No. Turnitin does not check for plagiarism in a piece of work. (What is plagiarism?)
Turnitin does only text matching. Text similarity does not mean one's work is plagiarised. (Turnitin misconceptions)
High percent of similarity does not indicate one's work is plagiarised, and vice versa. (False positive / negative)
Faculty/Instructors must interpret similarity on a case by case basis, and take a decision.
Faculty/Instructors must consider acceptable norms of text similarity.
Turnitin does only text matching. Text similarity does not mean one's work is plagiarised. (Turnitin misconceptions)
High percent of similarity does not indicate one's work is plagiarised, and vice versa. (False positive / negative)
Faculty/Instructors must interpret similarity on a case by case basis, and take a decision.
Faculty/Instructors must consider acceptable norms of text similarity.
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
If you require any live assistance or orientation on how to use Turnitin, please write to us at turnitin@jgu.edu.in
Timings for Library Orientation:
Timings for Library Orientation:
- 9 AM to 12 PM
- 2 PM to 5:30 PM
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Turnitin is a web-based tool for 'text-matching' - identifying documents having similar texts.
Turnitin compares the full-text of a document with the texts of documents indexed in its database, web pages, papers published in journals, online books etc, and produces a detailed 'originality report.' which includes a 'similarity index'.
Also, it is a platform for assignment submission.
Turnitin compares the full-text of a document with the texts of documents indexed in its database, web pages, papers published in journals, online books etc, and produces a detailed 'originality report.' which includes a 'similarity index'.
Also, it is a platform for assignment submission.
The report The use of Turnitin at the University of Oxford: A guide for tutors, examiners and administrators (Education Committee, University of Oxford, 2019-2020) says Turnitin can be used in two modes:
"Formative, which focuses on a tutor or supervisor working with a student to encourage and develop acceptable academic writing and citation skills; or
Summative, which checks a piece of examined work to measure the extent of text matching between the student’s work and other electronic sources. Students do not receive a copy of these Similarity Reports."
You may see the report for more information.
"Formative, which focuses on a tutor or supervisor working with a student to encourage and develop acceptable academic writing and citation skills; or
Summative, which checks a piece of examined work to measure the extent of text matching between the student’s work and other electronic sources. Students do not receive a copy of these Similarity Reports."
You may see the report for more information.
Only JGU faculty members/instructors have control over Turnitin. They will employ it when they want to test the originality of the documents such as assignments, reports, dissertations and papers, submitted by the students.
Faculty members may write to turnitin@jgu.edu.in for account creation, and for training and orientation.
Faculty members may write to turnitin@jgu.edu.in for account creation, and for training and orientation.
See Instructor guide for video tutorials.
The library does not provide Turnitin accounts for students.
Faculties will enroll the students using the JGU mail ID to submit assignments.
Faculty/instructors might ask students send their papers by email and run similarity check.
However, there is high possibility that instructors would ask students to submit papers directly on Turnitin.
This process will require students register with Turnitin. Once this is done, students will get email alerts on assignment submissions.
Students can use the 'class ID' and 'enrollment key' which the instructor will provide to submit papers.
Faculties will enroll the students using the JGU mail ID to submit assignments.
Faculty/instructors might ask students send their papers by email and run similarity check.
However, there is high possibility that instructors would ask students to submit papers directly on Turnitin.
This process will require students register with Turnitin. Once this is done, students will get email alerts on assignment submissions.
Students can use the 'class ID' and 'enrollment key' which the instructor will provide to submit papers.
Write to turnitin@jgu.edu.in for account creation and training.
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
If you require any live assistance or orientation on how to use Turnitin, please write to us at turnitin@jgu.edu.in
Timings for Library Orientation:
Timings for Library Orientation:
- 9 AM to 12 PM
- 2 PM to 5:30 PM
Instructor accounts are only provided to the faculties and their Teaching Assistants.
Step 1: Write a mail to turnitin@jgu.edu.in to create an instructor account.
Step 2: You will receive a welcome mail from Turnitin to set up your account. Follow the instructions mentioned in the mail.
Watch the video guide to understand the procedure.
Step 1: Write a mail to turnitin@jgu.edu.in to create an instructor account.
Step 2: You will receive a welcome mail from Turnitin to set up your account. Follow the instructions mentioned in the mail.
Watch the video guide to understand the procedure.
