Turnitin is now available within
Moodle Assignment to support Similarity
Checking and Similarity Reports on assignments
using this Activity.
Note that
- Turnitin must be enabled for each Moodle
Assignment: it is not active by
default.
- Turnitin requires that assignment
submissions comply with Turnitin
- File
Acceptance Considerations. If your
assignment's file submission format does
not meet these requirements, it is most
likely not compatible with Turnitin
Similarity Checking. Consult with LEAD if
in doubt.
To setup a Moodle Assignment in
general, please refer to the article Setting
up Moodle
Assignments for Grading and
Feedback.
Moodle Assignment with Turnitin Similarity
Checking
In order to enable Turnitin
Similarity Checking within Moodle Assignment,
navigate to
the Settings tab of a
newly set up Moodle Assignment and navigate to
and expand
the Turnitin plagiarism plugin
settings section. This
section is also available in the set up screen
when setting up a new Moodle assignment.
To activate Turnitin for the
assignment,
select Yes from the Enable Turnitin dropdown.
From here, an option to Display Similarity Reports to
Students is made
available. This allows you to display
Turnitin Similarity Reports to student
users.
This is set to No by default
(students do not see their Similarity
Report).
Select Yes from
the
dropdown menu if you wish to share the
Similarity Report generated by Turnitin
with
students.
To set up Quickmark
Manager click on
the Launch Quickmark
Manager link available
just underneath the Turnitin
plagiarism plugin
settings heading.
The following settings are set by
default and locked at the Moodle site
level.
Note that like Turnitin
Assignment, Turnitin in Moodle Assignment
will restrict the File Types and Formats
that may be accepted. For further details,
see the article Turnitin
- File
Acceptance Considerations. This
setting cannot be changed.
The following settings can be
updated based on your assignment requirement
preferences.
Recommendation:
Where possible, retain the default setting
of Similarity Report Generation
Speed is set to Generate reports on due date
(students can resubmit until due
date). Avoid changing this
setting once the assignment has been
created, and more importantly do not
change the setting after any assignment
has been submitted.
If you wish to attach a rubric
or
set up a new rubric - there are options to
both Attach a rubric to this
assignment or Launch
Rubric
Manager. Students
will be able to view attached rubrics and
their content priori submitting their
assignment.
Once complete, click
on Save and return to
course button on the base
of the screen.