Recently, I led a Turnitin session for the School of Architecture, where we walked through how to use the Turnitin suite to set up an assignment, how a student would then submit their piece of work, and how to use the Originality Report and the functionalities of GradeMark effectively.
This session was the result of a request from the School of Architecture’s Learning Technologist, Andre Du Plooy; who wanted the academic staff within Architecture to learn about Turnitin, and to potentially start using the tool for their assessments.
On a Wednesday lunchtime, I delivered the session at Friary House (the home of the Architecture Masters programmes) in their newly equipped lecture/seminar room. There were a handful of very keen, and inquisitive, academic staff who wanted to learn more about what this tool could offer. I believe the on-going Q+A throughout the workshop the most useful element for academics. Some of the questions asked (and the solutions) included the following:
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