Turnitin and Blackboard
Topic Overview
Turnitin is an internet-based plagiarism-detection service. Essays are submitted to Turnitin website, which checks the documents originality. The results can be used to detect plagiarism or in formative exercises help students learn how to avoid plagiarism and improve their writing.
Documentation from Turnitin
Turnitin provides documentation for instructors on how to create, manage, and grade assignments in Blackboard. It also provides documentation for students on how to create submissions and view feedback.
ITS-Created Documentation
The following links point to additional documentation on how to use Turnitin with example screenshots from our Blackboard environment and to other Turnitin-relevant resources at Syracuse.Â
Creating a Turnitin Assignment
Retrieving Student Turnitin Assignments
Submitting Turnitin Assignments- Students
Viewing Instructor Comments on Turnitin Assignments
Interpreting Turnitin Originality Report
Viewing Originality Report on a Turnitin Submitted Paper - Students