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Turnitin: Marking when students have not submitted online

When might I do this? In some disciplines (e.g. Fine Arts, Theatre or Mathematics), students will often be assessed on work which is not suitable for online submission. However, you may want to take advantage of Turnitin’s grading tools to provide feedback via the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE). Similarly, you may wish to provide

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Turnitin Assignment – Retrieving Archived Assignments

Whilst courses /modules on Blackboard remain available for the duration of a student’s studies, you may find that through special circumstances such as student suspension of studies, exam board requirements or even requests from former students, some older courses have been archived following the five year process of courses on Blackboard. If this occurs, and

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Using the Academic Liaison Librarian and Careers Consultant roles in Blackboard

Introduction Academic Liaison Librarians and Careers Consultants 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

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Turnitin: A staff guide to interpreting the Similarity Report

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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Turnitin: A staff guide to viewing the Similarity Report

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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