are added t 1 Enter the GradeBook for the class 2 Click the grade button beneath an assignment to open the GradeBook assignment page 3 Enter the desired value in the maximum points field 4 Click submit to save the new assignment value Adding Entries Assignments that have been added to Turnitin such as paper assignments peer reviews and revision assignments are automatically assigned a GradeBook entry Any additional entries such as in class exams or presentations must be added manually by the instructor This allows instructors to track and save grades in a single location through Turnitin and automatically return this information to the students on the post dates for the assignments that have been graded Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 5 94 S
158. structor to pose these questions to students Topic questions can include minimum length requirements and may be sorted into categories for organizational purposes To create a topic question and add it to a Peer Review bt To g0 to the next se 1 Enter a topic question in the text box 2 Optional Select a minimum length for the response to this question Student responses must meet or exceed this length 3 Select a category for the topic question This will sort the topic question into the category selected in the question library See Chapter 9 Libraries in this user guide for more information 4 Click add to add the topic question to the assignment Each topic question stacks at the bottom of the browser window in the topic question table 5 Repeat steps 1 4 to add any additional topic questions to the peer review assignment Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 53 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Step 3 Adding Metric Questions Once a topic question has been added to the review the topic question can be revised or deleted by the instructor To revise a topic question click on the green symbol icon to the right of the topic question Click the red X icon to the right of the topic question to delete it from the peer review Deleted topic questions will remain in the topic question library To use a previously created topic quest
159. t a grade will be automatically entered in the grade field when the rubric is completed Emailing Students The instructor can open a mail window in the default mail client for the computer by clicking on the name of the student under the paper title For more information on default mail clients please use the help file for the web browser Submitted 09 18 07 Last Saved 09 18 0 Similarity _ by Student New Final Grade ou Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 88 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Student View Mode Student View Mode To view the paper as the student will see it access the View menu and select Student Mode The GradeMark interface will change to display the student user interface Return to the instructor access by using the View menu once more and selecting Instructor Mode Close All Comments yone tells some lies even people like Aunt Polly a Imma of how he and Tom got six thousand doll Student Mode Paper Oniy Meda Afickas money and invested it with a dollaro Huck now lives with the Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson Printing The GradeMark interface is not designed to be printed from the primary GradeMark screen To print a paper with a full comment list and any rubric information use the print icon or open the File menu pull down in the GradeMark window and select Print from the list of options
160. t from http www turnitin com Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 12 154 turnitin Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 13 Glossary Updated October 16 2007 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 13 155 Chapter 13 Glossary Definitions account a Turnitin account allows instructors to use products purchased from Turnitin account ID the numeric identification number for a specific account or sub account account join password an account specific password which allows instructors to self join an account when used in conjunction with the account ID active students the number of unique student users enrolled in at least one active class on an account or accounts The Active student counts do not measure as duplicates any students who are joined to more than one course using the same student user profile administrator the controller of a specific Turnitin account This user type is able to activate or deactivate products on an account change account settings and add Or remove instructors from account access assignment Submissions to a class on Turnitin are made to an assignment Each assignment can allow only a single submission per student user who is enrolled in the class announcements toolbar announcements from Turnitin are available on
161. t allows a user to reset their password immediately through the Forgot your Password link on the Turnitin website The secret question is selected from a list during user profile creation and the user enters an answer The answer is case sensitive and may or may not include spacing Different capitalization or spacing when answering the secret question will result in rejection of the password reset attempt Secure Socket Layer A security protocol available on many web browsers Secure Socket Layer comes in version 2 0 and 3 0 The standard acronym for Secure Socket Layer encryption is SSL SSL connection to Turnitin is available by clicking on the lock icon to the right of the login button on the main page at www turnitin com or by connecting directly to SSL at https www turnitin com section class a subsection of the master class that is assigned to a particular Teaching Assistant TA on Turnitin single source Originality Report a view mode of the Originality Report where the user selects a specific source of matching or similar text to view Only sources from the specific match will be highlighted on the Originality Report in the submission Since multiple sources can be found for Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 164 Chapter 13 Glossary many similarities or matches this may allow a user to dig down to determine a prima