After setting up the Turnitin account, the instructor can create classes in which they can enroll the students and create assignments.
The instructor can create a Master class and Standard Class.
A master class enables instructors to share the classes with Teaching Assistants (TA) or co-instructors throughout sections. Standard Class can be opted if there aren't any Teaching assistants.
See the video guide to understand the process of creating these classes.
The instructor can create a Master class and Standard Class.
A master class enables instructors to share the classes with Teaching Assistants (TA) or co-instructors throughout sections. Standard Class can be opted if there aren't any Teaching assistants.
See the video guide to understand the process of creating these classes.
If sections of a class are taught by other instructors or by teaching assistants, a class with sections can be created in Turnitin. A top-level master class is created to oversee the section classes. (See)
Most instructor and student activity on Turnitin occurs within the class or classes created by an instructor. (See)
After creating the class, the next step is to create the Assignment.
Please watch the video guide to understand the process of creating an assignment in Turnitin.
Please watch the video guide to understand the process of creating an assignment in Turnitin.
Important Note: When you are creating an assignment, the repository option will be as 'No Repository' by default. Do not change this setting.
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
If you require any live assistance or orientation on how to use Turnitin, please write to us at turnitin@jgu.edu.in
Timings for Library Orientation:
Timings for Library Orientation:
- 9 AM to 12 PM
- 2 PM to 5:30 PM
Originality report shows each of the matches in more detail, including the source(s) that Turnitin has found.
Source |
False positive - high similarity score not because of plagiarism:
- Turnitin may show high similarity to a paper, if draft or other versions of the same paper is already stored in the repositories of Turnitin.
- When one checks similarity of a paper using different accounts, Turnitin may show high similarity.
- There is a possibility that one could have copied from a source which is not indexed by Turnitin.
- One could have copied from sources which are available only in print.
The similarity score is percentage of a paper's content that matches to contents of papers in Turnitin's databases; it is not plagiarism assessment. (Source)
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
If you require any live assistance or orientation on how to use Turnitin, please write to us at turnitin@jgu.edu.in
Timings for Library Orientation:
Timings for Library Orientation:
- 9 AM to 12 PM
- 2 PM to 5:30 PM
If the instructor has selected the 'No Repository' option in the assignment setting, there is no need to delete the paper, as the same will not be deposited in the repository.
How to delete the paper if you have selected 'Standard Repository'?
Step 1: Before deleting a paper, make sure to note down the Author's name, Paper title, Paper ID, and the date the paper was submitted.
Step 2: Select the paper you want to delete, and then select 'Request Permanent Deletion'.
How to delete the paper if you have selected 'Standard Repository'?
Step 1: Before deleting a paper, make sure to note down the Author's name, Paper title, Paper ID, and the date the paper was submitted.
Step 2: Select the paper you want to delete, and then select 'Request Permanent Deletion'.
Important Note: Never select the 'remove from the inbox' option. If you select to remove the paper from inbox, then the paper and its details will not be visible for the instructor to request for permanent deletion.
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
If you require any live assistance or orientation on how to use Turnitin, please write to us at turnitin@jgu.edu.in
Timings for Library Orientation:
Timings for Library Orientation:
- 9 AM to 12 PM
- 2 PM to 5:30 PM
- The library does not provide Turnitin accounts for students.
- Either the faculty / Teaching Assistant will collect the document/assignment by email or will enroll the student in a Turnitin class to submit the assignments.
- Once the faculty registers the mail ID, the student will receive a welcome mail from Turnitin and can use the Class ID and Enrollment Key shared via mail to join the class.
Dr. Ajay Tiwari
- Librarian
- atiwari@jgu.edu.in
- 130 4091846
Arjun K. Dinesh
- Library Trainee
- Arjun.K@jgu.edu.in
- 130
Veineithem Gena
- Trainee
- vgena@jgu.edu.in
- 130
- For how much period should I keep a Turnitin class active?
- How can I check a document on turnitin without creating a turnitin class?
- How can I download all similarity reports in one go?
- How can I download the similarity percentage of all submissions in a class assignment at once?
- How to allow students to check their assignments online on turnitin?
- I want to add my teaching assistant in a course and give access to the turnitin class assignmnet to check student submissions, how to do it?
- Once a submission is saved in the turnitin repository and I delete it from my account, does that get deleted from the repository?
- What are the interpretation of a similarity report?