Turnitin is a plagiarism detection tool available to UMass Amherst instructors within Blackboard Learn. View specific instruction pages below, or the Instructor User Manual compiled by Turnitin. For information on plagiarism prevention and Academic Honesty at UMass Amherst, see the library Turnitin page. Grademark is a grading and document mark-up tool bundled with Turnitin, and also available to instructors.
Detect plagiarism in student work
- Create Turnitin assignment
- Settings for Turnitin as plagiarism checker
- Replace Blackboard assignment with Turnitin
- Submit to Turnitin on
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Teach students appropriate use of sources
- Create Turnitin assignment
- Settings for Turnitin as teaching tool
- Replace Blackboard assignment with Turnitin
- /wiki/spaces/MAR/pages/14188843: an article by Jean Heitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison describing best practices and reasons for using Turnitin
Adjust assignment settings
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Grade using GradeMark
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- Grade Turnitin assignment
- Using a Rubric With a Turnitin Assignment
- Using a Grading Form With a Turnitin Assignment
Information about Turnitin from the student perspective can be found on the Turnitin & SafeAssign Student Orientation and Resource page. Please share this resource with your students.