Moodle-turnitin integration pilots

This report presents findings of the Moodle-TurnItIn (TII) integration pilots, which took place in the 2014/2015 academic year. The purpose of the pilots was to examine the feasibility of integrating the originality check provided by the external TII online service within the Moodle submission portal. Moreover, TII as an integrated component of Moodle allows teachers to also take advantage the additional functionality that TII provides (for example, teachers can use the TII GradeMark for marking and feedback provision, QuickMark sets – a feature that allows teachers to provide feedback on specific criteria when using a rubric on an essay (e.g. structure, argument, data collection, analysis etc.). The integration further includes PeerMark – a feature whereby students are able to comment on each other’s work. This report details findings pertaining to the process and ease of use for integration, including the GradeMark, PeerMark and QuickMark sets features.