NJIT has a contract with Turnitin.com to offer faculty a method to check student papers online for possible plagiarism.  NJIT's Turnitin service is administered by the the Helpdesk - please contact Bernadette McDonald (mcdonald@njit.edu) about obtaining an account if you are an NJIT faculty member.

TLT offers "hands on" training sessions on Turnitin.com throughout the academic year. These sessions take faculty through the process of setting up their own Turnitin accounts and goes through the steps in submitting papers and analyzing results. Check the TLT calendar for current offerings.

Information about Turnitin's 2009 feature updates are available in the Turnitin Update pdf.

Getting Started:

Faculty

Student

Online Resources:

Turnitin.com's corporate website

Turnitin.com's Training and Support pages contain user manuals in Word and PDF formats for instructors and students ( faculty may download these to distribute to classes) and online video help.

For more information about combating cheating & plagiarism and for university resources on academic integrity issues, go to the Academic Integrity @NJIT website at http://integrity.njit.edu