What is Turnitin?
Turnitin is a program that checks student work for plagiarism. Turnitin has partnered with Otus to integrate their plagiarism detection within our rubric assessments. This feature is only available to those within a district that have active Turnitin subscriptions. If you are an administrator wanting to learn more about Turnitin, click HERE.
Assigning a Rubric Assessment with Turnitin
Step 1: Click Assign either from the rubric itself or from the drafts page.
Step 2: Select your desired assessment settings (classes, groups, due date, availability windows, instructions, and any other settings).
Step 3: To enable the Turnitin feature, check the box "Submit Attachment to Turnitin."
- Make sure to check certain boxes if you want to exclude specific elements of the turned in document from being reviewed for plagiarizing.
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Grading a Rubric with Turnitin Enabled
There will be a Turnitin column on the grading page.
There are three possible statuses for this column.
- The Spinner - this means that Turnitin is still processing the document. Make sure to refresh your browser or check back later.
- A Percentage - this is the match percentage Turnitin detected. The percentages are color coded:
- A Triangle - this indicates that the document has been processed, but there are multiple student attachments to the rubric. You can select on Checked by Turnitin to see the percentage.
Clicking on a student will show you the individual grading view, where you can find the percentage at the top of the page.
Clicking on the percentage from either the whole-class grading page or the individual grading page will take you to the Turnitin website to view the document.
