That they can use Turnitin to help them avoid detection.That the aim of using Turnitin is to catch them out.
That a low index indicates that you have not plagiarised and a high index means that you have.That there is an acceptable level of plagiarism, represented by a percentage index.Student misconceptions about Turnitin are also more likely to persist without support. Violation of their intellectual property rights.Staff training: that lecturers may not have received sufficient training or may not understand the limitations of the tool.Turnitin’s reliability: that the text matching may not be accurate.Loss of the personal aspect of assessment: being treated as a number, not a person.Lecturers relying too heavily on the similarity index: that it will bias their reading of the assignment.Being unjustly accused or being caught for unintentional plagiarism.Students at QMUL and elsewhere have expressed anxiety about: Turnitin introduces an additional concern – that a system, rather than a person, is going to judge their work. Most students feel anxious about assessment. Without support from staff, however, students are less likely to experience all the potential benefits and more likely to feel anxious and harbour misconceptions. Turnitin can reduce plagiarism and help students to improve their writing.
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