You may notice that Turnitin captures a word count for uploaded work. The word count often appears to be different to what was stated in the original file, i.e. the final…Continue Reading Turnitin word count – Why don’t the numbers always add up?
Turnitin is one of the university’s core T&L technologies, enabling students to improve their academic writing and staff to mark assignments and provide feedback online. I took time recently to…Continue Reading How can we stop contract cheating? Reflections from the Turnitin Summit
Turnitin maintenance Saturday 4 January 2020 from: 16:00 GMT to: 22:00 GMT Turnitin will be unavailable during this time – students will not be able to submit, and staff will…Continue Reading Blackboard and Turnitin downtime January 2020
Are you marking coursework and returning feedback to your students online? Use the following tips and advice to make sure you make the most effective and efficient use of the tools….Continue Reading Marking online – hints and tips
Who does this affect? This is an important message for any staff who require their students to scan handwritten work – for example Mathematical or Scientific equations – and submit this…Continue Reading Students scanning handwritten work for submission to Turnitin
Blackboard has been upgraded to the latest version – for those of you who like to know such things, we are now running Blackboard 9.1 Q2 2018 Cumulative Update 2….Continue Reading Blackboard upgrade summer 2018 – complete
Update: 15/06/2018: Turnitin have now released an update for the Feedback Studio iOS App which resolves this issue. Please make sure to sync all your grades and feedback before updating!…Continue Reading Paper information missing in latest version of Feedback Studio for iOS (Resolved)
Turnitin are now publishing papers in a higher resolution in the Feedback Studio. At the bottom of the document viewer, you’ll now find a High Resolution toggle which can be switched On and Off at your own…Continue Reading Turnitin High Resolution
The Turnitin developers have been busy recently, with a number of enhancements now available to users – here’s a summary. (Incidentally, you will see notifications of all new…Continue Reading More Turnitin enhancements
Turnitin have just released a new version of their iPad app: Turnitin Feedback Studio for iOS. Actually, it’s no longer strictly an iPad app, as you can also install it on…Continue Reading Marking using Turnitin on your iPad? Time to update your app