Learning with Moodle - University of Kent

School of Anthropology and Conservation
Coursework Submission Policy
Introduction
If you are taking any School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) modules you must familiarise
yourself with the process for coursework submission:
electronic submission: all essay-based coursework on SAC modules must be submitted
electronically. You will be informed if any of your coursework is exempt.
paper copy: one paper copy of each piece of essay-based coursework must also be handed into
the School reception.
Electronic submission
Electronic submission is done using the Turnitin software, accessed on the relevant Moodle module
page. SAC is using Turnitin to issue the receipt for your coursework, to check it for plagiarism and
duplication and to archive it. If you fail to submit electronically in the right way by the deadline, and
if you fail to submit your paper copy by the deadline no assessment mark will be granted. Both
copies MUST be submitted by the assessment deadline of 12 noon!
Paper copy
A paper copy must also be handed in by the deadline, for staff to use in marking and giving feedback.
Paper copies must be submitted to the SAC Reception. The standard cover sheet must be completed
and attached (available from the SAC reception area).
Receipts
Once you have submit your work via Turnitin you will be presented with an on-screen receipt, giving
your work a ‘paper ID number’. You must print this as your receipt. You will not be given a receipt
when you submit the paper copy of your assessment.
Identifying your work
Turnitin does identify you and your work electronically but please also make sure you include, at the
top of your document on both of the paper AND electronic copies:
Your name
The module name and code (for example SE302: Foundations of Human Culture; DI308)
Your module convener’s name and if applicable the name of your seminar group leader
The title of the assessment (e.g. Assessment 1)
SAC 2010 Coursework Submission 1

Turnitin and Plagiarism/Other Academic Offences
Each piece of coursework will be checked for originality by the Turnitin plagiarism detection
software. Use of Turnitin makes no difference at all to your obligation to follow good academic
practice and to avoid plagiarism and other academic offences but you should be aware that we are
using it and that your assessments will be entered into the database so that other people’s work can
be checked against it. Students are urged to read the information on academic offences and good
practice (see the URL below). It is important that you are aware of the regulations in order to avoid
inadvertent breaches; the regulations state that lack of understanding of the regulations will not be
acceptable grounds for challenging an allegation.
The University’s definition of plagiarism is:
reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review (for example, examination
answers, essays, project reports, dissertations or theses) any material derived from work
authored by another without clearly acknowledging the source.
You should note that this definition includes copying the work of another student, and that
submitting the same material in more than one assessment without acknowledgement – even your
own material – is also an offence.
If you are found to have plagiarised or to have committed another academic offence you risk severe
penalties from the University and may jeopardise your entry into the legal professions. Don’t cheat.
Do reference your sources. Provided you follow these precepts there is no need to worry.
For information on plagiarism, other academic offences and academic integrity in general see:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ai/students/index.htm
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/current_students/handbook/handbook.pdf
For more information on plagiarism and other academic offences in the credit framework see:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/quality/credit/creditinfoannex10.html
Turnitin originality report
A short while after electronic submission the Turnitin “originality report” will be available to you. The
report is NOT a direct indication of whether there has been plagiarism or another academic offence.
It is entirely normal to have some matching text and (unless you have plagiarised or otherwise
cheated!) there is no need to worry. If you are really concerned about your originality report, contact
the module convenor.
For more information on how to interpret the originality report see:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ai/students/orstudent.pdf
SAC 2010 Coursework Submission 2

Learning to use Turnitin
Year 1 UG students
You will be taught how to use Turnitin during the skills module SE308. For various
modules you will be provided with a ”practice submission” so you can become
confident with how to upload documents to Turnitin. See note below on practice submissions.
You will also be able to submit your real assessments to Turnitin, so you can view your originality
report, up to three days before the final submission date. In year 1 you will be able to overwrite your
previously submitted assessment 3 times. For example: If your assessment is due on the 30 th April
you can submit your assessment to Turnitin on the 27 th April and view the originality report. If you
notice that there are some quotations which haven’t been correctly referenced you will be able to
make amendments to your document and resubmit it to Turnitin on the 28 th April.
You will only be permitted to overwrite the assessment you have submitted once per day. If you
submit your assessment on the 27 th April and are happy with it, then you do not need to do anymore.
It will not be necessary for you to resubmit on the due date – Turnitin will use the most recently
uploaded document.
Year 2/3 UG students and TPG students
You will be provided with ‘practice submissions’ for various modules so that you can become
confident with how to upload documents to Turnitin. See note below on practice submissions.
You will only be permitted to submit your real assessment once. There will not be any opportunities
for you to overwrite an uploaded assessment. Therefore it is very important that you check your
document and your referencing before you upload your assessment.
Practice submission
You are encouraged to have a go at a practice submission before submitting a real assessment via
Turnitin for the first time to make sure you are comfortable with the process. There is no point in
repeating this for every module or every submission. It is essential that you do NOT use your actual
assessment, a draft or any other pieces of University work as a practice submission – use another
Word document instead.
If you have any problems submitting your coursework through Turnitin, please contact Christine Eagle on
C.M.Eagle@kent.ac.uk
Detailed guidance on how to submit documents via Turnitin are available via the elearning webpages:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/elearning/documentation.html. It is essential that you use these guidance
notes.
SAC 2010 Coursework Submission 3

Marking in Turnitin
Staff on some SAC modules may be marking online, using the Grademark tool in Turnitin, instead of
marking on paper, although this is rare. Once an assessment has been marked online you access the
comments by going into Turnitin and clicking the little “gm” (Grademark) icon: As well as the
numerical mark, you should look for comments inserted in the text, and also for the “general
comments” button at the end. (You will normally be notified in advance where any of your work is
to be marked online. The majority, if not all of the SAC staff, will be marking the paper copy during
academic year 2010/11)
Turnitin Quirks
MS Word on Macs: when uploading your document you will need to ensure the file extension is
added. This is done by ensuring that the tick box ‘Append file extension’ is ticked in the ‘Save as…’
dialog box.
The preview page of your document is stripped of its formatting – this is normal. The preview page is
just there to ensure you have loaded the correct text.
SAC 2010 Coursework Submission 4