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My Dundee upgrade: Improvements to Turnitin integration.
At the same time as upgrading the main Blackboard set of tools, we also upgraded the integration that we have between My Dundee and Turnitin. The key improvement for staff is that we now have the ability for staff (not students) to see a list of all of the Turnitin submission points in all Modules…
Accidentally created an extra part in Turnitin?
It can be very easy to accidentally create a 2nd part in Turnitin – the impact can be a very worrying for staff, as it looks as if all your students have failed! If you look at the top, you’ll see a 2nd tab labelled Part 2. Click on the pencil, and then delete the…
Converting grades from numeric to alphanumeric in My Dundee & Turnitin
When marking in Blackboard and/or Turnitin, you’ll find that you have to enter them as a number, rather than being able to directly enter the alphanumeric grade (e.g. A4) Grading Schema. In order to convert numbers to alphanumeric, you need to have the correct grading schema in your module. To check to see if you…
Uploading rubrics and grading forms to Turnitin.
If you want to use rubrics and grading forms with Turnitin there are a number of stages: Add a rubric to your library: This could be through creating a rubric OR uploading one someone else created. In either case, the rubric is attached to you, so you’ll only have to do it once for each…
Student Support for turnitin.
We have created 2 videos for students to support their use of Turnitin. How to upload your work to Turnitin How to interpret your similarity score. You may find it useful to have some general introductory information – suggested text is below. You are required to submit your coursework via a tool called Turnitin. This…
Marking on Turnitin Website
Important! Most of the time, you will not need to mark via Turnitin’s website. This information is purely for the times that MyDundee or Moodle is down for maintenance. If this is the first time you are doing this. You must be in the module that you are marking as an instructor on MyDundee /…