Why do you use Turnitin?
Why are you so strict about the email address I use?
What's this about a "modified MLA header?
Help! The paper is due but Turnitin is not working!
I can't remember my Turnitin password.
The "obvious" reason (cheating) is the least important one; I don't need it to do that. Most importantly, it helps you and me stay organized. (1) Your work is in one place we each can access. (2) Further, with my TabletPC I download your assignments, mark them up, and email them back to you. (3) I'm hoping the discussions feature will help fuel and direct class conversations.
Students who cheat do so because they are jammed up and out of time or don't care about the work in the first place. Either way, there's not a lot of time and effort put into it -- and the results show it. It's easy to spot and catch. In their fantasy world, they actually believe "he won't really read this" (I do; and I get angry when I spend more time reading it than you spent writing it) and they fire it off. Turnitin removes the fantasy that you won't get caught. If you have any doubts, I've allowed you to see the same "originality report" that I see. Top of page
Why are you so strict about the email address I use?
It's a school policy we've adopted to manage our account with Turnitin.You can use it ONLY for internal communication -- including emailing yourself work from home. You must check this account every day, since I will use it from time to time. Anything I send to this account must be acted upon in a timely manner, or you lose -- no exceptions. Top of page
What's this about a modified MLA header?
Since I'm going to email the paper back to you, it makes it easiest for me if you add your email address to the standard MLA four line header, making it five lines. Thank you. Top of page
\Help! The paper is due but Turnitin is not working!
You need to do two things. Email it to me at reinhartr@xavierhs.org as an attachment, with your explanation. Make sure to include your name in the subject header (my mail reader is aggressive with spam); follow up by submitting it in the "late" bucket in Turnitin. If I accept your reason, it will not be late. But I will not grade it until YOU submit it to turnitin. Top of page
I can't remember my Turnitin password.
You need to use the Password Help link, which lurks silently at the top of the Turnitin login screen. It's tiny, but it's there. Top of page