Turnitin is an online plagiarism detection service available to CSUCI faculty. Turnitin works by matching documents submitted by faculty or students against its own database of similarly worded documents. A color-coded system assesses the “originality” of the documents submitted. Turnitin's database is constantly updated, and includes articles from online databases (like Academic Search Premiere), online paper mills and the Internet.
Accessing Turnitin
The Turnitin service may be accessed one of two ways: Faculty may create Turnitin assignments in BlackBoard, where student work will be automatically assessed for plagiarism by Turnitin, or faculty may submit non-BlackBoard assignments/documents directly to Turnitin for plagiarism assessment.
Creating a Turnitin Assignment in BlackBoard
The handout link below will assist instructors in creating a Turnitin assignment in BlackBoard.
(About_Turnitin.doc) ( MS Word)
To submit non-BlackBoard assignments/documents directly to Turnitin, or if you have additional questions, please contact Debi Hoffmann debra.hoffmann@csuci.edu at 437-2701.
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