Turnitin.com Template for Inclusion in Syllabus
In this course, we will be employing Turnitin.com software as a toll for learning how to write with sources. Turnitin.com is useful in helping to determine whether or not a writer is relying too heavily upon sources. We will have a demonstration of the software in class, as well as exercises based on Turnitin.com reports. All essays must be submitted to Turnitin.com at the draft stage (that is, before the final draft is turned in). Individual assignment sheets will provide specific instructions.
To read more about Turnitin.com, go to their web site:
You may also come to the TLTC (main Library 305W in the undergraduate tower, or Ballantine Hall 307, 855-7829), where a TLTC staff member will work with you as you figure out how to use Turnitin.com.
How Turnitin.com works: Students (or instructors) submit electronic versions of essays to Tunitin.com, which in turn produces an “originality report.” This report shows the writer and teacher the results of Turnitin.com’s comparison of the essay to content on the Web, to Turnitin.com’s database of student writing, and to some database of common full-text journals. You will be given [in-class] instruction by TLTC staff about how to use Turnitin.com.
What this process requires of you as a member of this class:
1) For all assignments you are required to submit to Turnitin.com: all essays must be submitted by the date and time specified in the syllabus.
2) Turnitin.com reports are considered part of the final grade of a paper. As with rough drafts, no final essay will be acceptable without a record of its draft having been submitted to Turnitin.com on time.
3) You may submit each assignment ONE time to Turnitin.com and receive a report.
4) All draft and final drafts of papers are held to the University’s Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities [and to the department’s policies on plagiarism, if your department has some].
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