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What is Turnitin?

Turnitin, is a web-based plagiarism detection service that evaluates the originality of students’ work by comparing their electronic documents to online sources and the Turnitin databases. Turnitin searches for textual matches from current copy and archived copies of publicly accessible Internet pages, including published works, journals, and publications, and a UMass Dartmouth database of previously submitted work.

How Does it Work?

Once a paper has been submitted to the database, an originality report is generated that highlights text matches to other documents. Faculty will then need to review and evaluate the report to determine if plagiarism is present. View a sample originality report.

Faculty Resources

Syllabus Statement

(adapted with permission from University of Massachusetts-Amherst Library)

If you plan to use the Turnitin for assignments in your course, you will need to add one of the following statements to your syllabus.

If you plan to use the Turnitin plagiarism detection services for all assignments in your course, include this paragraph in your syllabus and review it during the first class meeting:

As a condition of continued enrollment in this course, you agree to submit all assignments to the Turnitin services for textual comparison or originality review for the detection of possible plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included in the UMass Dartmouth dedicated databases of assignments at Turnitin. These databases of assignments will be used solely for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism during the grading process and during this term and in the future. Students who do not submit their papers electronically to the selected service will be required to submit copies of the cover page and first cited page of each source listed in the bibliography with the final paper in order to receive a grade on the assignment.

If you plan to use the Turnitin plagiarism detection services for selected suspect assignments, include this paragraph in your syllabus and review it during the first class meeting:

Students should be aware that suspect assignments (e.g., those without drafts, without works cited pages, or with large departures in style) will be submitted to Turnitin by the instructor for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism. Submitted assignments will be included in the UMass Dartmouth dedicated databases of assignments. These databases of assignments will be used solely for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism during the grading process during this term and in the future. Students must provide an electronic copy of their assignment to the instructor for submission to the service when plagiarism is suspected, in order to receive a grade on the assignment and to avoid possible sanctions.

Other Helpful Tools

Turnitin Detailed Instructor Manual:
http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_instructor_guide.pdf

Turnitin Training Materials:
http://www.turnitin.com/static/training.html

Turnitin "How-to" Tutorials:

Setting Up an Instructor Turnitin Account
Creating a Class and Assignments
Submitting Papers

Student Resources

UMass Dartmouth-Student Quickstart Guide
Tutorial: Submitting Papers

Getting Help

If you forget your Turnitin password, please go to https://www.turnitin.com and click the Forget Your Password link to proceed through the reset process.

If you don't know your UMassD Logon, please contact Access Management at cit_am@umassd.edu or call 508-999-8532 or x8532.

For questions or assistance with Turnitin, please contact the Turnitin Helpdesk (24/7) at http://www.turnitin.com/help/helpdesk.asp?svr=

Prior to contacting the helpdesk, please review the Turnitin Knowledge Base at http://www.turnitin.com/static/Knowledge_center/Knowledge_base.asp