162. tarted Section Introduction 1 Go to www turnitin com turnitin 2 Click on New Users above the login area password New Users on the top right corner of the webpage I nonin ic select whether you will be using the service as an instructor or a 3 Select instructor from the are you a student or instructor drop down menu selact usin and click on Next instructor ire you a student or instructor Turnitin account elass ID o sd 4 Enter the account ID number and Turnitin join password 4 account join password for the institutional account and click on Next 5 Enter the e mail address to use as the login for Turnitin and click on Next 6 Select a password for logging in The password must be six to twelve E ee characters including at least one letter and one number The password is case sensitive Click on Next to continue s prai G enter your passw Question What is your favorite book 7 Select a secret question from the pull een down menu and enter the answer This answer is case sensitive Click on Next to continue Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 1 6 Chapter 1 Getting Started Section Logging In your first name English your last name and notices 8 Enter the user first name and last name before clicking on Next Personal and noncommercial use limitation Q To continue using Turni
163. tem bar The user preferences available are e default user type select from student instructor or administrator this will be the user home page seen when the user logs in e default submission type select a default submission type which determines which type of submission page is shown automatically for an instructor clicking on the submit icon in Turnitin e activate quick submit select yes to turn quick submit on refer to Chapter 10 for information on quick submit e items per page select the number of items from a list of students submissions or assignments to display per page on Turnitin e file download format select the default format for files downloaded from Tur nitin the options available are original format PDF format or let me choose each time e show page info choose yes to display page information at the top of each page which contains helpful information for each user e send me e mail updates choose yes to receive e mail updates from Turnitin e use homepage link choose yes to create a homepage link to set up a link enter a link name and URL in the fields below this option this provides a link to a homepage for the user Note If any changes were made to the user profile the instructor must click on submit in the top right corner to save the changes Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 11 149 Chapter 11 Preferences a
164. text e green one word to 24 matching text e yellow 25 49 matching text e orange 50 74 matching text e red 75 100 matching text Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 40 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Introduction A Warning These indices do not reflect Turnitin s assessment of whether a paper has or has not been plagiarized Originality Reports are simply a tool to help an instructor find sources that contain text similar to submitted papers The decision to deem any work plagiarized must be made carefully and only after in depth examination of both the submitted paper and suspect sources in accordance with the standards of the class and institution where the paper was submitted Viewing Originality Reports The Originality Report can be viewed in one of four modes These modes allow users to view and sort the information contained in the Originality Report in ways better Suited to their needs The four modes for viewing an Originality Report are e cumulative view show highest matches together mode A list of all areas of the paper which have similarity to information in the Turnitin database Matches are color coded and listed from highest to lowest percentage of matching word area to the submission Only the top or best matches are shown all underlying matches are visible on the single source mode single source show match
165. the number of Originality Reports and if available GradeMark digitally graded papers that can be generated Inline comment GradeMark a comment typed directly onto the student submission by the instructor while reviewing the student work The color of inline comments may be selected by the instructor institutional account this type of Turnitin account is designed for an institutional location and can be separated into sub accounts at the departmental level Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 160 Chapter 13 Glossary instructor the term used for teachers tutors or other student assisting users added or authorized to join as instructors on a specific Turnitin account A single person may be joined to multiple Turnitin accounts or sub accounts using one user profile or separate user profiles Users may fill more than One user type role on Turnitin internet archive Turnitin s web database includes inactive or no longer available web pages and copies of pages that have changed over time This allows Turnitin to search against information that is no longer available or which has changed over time items per page a user info page preference that allows users to determine the number of items from any list they wish to see per page on Turnitin knowledge base The knowledge base is an area we Nave created for our users t
