TURNITN AND PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism Plagiarism is using another person's ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of the information. A...
Plagiarism Plagiarism is using another person's ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of the information. At Polytechnic West it is not acceptable to submit an assessment that is based on another person’s work and claim it as your own. All of the following are considered plagiarism: • turning in someone else's work as your own • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not. As a general rule of thumb, whenever you refer to any source for ideas or information, whether you paraphrase or quote it, reference that source. It is a good idea to always record the bibliographic details for every publication you use when preparing an assignment. A high percentage of copied material can mean that the assignment will be subject to plagiarism, unless the parts copied are correctly referenced - in quotes with a reference in brackets at the end. To avoid plagiarism you need to reference. Example: “Intelligence, the ability to “adapt oneself to the vagaries of a changing and uncertain environment” (Sternberg, 1981, p.16).
Using Turnitin Turnitin is a tool that is used to ensure the integrity of your work. It checks for material copied from the Internet and from other students. You can check your Turnitin report when it is produced. Depending on the demand this can take up to 24 hours, but usually takes much less time. Please note that an assignment with many quotes, even when correctly referenced, may receive a low grade as it does not show that the writer has understood the material, merely that they can use a search engine and copy and paste. Remember the 10% rule! When you submit your file to Turnitin DO NOT include an Assignment Cover Sheet OR the reference list. If included, Turnitin will report this as copied material.
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TURNITN AND PLAGIARISM Submitting an assignment to Turnitin 1. Go to your online unit in eCampus. 2. Select the link to Turnitin. 3. If Turnitin is set up for more than one assignment item, choose the one that you want to submit.
An overview process Step 1. Select the file you want to upload.
Step 2. Upload your assignment to Turnitin. Step 3. Check it and submit it.
Choose a paper submission method
Step 4. Copy your digital receipt. Step 5. Check your Originality Report. Step 6. Decide what you need to change.
Enter your first name and last name
Enter a suitable submission (assignment) title in the textbox.
Click on the “Choose File” button in order to find your assignment file on your computer. Click Upload.
Step 2. Upload your assignment to Turnitin. Check the assignment title. Assignment 2 – Learning journal
If all details are correct, upload your assignment to Turnitin by clicking the submit button.
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TURNITN AND PLAGIARISM Step 3. Check and submit
Before final submission of your assignment, Turnitin gives you an opportunity to:
1. Check the author’s name and 1.
document title to make sure the correct document has been uploaded.
2. If it is the wrong document or you need to make changes click the “return to upload page”. 2.
3. If everything seems okay, click the “submit” button.
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Step 4. Copy of your Digital receipt Once you have submitted your paper you will get a digital receipt indicating that your paper has been successfully submitted to Turnitin.
In order to see your originality report click on “go to portfolio”.
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Copy your receipt number or print off the page as evidence that your assignment was successfully submitted.
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TURNITN AND PLAGIARISM Step 5. Check your Originality Report
On the Assignment Inbox & Portfolio page click on the “show details” button. This will open the bottom half of your portfolio which will show:
Show
1. The title of the document you submitted. 2. The percentage of written text in your document that Turnitin has identified as copied from the Internet or other students (i.e. written material that matches documents on the Turnitin database).
Once your Originality Report is ready:
You can click on the percentage located under “Report” and Turnitin will show you the copied material it has matched with its database (with and without quotation marks) in a new window.
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TURNITN AND PLAGIARISM
Step 6. Decide what you need to change.
The report will highlight in different colours those passages that it decides have been copied. On the right side column, the sources of the copied material are listed (colour coded to match the highlighted text).
Notice that the two passages highlighted (purple and green) are quotes from sources (which are indicated by the block indentation) and are therefore acceptable uses of the sources.
If you want to compare your text with the matching source you can click on the highlighted passage or on the source listed in the right-hand column. The passage highlighted in red gives no indication of a source but matches a published text. (see circled figure.) This needs to be either paraphrased or changed into a quotation by adding quotation marks.
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TURNITN AND PLAGIARISM You can also click on “full source text” in order to see the entire article that has the matching phrase or look at it in its original online format.
Print, download, change If your Originality Report indicated you have copied material from published sources you have an opportunity to: Print or download the report and make the necessary changes by paraphrasing and referencing the original texts.
Print or download
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TURNITIN AND PLAGIARISM Please note: Most units will allow students to upload their assignments to Turnitin multiple times prior to the final submission date. You should use this opportunity by submitting your work well in advance of the assignment due date so that you have a chance to correct and change any passages that have been matched. Then you can resubmit as often as it takes to improve your originality score.
