Managing Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings
Turnitin has many features that Instructors may choose to use at their own discretion. Due to the volume of information provided by Turnitin for these features, it is recommended that instructors use the following link if they would like to learn more: https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm Links to an external site.
Below, we will cover a general description of each advanced feature, and provide specific links to those features for those who would like to learn more about each specific feature.
The Similarity Report:
A typical submission made to an assignment in Turnitin generates a Similarity Report. The Similarity Report is the result of comparison between the text of the submission against the search targets selected for the assignment; this may include billions of pages of active and archived internet information, a repository of works previously submitted to Turnitin, and a repository of tens of thousands of periodicals, journals, and publications. Any matching or highly similar text discovered is detailed in the Similarity Report that is available in the assignment inbox.
The similarity score is a percentage of a paper's content that matches to Turnitin's databases; it is not an assessment of whether the paper includes plagiarized material.
For more information on how the Similarity Report works, please read through the following links:
- https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#TheSimilarityReport Links to an external site.
- https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#SimilarityReportexclusions Links to an external site.
Commenting Tools:
Turnitin utilizes several different commenting tools, which include QuickMarks, bubble comments, and voice comments. We will briefly define what each comment is below:
- Bubble comment: Bubble comments allow you to leave a larger comment behind an icon.
- Inline comment: Inline comments allow you to leave text directly on top of your student's paper.
- QuickMarks: QuickMarks allow you to create a library of feedback that might be applicable, on multiple occasions, to multiple students, across multiple classes and assignments. (Note: For more information regarding QuickMarks specifically, please visit here Links to an external site..)
- Text summary comment: This side panel allows you to provide overall feedback on a paper.
- Voice comment: This side panel allows you to provide overall feedback on a paper or leave a voice comment of up to three minutes in length.
For more information on the above mentioned comment options, as well as more information for other comment options, please use the following link: https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#Commentingtools Links to an external site.
PeerMark:
PeerMark™ is a peer review assignment tool. Instructors can create and manage PeerMark assignments that allow students to read, review, and evaluate one or many papers submitted by their classmates. With the advanced options in PeerMark instructors can choose whether the reviews are anonymous or attributed.
For more information on PeerMark and how to implement it in your course, please visit the following link: https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#PeerMark Links to an external site.
ETS e-rater:
The e-rater grammar feedback technology, developed by ETS®, automatically checks submissions to an assignment for grammar, usage, mechanics, style and spelling errors; providing in-depth feedback with on paper marks. To use e-rater® technology for an assignment it must be enabled during assignment creation.
For more information on ETS e-rater, please visit the following link: https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#ETSerater Links to an external site.
Rubric scorecards/grading forms:
Rubric scorecards can be used to evaluate student work based on defined criteria and scales. Grading forms can be used to provide free-form feedback and scores to evaluate student work based on defined criteria. Rubric scorecards can be created by the account administrator and shared to all instructors on an account.
For more information regarding rubrics and grading forms, please visit the following links:
- https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#Rubricscorecards Links to an external site.
- https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#Gradingforms Links to an external site.
If you have any other questions regarding other features of Turnitin, such as Accessibility, thumbnail sliders, or layers, please visit the following link: https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti/instructor/instructor-category.htm#FeedbackStudionavigation Links to an external site.