The University of Otago subscribes to the plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, which is integrated into Blackboard and Moodle. Your lecturer can create a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard/Moodle that allows you to submit your document so a Similarity Report can be generated from your work. The report can help:
- Avoid unintentionally plagiarising existing material
- Improve your academic integrity by establishing good referencing practices
- Improve your writing
- Remind you about citing your sources
Further information
Blackboard Helpsite — Turnitin For Students
Turnitin is not licensed to allow submissions from staff and cannot be used for checking personal research.
An alternative product for checking personal research is iThenticate (staff may want to discuss obtaining iThenticate credits with their department).
Further information
IT Training — Blackboard
Blackboard Helpsite for Staff — Turnitin