TurnItIn

First, familiarize yourself with the basic premise of how TurnItIn works. Note: The videos below do not function in Firefox 7: 

Overview video (5 mins.)
Overview presentation (PPT)

TurnItIn comes with several tools:

TurnItIn also offers this interactive tutorial to help you learn how to use GradeMark in a safe demonstration environment. Simply read the text of the tutorial paper that has already been uploaded and follow the directions provided. The tutorial will guide you through an exercise in leaving various types of comments and highlights. When you're done, just close the tutorial window.

Now that you are familiar with TurnItIn, choose your desired how-to resources depending on how you wish to use the software -- via ANGEL or via the TurnItIn website.

Using the Software Via ANGEL

Instructors may create TurnItIn Assignments within ANGEL. These also allow the instructor to give personalized feedback. No special account set-up is necessary due to the integration between TurnItIn and NNU's ANGEL system.

Note: Where some resources refer to ANGEL's Lessons tab, NNU has renamed it the Content tab.

Creating a TurnItIn Assignment within ANGEL (5 mins.)
Viewing Originality Reports within ANGEL (3 mins.)
Downloading and Grading Papers in ANGEL (5 mins.)
Handling 100% Matches (PDF)
TurnItIn and ANGEL Manual for Instructors (PDF)

Using the Software Via the TurnItIn Website

• Students may check their own papers before submitting them in class. The instructor must first create a Class area on the site, then give a password to students.
• Instructors may set up Assignments that students must specifically complete using the software. The instructor first sets up the Class area, then creates Assignment areas within it. Again, students receive a password to access this area.
• Instructors may check one suspicious paper at a time, using the QuickSubmit feature.

Guides
Instructor QuickStart (PDF)
Instructor Full Manual (PDF)

Narrated Tutorials 
Creating a Class Area (2 mins.)
Adding Students to a Class (2 mins.)
Creating an Assignment (4 mins.)
Submitting Papers for Your Students (3 mins.)
 Using the Assignment Inbox (1 min.)
Viewing an Originality Report (3 mins.)

Illustrated Tips 
Creating a Class
Creating an Assignment
Handling 100% Matches
Analyzing One or Two Papers
More

Getting Started via TurnItIn.com (not through ANGEL)
Faculty and adjuncts desiring to use the plagiarism-detection software through TurnItIn.com may request a TurnItIn account by contacting E-Learning Services (elearning@nnu.edu or by filling out a help request at help.nnu.edu). Once the request has been processed, you will receive an e-mail from the TurnItIn help desk containing a temporary password. Go to TurnItIn.com and login with your NNU e-mail address and the temporary password. Be sure to update your user profile with a password you can remember.

Instructor Training

Training is available in several ways:

Online Demo - TurnItIn offers free 45-minute webinars several times each week; visit the TII webinar schedule for details.

Learning Opportunities - Face-to-face workshops are usually held at the beginning of a semester. 

 Consultation - A member of the E-Learning Services team can meet with you in your office or ours to provide one-on-one assistance. Contact E-Learning services, to request a consultation by visiting help.nnu.edu and filling out a new help request.

Instructor Troubleshooting

If you have questions or technical difficulties, first try the TurnItIn Help Center for Instructors. 

If your question is not answered there, you may contact NNU's Technology and Media Resources (208-467-8111) or the TurnItIn Help Desk.

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If you would like help in spotting weakness in writing with originality, you can submit your papers to TurnItIn before turning them in for class. 

• First, ask for an instructional sheet from either the Academic Support Center or Riley Library.  This instructional sheet contains the course ID number and password you will need to access the submission page for your paper.  
• Once you have that sheet, go to the TurnItIn website to begin the process.  This Self-Check handout will walk you through. See below for training helps.
• If you have questions, please contact Riley Library (library(at)nnu.edu) or the Academic Support Center (Prof. Kathy Burns).

If you are submitting a paper for a class, how you do so will depend on how the instructor sets up assignments - either via ANGEL or via the TurnItIn website.

Note: Where TurnItIn-created resources refer to ANGEL's Lessons tab, NNU has renamed it the Content tab. 

Submitting Papers via ANGEL

Submitting a Paper via ANGEL (5 min. video)
Viewing Originality Reports (2 min. video)
Handling 100% Matches (PDF)
TurnItIn and ANGEL Manual for Students (PDF)

Submitting Papers Via the TurnItIn Website

Guides
 Student QuickStart (PDF) 
Student Full Manual (PDF)

Narrated Tutorials
 Getting Started (2 min. video) 
Adding a New Class (1 min. video) 
Submitting a Paper (2 min. video)
Viewing Originality Reports (2 min. video)

Illustrated Tips
 Finding a Class
Submitting a Paper
Reading an Originality Report
Handling 100% Matches
More tips

Student Troubleshooting

If you have questions or technical difficulties, first try the TurnItIn Help Center for Students. 

If your question is not answered there, you may contact NNU's Technology and Media resources by visiting help.nnu.edu or the TurnItIn Help Desk.

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