How can turnitin help me be a better teacher?

Help students learn about and avoid plagiarism

Instead of seeing turnitin as a gotcha tool, see it as a learning tool. 

Help students see it as a way to learn the right way and avoid the wrong way of using sources.

If a student is, in fact, deliberately plagiarizing, we need to find out - not so we can gleefully punish them, but so we can help them stop doing it.

Help students quote sources properly

Student Example - they misquoted a book. There is no way I would have seen this. 

This is not a reason to fail the student or report them, but it is pretty careless. 

If this student is this careless in their work, they need to know that they are making mistakes to work to avoid them.

Help students learn how to paraphrase

Similarly, students sometimes think they are paraphrasing something, but it is far too close to the original.

Use turnitin to help them learn, to help them revise, and to help them see what a good paraphrase is.

Help me grade work more quickly and with higher quality feedback

• Customizable and shareable
  • Drag and Drop Comments (called Quickmarks)
  • Rubrics
  • Grading Forms

Demonstration

• Text and Audio Feedback
• Peer Advice / Evaluation called Peermark

Why Should I Use It if I Don't Have My Students Write Essays?

Can I Use it For Math and Art and Slideshows?

Yes.

Quality feedback delivered in a timely fashion.

What would be the point?

Demonstration