Note: Turnitin is not used in all subjects at Western Sydney University and may not be utilised for all assignments within a particular subject.įor additional student assistance, please contact the Library.įor staff assistance, please login to the WesternNow Staff Portal and search for ‘Turnitin’ knowledge articles.

Academics find the Similarity Reports useful as a tool to guide students in following the correct citation practices and to highlight the potential need for greater originality in student work.

Your original Turnitin submission is returned with a Similarity Report that highlights text from your paper and links to the original sources.

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Student papers worldwide: 1.4 billion with up to 1 million papers submitted daily, including Western Sydney University student submissions since 2007.Once your account is set up, you can log in on For more details, refer to Turnitin’s Instructor User Guides. Turnitin compares electronically submitted papers against the following: You will then receive a second email with a link at which you’ll be able to set your password (no longer than 12 characters), and a security question.Students submit assessment papers to Turnitin via their vUWS Subject site.

While this type of software can be used as a detection tool, it can also, more importantly, be used as an educative tool. Turnitin is a web-based text-matching software that identifies and reports on similarities between documents. Turnitin is a tool that can help students improve their writing and citation skills. Good academic writing, like other skills, comes with practice and experience. Using Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS) DataLab for Research How about created class and paper submission How to delete previous submissions / remove a paper from Turnitin database New Instructor must request an account.

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