166. the messages link from the user toolbar on the main user pages These announcements are only sent by Turnitin Instructor announcements are made via the calendar Section Definitions announcements calendar The Turnitin calendar area of classes allows an announcement link to be added by the instructor to notify students of important information available active students the number of student users available on an account This number is the difference between the active student and student limit numbers for an account browser the web browser is the program used to view or access the internet or Turnitin This program is on the user computer Turnitin currently supports PC Windows XP 2000 Me 98 NT Internet Explorer 5 5 and higher Netscape 7 0 and higher Mozilla Firefox Mac OS X 9 Safari 1 0 and higher Netscape 7 0 and higher Mozilla Firefox class to allow students to submit files an instructor must create a class for their students A class requires a name a class ID and a class enrollment password class calendar the class calendar page allows instructors to post announcements notes and holidays as well as automatically displaying the assignment start and due dates for a class Instructors can post a syllabus through the link on this page for quick reference by students in the class class ID a unique numeric identification number for a specific class created by an instructor o
167. tin the user This weh site is for vour nersonal and noncommercial use Yaou must click on J agree to access Turnitin I disagree cancel profile Tagree create profile 10 To go directly to Turnitin click on log in to Turnitin The user may also decide log in to Turnitin start wizard to click on start wizard to access the class and assignment creation wizard 11a If the user has clicked on Log in to Turnitin the instructor homepage is shown and the user can continue to Creating a Class rnroll in the class e s you create and submit papers to assignme n Please enter a name for your first class 11b If using the class and assignment creation wizard is being used follow enter your class name American Literature the instructions to complete a quick class and assignment for immediate eee eel 4 previous next gt use Logging In To begin using Turnitin you must first log in During login a cookie will be set on your web browser to allow Turnitin to authorize your access during use of the site Please ensure that the web browser program you are using will allow the cookie to be set by our site www turnitin com Please refer to the help or support information for your web browser for more information on allowing cookies If the instructor is logging into a profile using a temporary password received via e mail the system will require a confirmation of the user information New users must also set a personal password
168. ting Started Section Viewing Papers submit button allows an instructor to begin submitting a paper or papers to this assignment delete download and move to these buttons perform the selected action on papers which have a check mark added in the box to the left of the author name Inbox for Assign 1 Personal Essay 1st draft page if there is more than one page to an assignment inbox click on the page number to move between the pages of the assignment inbox and view the Submissions on the pages LEJO 8 Oe Viewing Papers Every paper submitted to an assignment can be viewed online To view a paper through the Turnitin web site without saving a copy to the computer the instructor Simply needs to click on the name of the paper under the tit e column of the assignment inbox This will open the paper in a new window with the submission and student information as well as the text of the paper Downloading Papers The instructor may also download and save papers submitted to an assignment Instructors may download papers one by one or in a zip file Instructors on an account with the GradeMark or Peer Review products active may also select whether to download a PDF version of the submission or the original file format Downloading papers one at a time 1 Click on the icon under the file column for the paper to download 2 If available For Peer Review and GradeMark accounts a pop up window prompts the
169. to assist in identification of Suspected individual cases of plagiarism Turnitin plagiarism prevention works even more powerfully when used as a deterrent Students aware that the works submitted will come under effective scrutiny are more likely to produce original work and pay greater attention to the standards of citation and quotation Originality Reports Originality Reports provide a summary of matching or highly similar text found in a submitted paper When an Originality Report is available for viewing an icon will appear in the report column of the assignment inbox Originality Reports that have not yet finished generating are represented by a grayed out icon in the reports column Reports that are not available may not have generated yet or assignment settings may be delaying the generation of the report author Third Student Frederick Jackson Turner doc Non Enrolled Studen Jake s paper second student First Paper Student Non Enrolle Submission Check Note Overwritten or resubmitted papers may not generate a new Originality Report for a full twenty four hours This delay is automatic and allows resubmissions to correctly generate without matching to the previous draft The color of the report icon indicates the overall similarity index of the paper based on the amount of matching or similar text that was uncovered The percentage range is 0 to 100 The possible similarity indices are e blue no matching
