Documentation:Turnitin Basics/Uses and Benefits

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Uses and Benefits

The Turnitin Suite consists of three tools: originality checking (OriginalityCheck), peer reviewing (PeerMark) and paperless grading (GradeMark).

The Similarity Report

Turnitin’s Similarity Report helps instructors check students’ work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against Turnitin’s content databases.

Turnitin’s Content Databases includes:

  • The current and archived web - contains over 45 billion web pages
  • Over 337 million student submitted papers
  • Content from Turnitin’s content partnerships with leading content publishers including library databases, textbook publishers, digital reference collections, subscription-based publications, homework helper sites and books.


More information: Similarity Report Guides

GradeMark

GradeMark provides a paperless, browser-based grading environment for instructors (and teaching assistants). The tool allows instructors to create custom rubrics and QuickMark (a standard mark/comment that can be reused on student papers).

Instructor video: GradeMark Demo (3:45)

PeerMark

PeerMark provides an online peer review environment for students to evaluate each other’s work. Learn more about PeerMark.

Instructor video: Using PeerMark (3:48)

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