On March 3rd, a Turnitin workshop was presented by our high school librarian, Terese Brennan, as part of a professional development faculty meeting.
Turnitin, a software, CCS HS Library purchased, as a teaching tool to help students understand and avoid plagiarism, has the following three features: OriginalityCheck, GradeCheck, and PeerMark. The OriginalityCheck is the feature that checks a student’s paper against a database of sources to see how much of the paper is original and how much may be plagiarized. The student is able to see a color-coded list of where his/her paper matches information from the sources in the Turnitin databases. The student then has the opportunity to make correction to the paper and to re-submit it. The GradeCheck is the feature the teacher can use to make correction to the paper and then the student can view it and download the paper with a list of corrections that need to be made. The student is able to read a definition of the editing suggestion a teacher makes to the paper. The PeerMark is the last features and enables students to peer review other students’ papers. Currently the first two features have been used, but as of yet, the third feature has not. Jason Sutliff participated in the presentation, as he was able to illustrate the practical classroom application of his students using this software. Using his students papers, we were able to illustrate the first two features, so that our attendants could see Turnitin in action.
Turnitin, a software, CCS HS Library purchased, as a teaching tool to help students understand and avoid plagiarism, has the following three features: OriginalityCheck, GradeCheck, and PeerMark. The OriginalityCheck is the feature that checks a student’s paper against a database of sources to see how much of the paper is original and how much may be plagiarized. The student is able to see a color-coded list of where his/her paper matches information from the sources in the Turnitin databases. The student then has the opportunity to make correction to the paper and to re-submit it. The GradeCheck is the feature the teacher can use to make correction to the paper and then the student can view it and download the paper with a list of corrections that need to be made. The student is able to read a definition of the editing suggestion a teacher makes to the paper. The PeerMark is the last features and enables students to peer review other students’ papers. Currently the first two features have been used, but as of yet, the third feature has not. Jason Sutliff participated in the presentation, as he was able to illustrate the practical classroom application of his students using this software. Using his students papers, we were able to illustrate the first two features, so that our attendants could see Turnitin in action.
-authored by Terese Brennan
