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Plagiarism Prevention / Research Ethics

What is Turnitin?

  • Turnitin is a web-based plagiarism prevention solution designed to manage potential academic misconduct by highlighting similarities to the world’s largest collection of internet, academic, and student paper content.
    • – Before submitting a thesis or a task, you can check the similarity of your work through ‘Turnitin’ in advance to prevent plagiarism of your work.

Check before use

  • Use the Crome browser
  • Use Korea University mail account (@korea.ac.kr)
  • 1 Account per user

How to use

  • Create a Personal Account on the Turnitin site
  • Log in with the account you created and conduct a similarity check (similarity check results are shown as % only)
  • Print ‘Digital Receipt’ to prove completion of similarity check

How to create account (For Students)

  • Access the Turnitin website (https://www.turnitin.com/koOpens a new window)
  • Click on the ‘Log in’ button at the top right
  • Click on the ‘New user?’ Click here link
  • Click on the ‘Student’ in Create a User Profile
  • Enter the Class ID, Enrollement key, user information, etc. in the Create a New Student Profile
    • – Check Class ID, Enrollement key Click
    – Make sure to use your school mail account (@korea.ac.kr) for your email address
    – The password is a password to be used when logging in from Turnitin

How to create account (For Instructors)

  • Personal Submission Inspection: Create and use the same as how to create an account for students
  • Student submission Inspection: Request for additional registration of an account for instructors through the library website’s Turnitin inquiry board (not applicable by proxy)
    • – Write your Information: Affiliated Campus/Name/Email (Use School Mail Account)
    – Library Turnitin manager manually create accounts after checking the registration request
    – Available after receiving Welcome email with temporary password
    – Setting a password through the password setting link in the mail

Manual

FAQ

  • Q: I’d like to register as a member, but what if I get a message that I already have an account?
    A: If you have used Blackboard or submitted an assignment at least once, your account will be automatically created without having to register as a member on the Turnitin site.
    If you are prompted that your account already exists, please request a password reset link by entering the submitter’s Turnitin account and name through the Turnitin inquiry bulletin board on the library website.

  • Q: What should I do if I forget my password?
    A: Reset your password in two ways.
    1. Reset password after entering your email address and last name on the Reset Password page (shortcut)
    2. Request to reset your Turnitin account (school mail) and password after entering your name through the inquiry board regarding the use of Turnitin on the library website

  • Q: How do graduate students use Turnitin to write their dissertations?
    A:
    – General graduate school: Registration of completed researchers by paying “Research registration fee” to graduate school at the beginning of the semester
    – Graduate School of Education: “Research and Guidance Fees” are paid to graduate schools of education at the beginning of the semester

  • Q: What should I do if I can’t see the class after logging in?
    A: You will need to enroll in a new class as shown below.
    1. Log in and click “Enroll in a Class” at the top left
    2. Enter and submit the class ID and registration key (Check Class ID, Enrollement key Click

  • Q: Can I examine the paper only once?
    A: Immediate test results can be confirmed 4 times per class, and from the 5th it will take 24 hours to confirm the results. If you want to check the test more than 5 times immediately, please select another class and proceed with the test.

  • Q: What is the difference between (unsaved option) and (saved option) items in the class name?
    A: In the case of the Save to Turnitin DB option, your paper will be exposed to other Turnitin users during similarity test. (However, saving does not mean that the entire original text will be published.)

  • Q: How long does it take to get the test results after submitting the paper file?
    A: Depending on the state of the server, it may take at least 1-10 minutes and up to 24 hours. The more papers you have, the longer it takes. You can check the progress by pressing Reload key. (F5)
    The server is processing and will continue when you log out.

  • Q: I did a similarity test to submit my dissertation, but the similarity was high. Is there any problem when submitting it?
    A: There are no criteria for thesis similarity and thesis review presented in the Library and Turnitin.
    Please contact your department’s administration office or professor in charge and submit it according to the department regulations.

  • Q: What percentage of the criteria are considered plagiarism?
    A: If the similarity % is high, it can be suspected as a plagiarism paper, but on the contrary, if you plagiarize someone else’s creation without quotation or source even if the similarity % is low compared to the text.
    Since plagiarism prevention test program (Turnitin) alone cannot determine plagiarism, there is no standard for passing confirmation by %.
    Even if the similarity % is low, it is recommended that you double-check and correct the text checked.

  • Q: How do I exclude references from the results of similarity tests?
    A: You can exclude references, citations, etc. through the filter menu(funnel-shaped) on the right side of the results page.

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