Turnitin LLC also runs the informational website and offers a similar plagiarism-detection service for newspaper editors and book and magazine publishers called iThenticate. Some critics have alleged that use of this proprietary software violates educational privacy as well as international intellectual-property laws, and exploits students' works for commercial purposes by permanently storing them in Turnitin's privately held database. We’re based in the UK and are a part of Jisc. Used worldwide by over 2,600 academic, healthcare, corporate research libraries, publishers, and service providers to provide access to knowledge.
The software has been a source of controversy, with some students refusing to submit, arguing that requiring submission implies a presumption of guilt. OpenAthens has been providing remote access and authentication solutions for over 25 years. Students may be required to submit work to Turnitin as a requirement of taking a certain course or class. Turnitin’s Similarity Report helps instructors check students’ work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against Turnitin’s content databases. Results can identify similarities with existing sources and can also be used in formative assessment to help students learn to avoid plagiarism and improve their writing. The Turnitin Suite consists of three tools: originality checking (Originalit圜heck), peer reviewing (PeerMark) and paperless grading (GradeMark). Turnitin is an Internet-based plagiarism detection service run by the US company Turnitin, LLC, a subsidiary of Advance Publications.įounded in 1997, it sells its licenses to universities and high schools who then use the software as a service (SaaS) website to check submitted documents against its database and the content of other websites with the aim of identifying plagiarism.
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