Turnitin2

= Turnitin2 = **Turnitin2** is the enhanced version of Turnitin, a Web 2.0 collaborative tool to evaluate written work. It integrates plagiarism checking, paperless Grading, and paperless peer review. This new version was release on September 4, 2010.

**Prevent plagiarism and maintain Academic Integrity** **Deliver rich feedback**  **Engage students in their own development**

=Sources: =

 **Articles:**

 * Turnitin Overview:
 * One Comprehensive Solution for Evaluating Written Work

 **Quick Start Guides for Turnitin2**

 * Student Start Guide (Updated September 4, 2010)
 * Instructor Quickstart Guide (Updated September 4, 2010)
 * Administrator Quickstart Guide (Updated September 4, 2010)
 * Turnitin2 Training

Turnitin2 Video
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=SWOT Analysis := =<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Strengths =
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Integrates plagiarism checking, paperless grading, and anonymous paperless peer review. As a result, users save time and increase productivity.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Offers a citation checking tool.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Available in English and Spanish.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Has a friendly navigation interface
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Peer review comments avoid the hassles of exchanging printed papers and hand-writing comments.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Highlights phrases, words and single characters—not justrectangular blocks of text—and associate the highlighted material with a QuickMark or comment.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Users are able to view the Originality Report results without leaving GradeMark, so adding GradeMark comments on highlighted matches and questionable citations is a snap.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Offers a right panel for peer review comments and list of grades.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Neither the plagiarism marks, nor the comments and grades obstruct the reading of the student’s text.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Supports basic management learning platforms such us Blackboard, Angel; likewise, advance e-learning platforms as Moodle and Desire2Learn.

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Weaknesses = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I did not see weaknesses in this wonderful educational writing evaluation tool, except that it is impossible to get the product price by searching the Internet. In order to get a quote, you need to complete a form, select the type of license you are interested and wait for a phone call of a sales representative.

=**Opportunities**=
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Detects plagiarism and inadequate citation.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Foment collaborative anonymous constructive peer review.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Facilitate definitions of paperless grading rubrics.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teachers and users have a view of superimposed layers of plagiarism information and Peer Marking comments along with the Grade Marks mark-ups. Layers can be switched on and off with the click of a button.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Offers simplified rubrics creation for grading.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Let ads comments directly into the set of QuickMarks.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Let actions of drag and drop QuickMark marks and comments onto the text of the paper from the side panel.

=Threats=
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">No threats were found for the students nor for the teachers.

<span style="color: #0002ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">How Turnitin2 Can Be Used in Schools?

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To check for plagiarism on a written assignment.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To teach writing.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To support peer marking comments.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To encourage group interaction and learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To involve every student in a engaging feedback process.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To facilitate faster feedback from the teacher.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">To help teachers to prepare students for AP essay tests.

By Gina Dorado