Introduction Academic Liaison Librarians are assigned admin privileges in Blackboard, providing you with the ability to self-enrol on courses within the School or Department with which you work. The privileges have been granted in order that you can view and, if necessary, create course content advise module staff on copyright compliance in relation to content […]
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This guide describes what a similarity report shows and how to interpret matches highlighted on a student’s assignment submitted to Turnitin. The similarity report is an effective way to: Check that online sources in an assignment have been properly cited and the text has not simply been copied without appropriate referencing. Help students as a
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The similarity report highlights text in a student’s paper that matches an online source. Lecturers can choose to generate a similarity report when a student submits their assignment through Turnitin in Blackboard. Why make use of Similarity Reports? The similarity report can be used as a formative learning tool to assist students in understanding and
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In addition to the Collaborate Course Room, you can create any number of date-restricted sessions. You can choose different settings for each session you create. You can set up a series of re-occurring sessions at regular intervals the settings you choose are not constrained by the settings you applied to the main Course Room. Create
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When looking at a student’s paper in the Turnitin Feedback Studio you will see the blue instructor feedback toolbar on the right hand side. Adding QuickMarks Quickmarks are re-usable comments that have been saved in your personal library. You can either: 1.   Open the QuickMarks section of the right-hand panel. 2.   Drag an existing QuickMark onto the appropriate place in
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