it may highlight 'false positives', eg standard discipline-specific phrases, common sentences which - although not original -В probably would not be considered plagiarism, or where a student has made a genuine mistake in referencing.it will not detect similarities in graphical materials, such as diagrams, images or equations.it only checks against selected electronic sources (not printed books).results need to be interpreted by academic staff with subject expertise.While Turnitin has a number of benefits, staff also need to bear in mind a range of considerations and limitations, which include: It is integrated with Blackboard, so itВ can be easily incorporated in an online submission and marking workflow.It can play a part in helping to deter and detect plagiarism, and provides a systematic, quick and easy way for staff to identify matching text.It can support academic integrity, helping students to improve their writing, and reinforcing appropriate ways to use and cite source material.Turnitin also includes Feedback Studio (previously called Grademark) for online marking andВ Peermark for peer review.

For further information on academic integrity see the University policy on academic integrity. It is most effectively used as part of an overall strategy for supporting academic integrity, including for example -В raising student awareness, supporting development of study skills, and considering what forms of assessment may reduce opportunities for plagiarism.

The system can alsoВ be used formatively to help students develop their academic writing. Once matching text has been flagged up by the system, academicВ staff can then determine if the content has been used inappropriately. A similarity report is automatically produced, which highlights any text matching a source in the database and provides links to the sources of these matches. When assignments are submitted to Turnitin, the text is compared with sources in the Turnitin database, which include websites, online journals, newspapers and e-books, as well as student work submitted either at Bristol or other institutions. Turnitin is a text-comparison system which is available through Blackboard. You can also view Turnitin's own service status and opt to subscribe to their status updates at. The Digital Education Office monitors Turnitin service status and will notify our users, via the Digital Education Office blog, of any planned maintenance, or when significant disruption is occurring. Unfortunately, however, there has been some recent service disruption. Turnitin have informed us that they 'are committed to delivering reliable and consistent service to our customers across the globe who are now faced with new and unprecedented challenges.' ( ). *** Turnitin service status during Covid-19 ***

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