If there is a risk of cooperation between students during the exam, or if they may have access to the internet, you can enable a plagiarism check in your Remindo exam. The examinations office can tell you more about this option and activate it when the exam is scheduled.
After the exam, you will see an additional button in the Remindo grading interface:
When you open this report, you will see the Turnitin plagiarism report. The reports can also be opened from the Analysis page:
From both locations, you will be taken to the Turnitin similarity report:
The system highlights the similarities found and the source (website or other candidates). If an overlap is found with another student, the report will indicate the name of the student in question (Student s6300128 in the example above).
Good to know:
- The option for a plagiarism check must be activated at the time the exam is scheduled. Plagiarism reports cannot be created after the fact.
- Please include a notification on the exam cover sheet that the student's work will be checked for plagiarism. In Canvas an automatic warning is built in, but this is not (yet) the case in Remindo.
- You can use 'print to PDF' to export individual reports (no bulk download).
- The reports are generated immediately when each student hands in their work. If two students are cooperating, the first student will at first have a score of 0%. You will of course be able to tell because their name will appear in the report for the second student, but it may be confusing that the score does not occur in both reports. The scores are refreshed at a later point, so this may only occur at the beginning.
- When a group of more than two students have all handed in overlapping work, the system may only show the largest overlap in the report (and not show the other student names). Please be aware of this if you come across a situation like this. We are working with the software supplier to improve this functionality.
The Turnitin website has more information about reading and interpreting the similarity reports.
More information about Turnitin can be found following the link below:
-> help.turnitin.com
If the system flags any suspicious behavior, please consult with your Board of Examiners about current procedures in your programme / faculty.