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Step 2: Settings
Set up an assignment as per the standard , see the create an Assignment for individual student submissions guide for more info on the main settings. The settings under Turnitin plagiarism plugin settings can be seen below.
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Select Yes to enable Turnitin. N.B. You must enable Turnitin on assignments before any submissions are made if you want those files to have originality reports generated for them.
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Display Originality Reports to students
Decide whether you want to allow students to view their originality reports. If you select Yes you may want to send students some guidance on how to interpret their originality report.
Store student papers
Decide whether you want submissions to be stored in the repository or not. This means the student’s submission is stored permanently on the Turnitin database, and work of other students at LSE and other institutions will be checked against it going forward. This is useful for final submissions so Standard Repository should always be used for summative work; but if the student is submitting formative work that might be developed for future assignments then it is advisable to leave it as No Repository, otherwise they will get a report showing self-plagiarism on the later assignment.
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Check against stored student papers, internet, journals periodicals and publications
Make your choice of what checks should be made on the submissions – you must choose at least one but typically you will choose Yes for all three.
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Report Generation Speed
Select the requirement that meets your needs. If you are allowing students to view their originality reports then you should also let them resubmit and we would recommend using the setting
Generate reports immediately (students can submit until due date)
even if student cannot view their reports.
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There is no limit to how big or small plagiarism can be and Turnitin tends to round up to the nearest whole percent, so if you are excluding small matches based on percentage it is best only to set this at 1%.
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Carry on with any other assignment settings and remember to Save and display at the bottom.
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