What s Tur iti got to do ith it?

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1 Writi g for u ess What s Tur iti got to do ith it?

2 Goals for this session Understand how Turnitin performs originality checking Understand how to navigate the Turnitin Summary Report Learn to improve academic integrity in your written work by using the information from the Turnitin Summary Report

3 Where am I at with Turnitin? A. I know how to use Turnitin B. I have some idea how to use Turnitin C. My knowledge of how to use Turnitin is pretty unclear D. I do t k o ho to use Tur iti

4 What is Turnitin? Turnitin is an online text-matching software Turnitin identifies material in a your assignments which is similar to other known sources Non-original material identified by Turnitin can be checked and corrected, and once satisfied, you can submit your assignment for final marking Assignments can be submitted to Turnitin multiple times Your teacher will see the same Similarity Score that you can see and can a ess Tur iti s i ilarit eport for our assig e t

5 What can Turnitin do?

6 What can Turnitin do? Turnitin can Mat h te t i a stude t s assig e t ith a database of existing sources, including journals, books, professional publications, and web pages Check originality of submitted text Create a similarity score (0%-100%) Identify strings of words (sentences, phrases, and/or paragraphs) that match its database of existing sources Create a highlighted (printable) document showing where non-original material was fou d i the stude t s assig e t A H B J D Turnitin ca t Assess the orre t ess of stude t s paraphrases, direct quotes, and reference list, or whether these are present in the stude t s assig e t Detect plagiarism in submitted text Create a plagiarism score/index/profile Fix or suggest orre tio s to a stude t s assignment to lower the similarity score Change the stude t s assig e t i a a E F I C G

7 The Turnitin Submission Status tude t has su itted a Draft assig e t ot se t for arki g Turnitin Similarity Score this is the amount of material found in the stude t s assig e t that is si ilar to aterial i Tur iti s data ase Note: Turnitin will highlight ANY matching material in a paper even if it is properly quoted and cited. Just because it appears as unoriginal does not mean it is plagiarized; it just means that the material matches something in the Turnitin databases (Turnitin, 2013).

8 The Turnitin Similarity Report Cli k o the i ilarit s ore to ie the Tur iti i ilarit eport Similarity Score Colour Codes: Blue - No matching text Green - One word to 24% matching text Yellow % matching text Orange % matching text Red % matching text

9 Matches are numbered, colour-coded, and have a link

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16 Using the Similarity Report to review your paper 4 Steps to a better assignment 1. e ie Tur iti s i ilarit Report, and the identified matches 2. Decide whether to submit your paper for final marking* or to rework the identified matches (as needed) to reduce the overall Similarity Score 3. Rework your draft paper by ensuring that the identified matches are referenced correctly 4. Appl all the APA th editio rules orre tl to eli i ate a possible chance of plagiarism, then submit to Turnitin again * Submitting your paper for final marking means that no further changes can be made to the paper

17 Reworking your draft paper 4 examples of reworked matches Over the next few slides we will go through four types of non-original writing fro the i ilarit eport a d look at ho ea h a e re orked 1. where some material is cited (referenced) correctly, but other material is used without a correct citation (reference) 2. where a significant portion of text from a single source is included without alteration 3. where a proper citation is included, but the aterial follo s the te t s original wording and structure too closely 4. where the original text material is used without a citation, and thus presents it as your own idea, rather tha the origi al author s idea

18 Reworking identified matches Example 1 What needs to be reworked in the above example?

19 Reworking identified matches Answer 1 One way that the previous example can be reworked as a direct quotation is as follo s It is esti ated for e a ple, that i Australia, o e i three girls a d o e i si o s ill e se uall a used i so e a efore the age of ears (Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993, as cited in Roken & Johnson, 2009, p. 3) One way that the previous example can be reworked as a paraphrase is as follo s It is estimated for example, that in Australia, before reaching 18 years of age, a third of girls and one in every six boys will have been a victim of some form of sexual abuse (Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993, as cited in Roken & Johnson, 2009)

20 Reworking identified matches Example 2 What needs to be reworked in the above example?

21 Reworking identified matches Answer 2 One way that the previous example can be reworked as a direct quotation is as follo s Some sobering statistics, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, i lude that fa t that the u er of hild prote tio notifications increased by 26% over the last four years (from 252,831 in to 317,526 in p. iii. One way that the previous example can be reworked as a paraphrase is as follo s Some sobering statistics, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009), include that fact that there has been an increase of some 26% in the number of notifications of suspected child abuse or neglect between 2004 (around 253, 000) and 2008 (around 318, 000).

22 Reworking identified matches Example 3 What needs to be reworked in the above example?

23 Reworking identified matches Answer 3 One way that the previous example can be reworked as a direct quotation is as follo s These workers, who were subject to employment screening, provided paid or u paid ser i es i the follo i g areas: reside tial fa ilities; s hool boarding houses; school employees other than teachers; churches, clubs and associations involving children; counselling and support services; and private teaching, coaching or tutori g ulli a,, p.. One way that the previous example can be reworked as a paraphrase is as follo s These workers, who were subject to employment screening, provided paid or unpaid services in the following areas: residential and school accommodation, school personnel, churches and other organizations where children are present, support and counselling services, and provision of private instruction (Sullivan, 2003).

24 Reworking identified matches Example 4 What needs to be reworked in the above example?

25 Reworking identified matches Answer 4 One way that the previous example can be reworked as a direct quotation is as follo s As ide tified earlier, the poli ide tifies ertai ategories of hild-related e plo e t [for] ri i al histor he ks Ho ard,, pp. -8). One way that the previous example can be reworked as a paraphrase is as follo s As identified earlier, the policy identifies that checks of prospective e plo ees ri i al histor ill e arried out for spe ifi ki ds of ork involving being in contact with children (Howard, 2003).

26 I Su ary Turnitin is an online text-matching software Turnitin identifies material in a your assignments which is similar to other known sources Non-original material identified by Turnitin can be checked and corrected, and once satisfied, you can submit your assignment for final marking Assignments can be submitted to Turnitin multiple times Your teacher will see the same Similarity Score that you can see and can a ess Tur iti s i ilarit eport for our assig e t

27 Tools & resources Student Learning upport We site The following webinars will be useful for resolving referencing issues. Referencing starter pack Referencing online sources Paraphrase your way to the top Academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism Register for any of these webinars from the SLS website tab on the

28 Contact the Student Learning Support (SLS) team ACAP Sydney and online students (02) ACAP Melbourne and Adelaide students (03) HSA Brisbane and Melbourne students (07) Brisbane (03) Melbourne hsa.learningsupport@navitas.com NCPS students (03) supportncps@navitas.com ACAP Brisbane students (07) supportbris@acap.edu.au

29 Further resources Referencing in APA th efere i g Qui k Guide APA th downloadable.pdf file How to Guides Tur iti International Center for Academic Integrity Fu da e tal Values Proje t

30 References American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Turnitin. (2013). Blog: Plagiarism or similarity. Retrieved from