Academic Integrity

Instructors Get Started

How do I Access Turnitin in My Course?

Turnitin is integrated with the bCourses Assignments tool, and can be enabled when creating a new assignment. Instructors should always review the Turnitin Advanced Settings for each assignment to confirm that Turnitin is configured as expected. Detailed information is available in this document "As an Instructor, how do I enable and configure Turnitin in bCourses?"

Other Turnitin Instructor FAQs:

• As an Instructor, how do I let students review their own work for originality?
• Which file formats are supported by Turnitin?
• As an Instructor, how and where do I review Turnitin Originality Check reports?
• As an Instructor, can I exclude certain types of content from Originality Check reports?
• As an Instructor, will my students be able to see their own Turnitin Originality Check reports?
• What information is available in Turnitin Originality Check reports, and what does it indicate?
• As an Instructor, what should I do if a Turnitin report indicates plagiarism or other academic misconduct?
• As an Instructor, should I include information about Turnitin in my syllabus?

Turnitin Policies & Practices:

• Are instructors and students required to use Turnitin?
• As an Instructor, will my students be able to see their own Turnitin Originality Check reports?
• Can instructors use Google or other free search tools to investigate possible instances of plagiarism?
• What should instructors do if Turnitin identifies instances of plagiarism or other academic integrity violations?
• What happens to student work after it is submitted using Turnitin?
• Can I use Turnitin for my thesis or other research outside the classroom?

Students Get Started with Turnitin

What is Turnitin, and How Does it Work?

UC Berkeley licensed Turnitin as an opt-in tool for instructors to verify the originality of student work and to support UC Berkeley’s Honor Code. Turnitin can also help students improve their writing by ensuring that they are properly citing and attributing the work of other authors.

When Turnitin is enabled in a bCourses assignment, the student’s submission is compared against Turnitin’s database of books, journal articles, websites, and other student papers. An “Originality Check” score is then assigned, indicating the percentage of content in a student paper that matches material from other sources.

• As a student, how do I submit my work to Turnitin if my instructor requires it?
• Where can I find my Originality Check score?
• My Turnitin Originality Check Score is over 0%! Should I be concerned?

Academic Integrity Accessibility

UC Berkeley strives to provide accessible services and web-based tools. We partner with campus accessibility teams to review both internally developed and purchased solutions.

Academic Integrity utilizes a third-party resource maintained by Turnitin LLC. Current information regarding the accessibility of Turnitin can be found on the vendor’s website.