Turnitin (Plagiarism Detection)

What is Turnitin?

Turnitin is a plagiarism detector utilized by faculty and students to ensure academic integrity.

For faculty: After obtaining an account from Joseph Fisher, faculty may login to Turnitin.
For students: go to Turnitin website to create an account.
Visit UMass Lowell Library for quick guideline for Turnitin.

Turnitin improves the student writing cycle while providing feedback to students. The following tools are available:

Originality Check: Provides reports to help faculty check students' work for improper citation or potential plagiarism.
Grade Mark: An electronic gradebook provided by Turnitin.
Peer Mark: A tool used to facilitate peer review.

Contacts
Turnitin Administrator
Joseph Fisher	Database Management Librarian	978-934-4665
Turnitin Training Requests and Faculty Support
Donna Mellen	Manager, Academic Technologies	978-934-2925