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. Grademark is a grading and document mark-up tool bundled with Turnitin, and also available to instructors.
Detect plagiarism in student work
Settings for Turnitin as plagiarism checker
Submit to Turnitin on behalf of a student
View and interpret originality reports
Teach students appropriate use of sources
Settings for Turnitin as teaching tool
Using Turnitin To Teach Students About Plagiarism: an article by Jean Heitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison describing best practices and reasons for using Turnitin
Adjust assignment settings
Edit Turnitin assignment dates
Edit Turnitin assignment options