Turnitin and Advanced Skills
This case study looks at the recent use of the Turnitin tool within an Occupational Therapy course. Turnitin and Advanced Skills in Occupational Therapy
View ArticleUsing Turnitin as a Revision Tool
This case study looked at introducing students to Turnitin and how to use the Originality Reports for revision support. Using Turnitin as a Revision Tool
View ArticleReport from Turnitin Usergroup – 21 Sept 2011
The day was split into two main parts – an update on the roadmap and two case studies from Turnitin users: Roadmap December 2011 – Blackboard Direct to be released. This will be an enhanced version of...
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Microsoft Word – problems re-opening files containing charts
The following bug has been brought to our attention today. Some files created in MS Word 2007, which have charts pasted in from Excel, cannot be reopened by other users because the chart corrupts the...
View ArticleAssistive technologies and Turnitin
We have recently discovered that some assistive technologies do not work well with Turnitin. Screen readers like JAWS work when non-standard settings are selected, but are hard to follow and navigate....
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Turnitin issues with Windows Internet Explorer
If you are using Internet Explorer and encounter problems uploading your document or viewing your submissions, we recommend you ensure the following sites are added to the “Trusted Sites” setting:...
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Voice comments in GradeMark
You can easily add voice comments and audio feedback whilst using GradeMark. Have a look at this post on the SaGE blog for more details…
View ArticleAdditions to NILE
The LearnTech team have added a widget in the top right corner of the NILE screen to display the current time and date in the UK. This is to help overseas students to determine the correct deadlines to...
View ArticleDoes a 0% Turnitin submission mean anything ?
Since the University has been using Turnitin, we have had a few occasions when a student submission is returning a 0% originality match and we have had to explain what it means. If you are not familiar...
View ArticleLearnTech Training Sessions October to December 2013
SaGE Essentials This session is for both staff who are new to Submission and Grading Electronically (SaGE) and those who need a refresher on the current process. The event will cover the SaGE...
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‘Appy staff at the App Cafe try out the new Turnitin iPad app
Monday saw the second iteration of the App Cafe – a new drop-in lunchtime session in the Tpod, run by the Learning Technology team and looking at how we can use apps in the learning and teaching...
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The NILE Suite 2014
Have you ever wanted to do something in NILE, but been unsure which tool to use or how to do it? If so, then this breakdown of the core technologies that comprise NILE may be of help! The core NILE...
View Article15/16 NILE Sites
NILE sites have been, and continue to be, created for the 15/16 academic year for modules and programmes. We have changed the way that we roll out the sites, and are trialling automatically copying in...
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Turnitin iPad app not synching submissions
We have heard of some synchronisation issues with the Turnitin iPad app, particularly when large numbers of (or very large) student submissions are being handled. Joe Mills of LEAP at Hull helpfully...
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Marking using the Turnitin iPad App – handling synchronization problems
Sadly we had our first instance of of marking being lost using the Turnitin mobile application for iPad yesterday, which resulted in a significant loss of work. Unfortunately, all the data was lost...
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Update your Kingsoft Office App to avoid Turnitin problems
Many students will be aware of – and use – Kingsoft’s free Office Suite application. This useful package can be used on PC, Android and IOS devices to read and edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint files....
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Help! My students can’t see their Turnitin feedback
A common issue that has been reported in the last few weeks is that of students who can’t see feedback on their Turnitin assignment. This is commonly mis-diagnosed as a technical problem, when it...
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Turnitin App Upgrade
On the 4th August Turnitin updated their iPad app to version 1.3.0 The main change that could affect users at Northampton is the ability to force the version of the submission on the server to...
View ArticleLearnTech Lunchtimes Return
The LearnTech Team is pleased to bring you the next three months programme of LearnTech lunchtimes, following on from the success of our inaugural offerings.Thanks to those of you who have already...
View ArticleLearnTech Lunchtimes – Summer-Autumn 2017 schedule
Summer is fast approaching and it’s business as usual in the the LearnTech Team. As this academic year draws to a close, we are already looking ahead and preparing for next year’s teaching. With this...
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