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Turnitin is a third-party service used at LSE to identify similarities between student submissions and other sources. For answers to common questions, see below. For help enabling Turnitin, see: How to enable Turnitin similarity reports within Moodle assignment activities. For guidance on reading reports, see: How to use and interpret Turnitin similarity reports.
FAQs
This FAQs gathers together all of our advice on setting up Turnitin for assignments at LSE, managing submissions, and working with similarity reports. If you have any Turnitin queries not covered here, please contact eden.digital@lse.ac.uk.
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Turnitin similarity reports can be used pedagogically to improve student’s understanding of best citational practice, and can also be a helpful tool for supporting academic integrity. It is up to individual departments and instructors how they use the reports. For more detail on what these reports do and do not show, please see: How to use and interpret Turnitin similarity reports.
4. How do I enable/disable similarity reports for Moodle assignments?
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Full details on how Turnitin detects and displays similarities between submitted work and other sources can be found here: How to use and interpret Turnitin similarity reports.
11. What if my student's similarity report shows extensive text matching?
Firstly, check through the report using the interpretation guidance: How to use and interpret Turnitin similarity reports. This will help you to understand exactly which parts of a high similarity score might indicate intended plagiarism.
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You can also filter out small matches when you are viewing a student’s report even if you have not done it when setting up an assignment. See: How to use and interpret Turnitin similarity reports.
12. How can I exclude matches from quotations and bibliographies?
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You can also filter out quoted material and/or a bibliography when you are viewing a student’s similarity report, even if you have not so when setting up an assignment. See: How to use and interpret Turnitin similarity reports.
13. I have noticed that in some cases the overall report score (%) changes over time. What has happened?
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