Have you heard about Turnitin yet? It is recognized worldwide as the standard in online plagiarism prevention. turnitin's products stimulate originality in student work, improve student writing and research skill, and save valuable instructor time. Turnitin makes it easy to identify students who submit unoriginal work, and it is a powerful deterrent to stop plagiarism before it starts.

Where do I begin?

Turnitin is available in Blackboard. In a course, choose a Content Area, click the Add Interactive Tool button, and choose Turnitin Assignment. Follow the instructions. Remember to tell your students where you put the assignment link - his is where they will submit their paper. Instrucrors can view submitted papers and check the originalty reports right in Blackboard's Grade Center.

How does it work?

All work submitted to Turnitin is checked in a matter of minutes against three constantly growing databases of content: : a current and extensively archived copy of the publicly accessible Internet (more than 5 billion pages updated at a rate of 40 million pages per day); millions of published works, including the ProQuest library research databases, tens of thousands of electronic books, and millions of student papers from around the world already submitted to Turnitin (including those by Iona students).

Is it hard to submit papers and see if they’ve been plagiarized?

No, it is a very easy procedure. You can submit papers by uploading files where you think duplication has occurred or you can submit all the papers. You can even have students submit their own papers electronically to Turnitin. An “originality report” is sent back to you, highlighting text that matches the databases mentioned above and indicating the source.

Students

Students should contact their professor, or visit the Help Desk in Ryan Library if they have questions or problems with submitting papers to Turnitin.