Plagiarism Detection Support

What is Plagiarism Detection?

Plagiarism Detection is the process of checking papers against external sources and identifying sections of papers that may have been plagiarized.

The University of Iowa has licensed Turnitin (http://turnitin.com), an online, automatic plagiarism detection service, for campus wide use, and we invite all interested instructors to utilize this tool.

Students submit papers (either in Microsoft Word or other common file formats), and then the instructor then receives an originality report showing possible matches between the submitted paper and Turnitin's database and internet resources. It is important to note that the final decision about the presence of a plagiarism lies with the instructor.

There are two ways instructors can use Turnitin's Plagiarism Detection service. They may use the integration with ICON's dropbox tool to check student's papers for plagiarism, or they may use the Turnitin web interface If instructors wish to use the web interface, they must set up an account on turnitin.com account, have their students set up a turnitin.com, and give their students the course specific login and password.

 

How can one get started with TurnItIn?

If you are an instructor, visit the support area for instructors.

If you are a student, visit the support area for students.

Who supports Turnitin at The University of Iowa?

Support for Turnitin is provided by ITS-Instructional Services, and support questions can be directed to the ITS Help Desk at its-helpdesk@uiowa.edu.