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Turnitin is only one tool used by the University of Tasmania to manage issues of academic integrity.
2007
- The use of Turnitin as an educative tool is supported by documentation
2006
- The University's Teaching and Learning Committee approved the following use of Turnitin in 2006 at its November 2005 meeting.
- Where appropriate, each school will have a target of one unit or 10% of units using Turnitin each semester, give that:
- the Head of School will be responsible for implementation.
- the Committee recommends that Turnitin is most appropriate for first year units, where assistance with writing skills is also provided.
- CALT will coordinate central support for Turnitin and provide usage reports.
- Turnitin can be used from within WebCT Vista
Background
In recent years universities have reviewed and extended their strategies for managing issues to do with plagiarism. The University of Tasmania is no exception, and has implemented a range of strategies as an outcome of a 2001 - 2002 Working Party on Academic Misconduct and a Plagiarism Detection Implementation Plan, approved in 2003. These can be summarised as follows:
- A statement on Plagiarism was developed and is included in all unit outlines (2001 statement revised and approved in 2003, to include reference to electronic detection software, 2005 statement simplified.)
- A generic University assignment cover sheet was introduced in 2001 to include an attestation that the work presented is the student's own. This was revised in 2003 to include reference to the use of plagiarism detection software and again in 2005 to include the electronic submission of assignments.
- Resources have been developed to assist students and staff manage issues relating to academic integrity and plagiarism, both unintentional and intentional. This includes information on how to acknowledge sources. These resources can be found on the University website at: http://www.utas.edu.au/tl/supporting/academicintegrity/students.html.
- Current sanctions were reviewed and the Ordinance of Student Discipline revised. Part 3, on Academic Misconduct identifies Heads of School as responsible officers for the penalties listed in the Ordinance. In 2005 a review of Ordinance 9: Student Discipline was commenced by Governance and Legal.
In 2003 the University decided to use Turnitin software to assist in the detection of plagiarism. In 2004 Turnitin was pilotted at the University and during 2005 a limited rollout of Turnitin was managed.
Turnitin project documentation
2004 - Turnitin pilot
2005 - Turnitin limited rollout
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