170. to the right Question marks are used to represent a paper that the students can select from the available papers during the peer review enrolled students papers assigned New Student First Student Click submit to save and add the review The peer review will stack beneath the assignment it is based on in the class homepage for instructors and will appear on the class portfolio page for students Step 4b Delayed Automatic Distribution A Warning Once the peer review start date and time has arrived all papers in the parent assignment except those locked will be distributed to students for peer review No additional submissions can be added to the peer review after that distribution time Once information has been entered in a single peer review by a single student the peer review assignment becomes locked and cannot be updated or modified and no new papers can be distributed If all submissions have already been made use method 4a If students have not completed submissions in the assignment the peer review is based on the instructor can still determine how papers will be distributed Papers will be distributed to the specifications selected on the start date and time of the peer review Note Because papers will be distributed on the peer review start date this date should come after the original assignment s due date This will ensure that students have had the opportunity to submit their papers before the peer review i
171. to the user if the request is being granted No student papers are made available to another user within the Turnitin system via this request Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 2 41 Chapter 2 Plagiarism Prevention Section Originality Report Contents To open an Originality Report click on the icon in the report column The Originality Report will open in a new window If the new window does not appear the user may need to add turnitin com to the list of sites allowed to create pop up windows on the web browser the instructor is using Jake s paper pph doc 50213364 09 04 First Paper F gt cot 50212724 09 04 submission Check UA doc 50211605 09 04 Originality Report Contents The Originality Report is separated into three main areas in the default view These default areas are e paper information the top of the report page shows information about the submitted paper This includes the paper title the submitting user profile name information the word count and date of the Originality Report creation e paper text the extracted text only version of the submitted paper Matching text is highlighted in a color that corresponds to the matching source listed on the right side of the Originality Report e matching source the list of matching sources for the highlighted areas of the paper text to the left Paper Information ID 42336631 Word
172. to use Turnitin to spot check submissions and have these papers in electronic format Quick submit should not be used if the instructor desires to have students submit their own papers or plans on using Peer Review GradeMark or GradeBook Accessing Quick Submit Quick submit must be activated by an instructor before it can be used Quick submit is activated on the user preferences page To activate quick submit the instructor first clicks on the user info link on the instructor homepage lie user Info user pe logout messages On the preferences page the instructor must use the activate quick submit pull down menu and select yes Clicking on submit will save this preference change sonal information instructor sitve must contain 6 12 characters st one letter and one number The quick submit tab will appear on the instructor homepage The quick submit inbox is available by clicking on this tab naccount Submitting Papers The instructor can now upload papers for submission in this inbox To begin the Submission process click on submit in the top right corner of the quick submit inbox quick submit inbox for Your Institution Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 10 146 Chapter 10 Quick Submit Section Quick Submit The first step of submission is selecting the databases that the submitted paper or papers will be c
173. tructors to easily enable students to submit multiple drafts of the same submission to different assignments Revision assignments like regular assignments only allow one paper per student to be Submitted rubric scorecard GradeMark a scorecard which allows instructors to easily grade students based on a scaled assessment of the Submission meeting certain criteria set for an assignment The rubric scorecard automatically totals a grade for the submission based on the boxes checked on the scorecard rubrics peer review a set of basic editing marks or comments available for student or instructor use on a peer review assignment Rubrics for a peer review must be selected on the assignment the review is based on Some rubrics for peer review are provided by Turnitin Instructors may also create their own peer review rubrics scale GradeMark A series of descriptors by which a student s Submission is categorized on a rubric scorecard Default scale entries are headed Poor Fair and Good Scale headings are customized by instructors creating or editing a rubric scorecard Descriptions can be entered for instructor guidance at every point Section Definitions where a criterion meets a scale Ex The description where the Grammar criterion intersects with the Good scale may indicate Above average understanding of word usage secret question and answer the secret question and answer se
