Adam MasseyOvernight, Turnitin announced there would be emergency maintenance today. Turnitin will undergo an emergency maintenance on July 28th at 24:00 PDT (BST 8:00 28th of July, AEST 17:00 28th of July) [go to https://t.co/GMqfESRtFb for local time]. (1/2) — Turnitin Status (@TurnitinStatus) July 28, 2022 During this time, there may be a minor loss of Continue Reading…
Turnitin LTI: What’s changed?
Moving from the old integration (Basic) to LTI means there are changes to be aware of. Read on for a list of the most notable.
Turnitin LTI is now available
The new integration was added to Blackboard Learn this morning. Assignments created using the Basic building block will become read only at the end of August. Students will be unable to submit to them, and instructors won’t be able to give any feedback and grades. More information about the reasons behind the move can be Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: 9 July 2022
Turnitin will be unavailable for eight hours on Saturday 9 July 2022. You will be unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 0000 and 0800 BST. See details for other time zones. Subscribe for updates on Turnitin’s status page
Turnitin Basic: End of support
We’ll change to Turnitin’s LTI integration for the 2022 academic year. How staff create and access assignments, as well as how students submit, will change because of this. Read on for information on when the change will happen, and what to do to prepare for it.
Emergency Maintenance Today
Turnitin have announced an emergency maintenance window to address the issues seen today and yesterday. We have made some improvements to our system to help with the current situation. However, an emergency maintenance will be conducted on April 6th to make further improvements which is expected to last for 1 hour at the following time:03:00 Continue Reading…
Exclude assignment template
Automatically exclude the contents of a template you are giving to students to upload as part of their assignment.
Scheduled Maintenance: 8 January 2022
Turnitin will be unavailable for eight hours on Saturday 8 January 2022. You will be unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 0000 and 0800 GMT. Subscribe for updates on Turnitin’s status page See details for other time zones.
Scheduled Maintenance: 14 August 2021
Turnitin maintenance is planned for Saturday 14 August 2021. You will be unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 1600 and 1800 BST. Subscribe for updates on Turnitin’s status page See details for other time zones.
Updated similarity score algorithm
Changes were made to Turnitin’s similarity score on 4 March 2021. They include: Better detection and exclusion accuracy of quotes Better prioritization of internet sources (for example prioritizing a match wikipedia.com instead randomblog.com) Better matching more content across our various databases There’s more information on Turnitin’s support site, including information on existing submissions.