Turnitin is a tool you can use to help identify and reduce plagiarism in your courses.  It compares your students' work with a database of over 929 million archived student papers, 67 billion web pages, and 178 million journal articles and subscription content sources, then generates a Similarity Report for your review.

There are two easy ways to start using Turnitin at Assumption:

1. Through Brightspace (recommended method): 
   If your course has a Brightspace site, you can create a Turnitin assignment there that you can see the results for. For questions about Turnitin through Brightspace, please submit an IT Help Desk ticket at https://houndhelp.assumption.edu
2. Directly through the Turnitin.com website: 
   For this option, you’ll need to contact Kate Bejune via library@assumption.edu. She will set you up as an instructor in Turnitin.com, which will send you a temporary login via e-mail.  You can then access the site to upload your students’ papers directly. You may also enroll your students so they can submit assignments.

NOTE: In addition, every student has a Turnitin course on their Brightspace page, where they can submit anonymously for any class, and get feedback that they alone, can view.

Self-evaluation -- Turnitin allows students to evaluate their own work for potential plagiarism prior to submitting it. Send them here for more info.

Peer review -- Turnitin offers an opportunity for you to have students review each others' work as part of the editing process.

Grademark -- Turnitin allows you to grade papers and add comments for your students directly online.

Assessment -- Turnitin allows you to create and apply rubrics for use in evaluation and assessment.

For more information, visit Turnitin.com, or contact Kate Bejune in the Library at library@assumption.edu