Turnitin.com

Turnitin.com is a plagiarism detection service available to the faculty at Cal State Fullerton. Students submit their papers electronically, and then Turnitin compares the content of those papers to over a billion other papers and documents. Whenever similarities between a student's paper and an existing document are found, Turnitin highlights those similarities, providing the instructor with an annotated document showing both the student's paper and the original source. This document is called the Originality Report.

Turnitin can be accessed directly through the Turnitin Home Page OR if you are a Blackboard user, you may be interested to know that you can now use Turnitin within Blackboard eliminating the need to create a separate Turnitin account.  This makes it simpler for faculty and students.

For information on Turnitin, please visit the links below.

• Requesting Turnitin Account Information (for non-Blackboard users)
• Getting Started: Online Turnitin Tutorials for Faculty (for non-Blackboard users)
• Video: Using Turnitin Assignments in Blackboard
• Step-by-Step Instructions: Adding Turnitin Assignments in Blackboard
• Video: Reading the Turnitin Originality Report
• Additional Resources for instructors and their students
• Turnitin Training Workshops

Effective plagiarism prevention requires a multi-faceted approach. For information and tips on preventing plagiarism in your classes:

• Visit Turnitin's Research Resources website. This site provides a wealth of useful information for instructors and their students.

• Attend our workshop: Plagiarism Detection Using Turnitin.com

• Visit the resources listed on this page.

Requesting Account Information

Faculty at CSUF who wish to set up a Turnitin.com account can request an account id and password by sending an Email request to sgaitan@fullerton.edu. This information is NOT needed if you plan to use Turnitin within Blackboard. For instructions on using Turnitin within Blackboard, refer to the video or step-by-step instructions for using Turnitin in Blackboard.

To access Turnitin.com, point your Web browser to http://www.turnitin.com/

Getting Started: Online Turnitin Tutorials for Faculty

To set up your Turnitin account and view originality reports from Turnitin.com, please complete the following steps:

1. Create a User Account

2. Start Class Setup Wizard

3. Submit Papers
   
   1. Instructor Submits a Paper and Views the Originality Report
   
   
   2. Student Submits a Paper and Instructor Views the Originality Report. Student submission of papers is the preferred alternative.

Learn how to read Turnitin.com's new and improved Originality Report (7/2005) in this video. The video covers the report's many features.

Resources

• Preventing Plagiarism --online resources for educators and students
• Academic Integrity: Reference for Faculty (CSUF)
• CSUF Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism
• Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism: How to Write an Effective Research Paper
• University Policy Statement on Academic Dishonesty
• Turnitin Instructor Quick Start Demo (flash movie)
• Turnitin Instructor User Guide (pdf)
• Turnitin Student Quick Start Demo (flash movie)
• Turnitin Student User Guide (pdf)
• Using Turnitin Assignments in Blackboard (flash movie)
• Using Turnitin in Blackboard User Guide (pdf)

Companion Tools

• Grademark - a paperless grading tool -- Click here to learn more!
• Using Grademark (flash movie) - a free trial available through Jan 2007

Turnitin Training Workshops

The Faculty Development Center offers a workshop on Plagiarism Prevention which includes hands-on training with Turnitin.com. Participants create an account, submit papers, and read/review originality reports. For a detailed workshop description, please visit http://fdc.fullerton.edu/catalog/turnitin/index.htm.