174. u at the top and select writing review assignment tA AAP Againn ee anclanmant 4 Barearnal Peeaw Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 65 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Reading Reviews from a Student s Class Portfolio To create a writing review 3 Select the paper assignment that the based on paper assignment assignment 1 Person writing review will be associated with iti 4 Enter the additional information optional Writing review title optional Point value applies to point value GradeBook users only P a3 x Assignment start due and post dates optional Additional assignment O ate Sep il2s l 2007 Hn at 12 5 Click submit to add the writing review to the class homepage The writing review assignment will stack beneath the assignment it is associated with Students submit to the writing review assignment in the same way any normal paper Submission would be made using Turnitin Note Originality Reports are not generated on submissions made to writing reviews If the instructor user needs Originality Reports a normal Turnitin assignment or a revision assignment should be used Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 66 POS ae ana a Sian as Dot WO Sosy a IJA ULL XRD A i f eee an STOR fo K AAS j iff YW Cf UI NNA yY A j P
175. uctor must refresh the view of the quick submit inbox for the icons to appear if a report has generated while the instructor is viewing the quick submit inbox The quick submit inbox works just like an assignment inbox For more information on organizing or using a quick submit inbox please refer to the assignment inbox information in Chapter 1 of this manual Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 10 147 POS ae ana a Sian as AJOL Ka AND ALD K M lwe i U Land O Um LMAO NUNON l UE ARO k rm MNO aK ud A tyre j Vv Ms A J acim ae i AMA hg LA QD VM H AV OAN AS 0 turnitin Turnitin Instructor User Manual Chapter 11 Preferences amp Notifications Updated October 24 2007 Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 9 148 Chapter 11 Preferences amp Notifications Section Introduction Introduction There are two preference types available to Turnitin instructors user preferences and class preferences User preferences apply to the instructor s user profile including default login views Class preferences are specific to each class and apply only within the class to the assignments and student users in the class User Preferences An instructor can view the current user preferences by clicking on the user info button on the sys
176. uickMark set containing the mark s to copy or move Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Section Creating QuickMark symbols y QuickMarks raph or sentence is very rewriting to clarify the Turnitin Instructor Handboo Chapter 4 77 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Creating QuickMark symbols To move or copy a mark between QuickMark sets 3 Select the check boxes to the left ofthe ff aera symbol name of the marks to moveor Nor wordy inform copy ation 4 Select the set to move or copy the marks to from the Move to or Copy to pull Pore down menu iut uninformative TiS paragraph or sentg it uninformative and could Uet err co clarify the 5 The checked marks will be moved or copied to the selected QuickMark set A Warning Instructors may only add delete move copy or edit QuickMark sets and marks that they own QuickMark sets with a gold lock icon to the right of the set name cannot be modified and are provided by Turnitin or the account administrator Rubric Scorecards Rubric scorecards can be used to evaluate student work based on defined criteria and scales The rubric scorecards can be created by the account administrator and Shared to all instructors on an account Instructors can also create and share rubric scorecards allowing other instructors to upload the rubric scorecard to their classes To create a rubric scorecard 1 Click on the To
177. use the show replies as pull down menu and select threaded view efit reply delete When viewing a discussion using the threaded view only the top response of each thread is shown For example if the discussion has this structure Topic 1 First response to topic 1 1 Response to reply 1 2 Second response to topic 2 1 First response to 2 2 2 Second response to 2 the threaded view will appear as Topic 1 First response to topic 2 Second response to topic Additional replies will be accessible by clicking on the replies link for the selected response The user can drill further down opening additional layers of the thread by following the reply links To go back up a level the user can click on the thread title This will return the view to the level that was clicked Viewing Replies by User Replies can be sorted by user via use of the show replies pull down menu To only view responses from a specific student user select the name of the student from the pull down menu Student users can also view their own responses by selecting their own name from the menu Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 7 118 Chapter 7 Discussion Boards Section Sorting Replies flat view with ne Instructor English Name Your R M replies Sorting Replies Replies on a discussion board can be sorted by status author reply number date poste
