Copyright for Students
Anti-plagiarism software
**Staff wishing to use Turnitin should contact the Copyright Coordinator directly to obtain login details.**
Macquarie University promotes student awareness of information management and information ethics. As well as training and the provision of general information, the University tackles the issue of plagiarism through use of an online plagiarism detection tool (Turnitin).
This software is used in conjunction with a set of procedures to ensure it's use is equitable.
Your lecturer may request that your assessment is submitted to Turnitin via the Internet as part of the submission process for your assignment.
Your assessment task will then be automatically compared to work of your classmates, previous students from Macquarie and other universities, with material available on the Internet, both freely available and subscription-based electronic journals.
The results will be sent only to your lecturer, who will analyse these in reference to the University's standard Policy on Plagiarism.
Procedure
1. Visit Turnitin www.turnitin.com and Create a user profile
You may do this from any PC, your own, student PCs in Level 1 of the Library, etc. Select the user type 'student' and enter your university email address. If you do not know your university email address, please contact Student IT Help via http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/general/itsupport
2. If you are already set up with a profile, click on 'User Login'
The password for submitting your assessment will be allocated by your lecturer.
3. Open your assessment task in the way you normally do.
Copy the text from your assessment task, and paste it into the text box in Turnitin.
If you need assistance with this, please contact Student IT Help .
A digital receipt will be generated. Please save a copy of it.
Finally, remember to submit your assessment task in the usual way, including a signed coversheet.
If you have any questions, please contact your Lecturer, or the University Copyright Coordinator.
A Turnitin guideline for students:
www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/tii_student_guide.pdf
The University's Policy on Plagiarism:
www.student.mq.edu.au/plagiarism/