Understanding Turnitin and Plagiarism

The video tutorial explains how Turnitin, a text matching software, is used to detect plagiarism in written assignments. It describes how Turnitin scans submissions for text matches against various sources, including books, journals, and other students' work. The tutorial covers the importance of academic integrity, how similarity scores are calculated, and how they should be interpreted. It also provides tips on improving similarity scores through paraphrasing and proper citation. Finally, it highlights resources available for learning how to paraphrase and cite correctly.

What is the primary function of Turnitin?

• To store student data

• To provide writing tips

• To detect plagiarism

• To grade assignments

How does Turnitin identify uncited copied content?

• By checking grammar

• By scanning for text matches

• By analyzing writing style

• By comparing with previous grades

Why does RMIT use Turnitin?

• To reduce workload

• To ensure academic integrity

• To improve student grades

• To save time

What types of sources does Turnitin compare assignments against?

• Only online articles

• Books, journals, and other students' assignments

• Only previous assignments

• Only websites

What types of plagiarism does Turnitin detect?

• None of the above

• Both accidental and intentional plagiarism

• Only accidental plagiarism

• Only intentional plagiarism

What is the role of Turnitin in respecting intellectual property?

• It ignores intellectual property

• It respects only published work

• It ensures intellectual property is respected

• It only respects student work

What does the similarity score represent?

• The number of words in an assignment

• The number of citations

• The percentage of text matching other sources

• The quality of writing

What does a blue report icon indicate in Turnitin?

• Low similarity score

• High similarity score

• Average similarity score

• No similarity score

What should you do if your Turnitin report icon is not blue?

• Panic and rewrite the assignment

• Submit the assignment without changes

• Ignore it completely

• Understand that it's just an indication of matching text

What is the range of similarity scores in Turnitin?

• 0 to 50%

• 0 to 100%

• 50 to 100%

• 10 to 90%