178. vered The inline comment can be moved by clicking and dragging the comment to a new location on the page Releasing the mouse will affix the inline comment to the page in the new location QuickMark Standard Editing Marks The QuickMark standard editing mark is a commonly used or standard editing mark that instructors can utilize when editing and grading papers The number and type of the QuickMark marks added to each paper in an assignment is tracked by the Statistics assessment tool available under the Tools menu These marks are stored in sets found in the QuickMark library The sets are added to a student paper from the QuickMark palette The GradeMark system automatically provides four QuickMark sets consisting of commonly used editing marks and Standard corrections Instructors can use these sets create sets of their own access a set passed down from the Turnitin account administrator upload a set provided by another teacher or draw from a combination of sets Adding a QuickMark set to the palette 1 Click on the Tools menu and select QuickMark Library 2 Click on the name of the set to add to the palette Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 4 74 Chapter 4 GradeMark Section Inline Comments Adding a QuickMark set to the palette 3 Click the Add to Palette button in the upper right corner of the set viewing Add to Palette
179. want to add a mark to a paper See answer is saved by clicking submit Adding Marks below 7 To answer metric questions click the radio button under the numbers column to give the paper a rating for PENNIES the criteria listed To place comment Saar ed ee numbering marks or peer review rubric marks to a review see Adding Marks in this chapter this paper using the following criteria 8 Click submit to save the metric answers The peer review is now completed Adding Marks An instructor is able to add marks to a paper during the review process The marks can then be referenced within the responses to the topic questions This can help enhance the points made in the topic responses A rubric mark can also be associated with the mark to provide more in depth information For more information on rubrics refer to the Rubric Library section of Chapter 9 Libraries A rubric set must be associated with the assignment for rubrics to be available Please refer to Creating an Assignment in Chapter 1 Getting Started for more information Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Instructor Handbook Chapter 3 62 Chapter 3 Peer Review Section Changing or Adding a Rubric Adding a mark to a paper in Peer Review 1 Optional While answering a question in the peer review select a rubric to associate with the mark from the active rubric pull down menu If no rubric was no rubri
180. website user type Turnitin has three available user types A single user profile may have access to all three user types to fulfill different functions The user types Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handboo Chapter 13 166 Chapter 13 Glossary Section Definitions are administrator instructor and student view mode Originality Report the Originality Report can be viewed in multiple modes by users These modes allow users to access the information presented in the Originality Report in the mode that most usefully presents the information of any matching or Similar text in the comparison of the submitted work to the Turnitin databases in use for a specific assignment writing review assignment a writing review assignment is based on another assignment The purpose of the writing review typically is to encourage students to self assess the writing process in the previous assignment Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handbook Chapter 13 167 Chapter 13 Glossary Section Definitions Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handbook Chapter 13 168
181. wnloading a copy of account statistics in a Microsoft Excel format to a user s computer feature a part or aspect of a specific product such as discussion boards which are a feature of the Turnitin product as a whole general comment GradeMark a general comment is created by an instructor reviewing a submission using the GradeMark digital assessment product on Turnitin The general comment is not linked to a specific area of the paper Copyright 1998 2007 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Turnitin Administrator Handbook Chapter 13 159 Chapter 13 Glossary GradeBook a product which allows instructors to place grades on student submissions to Turnitin Tracks and calculates grades for students across multiple assignments as well as providing statistics for the class or assignments for the instructor GradeMark a digital grading product offered by Turnitin which allows instructors to place comments and QuickMark editing marks on a submission for students to review This product also includes standardized rubric scorecards and the ability to share QuickMark standard editing marks and rubric scorecards between instructors on an account via export or via administrators using the libraries sharing feature of the GradeMark digital grading product graph GradeBook the graph feature in GradeBook allows an instructor or student user to view class or student performance ina number of diffe

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