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| This integration is different from the Turnitin Assignment type developed by IParadigms and supported from Turnitin.com. This integration is being developed by Dan Marsden from Catalyst IT Ltd.
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| ==Details on the Official Turnitin plugin==
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| The Turnitin assignment type provided from Turnitin.com is currently quite problematic - it has a range of issues that affect different Moodle
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| versions. They have improved the code in some of the later versions that Turnitin have released, but it still has some major shortcomings.
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| The biggest issue that people seem to be experiencing recently is difficulty in deleting a Turnitin assignment type from a course. The earlier versions of the Turnitin module were very insecure, and had a range of issues that they have partially addressed. - The approach they have taken has some major flaws as well.
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| Basically, their plugin just provides single sign-on into their own assignment submission process, keeping the Moodle sites header, and opening their site in a frame underneath. - this means that all assignments are stored in the Turnitin system, and there is no ability to store a grade in Moodle for those assignments. - if you canceled your Turnitin subscription, there is no way in Moodle to retrieve the files submitted either.
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| Some organisations have implemented the existing module, but have found it has been difficult to support.
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| ==The new integration planned==
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| I have started writing a new Turnitin integration which is basically in proof of concept stage, and it seems that some funding may be availble from some NZ organisations to get this completed soon!
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| The aim is to develop a 3rd party plugin for Moodle 1.9 and the later commit it to Moodle 2.0
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| it will allow any module in Moodle to submit files to the Turnitin API, and be able to return a similarity percentage score, and a link to a full similarity report.
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| The integration will allow us to add the option for Turnitin submission to Moodle Modules that handle file submissions.
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| After a student has submitted a file to the module, it passes that file to Turnitin, gets an originality
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| score, and link to a full originality report that will be displayed to whoever that module is configured to display the information to.
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| Eg: on creating an assignment in moodle, a teacher will be able to elect to use Turnitin, and "what" to do with the reports generated. - they may choose to show the originality score but not the full report or a combination to the student.
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| A new Capability moodle/course:enableturnitin will be created (given to teachers by default) that allows them to "enable" Turnitin submission in their assignment/forum etc.. This is so that you can assign this role to a select group of people if needed. (good for running a pilot!)
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| These are some of the areas which we could add the turnitin submission to, but not all of them will be available in the initial versions of the integration.
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| * single file upload assignment type
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| * advanced file upload assignment type
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| * online assignment type
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| * all files attached to forum posts.
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| * other modules that allow file uploads.
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| I'm currently planning to present at Moodlemoot AU and Moodlemoot NZ on the Turnitin module - so hopefully it will be finished and released by then!
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