Turnitin's Moodle Direct v2

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Maintained by Bryan Holladay, Paul Dawson, Isaac Xiong
Part of set Turnitin.
Turnitin's Moodle Direct v2 integration activity module is a standalone Moodle module with the aim of representing the full suite of Turnitin's features within the standard Moodle workflow. The module is an upgrade on the previous Turnitin plugin and is developed and maintained by Turnitin.
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Moodle Direct V2 is the latest version of the Moodle Direct integration for Turnitin. Moodle Direct V2 installs separately to the original Turnitin Moodle Direct plugin within Moodle so that it can be used in parallel.

Key New Features

  • PeerMark - PeerMark is now integrated into the Turnitin Assignments and is accessible from the inbox for instructors and students.
  • Rubrics - Instructors can now attach their own rubrics to Turnitin Assignments and access the Rubric Manager, Students can also view any rubric that is attached to an assignment.
  • Quickmarks - An instructor's Quickmark manager (used within GradeMark) can now be accessed from within their Moodle environment.
  • More informative Inbox screen - An assignment inbox screen is now organised so that much more information is readily available and combined on to one screen.
  • Quick editing - Certain assignment details (e.g. dates and marks) can be edited quickly in the inbox without having to go to a specific edit screen.
  • Drag and drop submissions - Users can now submit via drag and drop. They will also be provided with an extract of their submission as proof that it has been submitted to Turnitin.
  • Class Migration Tool - Instructors and administrators can now recreate classes they have on Turnitin which may have existed in previous integrations or created through the Turnitin website.

Inherited features from v1

  • Multi-part Assignments - Each Turnitin Assignment may consist of up to 5 parts, parts can be configured to have start dates, due dates and post dates independent of one another.
  • Real Turnitin Users - The integration maps Moodle users to real Turnitin user accounts for both Instructors and Students, there is the option to disable student emails should an institution not wish to have students log in to Turnitin rather than Moodle.
  • GradeMark / Moodle Grade Book integration - Grades are synchronised between Turnitin's GradeMark and the Moodle grade book.
  • Anonymous Marking - Anonymous marking allows student names to be masked from instructors up until the post date.
  • Troubleshooting / Diagnostics - Diagnostic mode allows administrators to identify bugs and communication issues by enabling API call logs and displaying line numbers within error messages

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Contributors

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  • Alan Viirna
    Wed, 18 Sep 2019, 5:15 PM
    Hi Charlotte!
    Thanks for your quick response, yes this is exactly what I was referring to. That is excellent news!

    Many Thanks!
    Alan
  • Ken Farrimond
    Thu, 31 Oct 2019, 9:30 PM
    One of my colleagues has had problems with accessing assignments in Turnitin from a particular assignment (not a Turnitin2 Assignment) in Moodle. (The Loading Turnitin Document Viewer.. page just hangs). The response from Turnitin is that we should upgrade our Moodle site. We are on Moodle 3.6.5 currently. Does anyone have any ideas why upgrading Moodle might fix this issue?
  • Lottie Byrne
    Thu, 31 Oct 2019, 10:19 PM
    Hi Ken, thanks for reaching out with this issue. Is this issue logged with the Turnitin Helpdesk? As you have mentioned that you have received advice to upgrade.
    Which version of the Turnitin plugin are you using? Is this only effecting one user? Are there any errors in the console?
    Thanks!
    Charlotte
  • Ken Farrimond
    Thu, 31 Oct 2019, 10:25 PM
    Hi Charlotte, thanks for the quick response it is Help Desk Case 00931234. It affects all users on one course only, including site administrators. All other courses are working as expected. I can access the course and all assignments by logging into Turnitin directly. I have just turned on debugging to collect some detailed logs. To be honest I posted here because "upgrade your Moodle site" is not the sort of advice I have ever received from Turnitin helpdesk previously.
    Ken
  • Lottie Byrne
    Thu, 31 Oct 2019, 11:36 PM
    Hey Ken, I wouldn't say upgrading your moodle site is the way forward, as it only effects one course. I apologise for the confusion.
    Are you able to get back to the support team through your open ticket? If you could give them some access to the course effected we will be more than happy to take a look, and hopefully get this resolved for you.
    Thanks.
    Charlotte
  • Zadok Lindt
    Wed, 18 Dec 2019, 3:33 PM
    I wonder what the ETA for Moodle 3.8 is?
  • Kristian Hargreaves
    Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 10:15 PM
    Hi All,

    Can anyone confirm for me whether this plugin allows for multiple blind markers to allocated? The core moodle function within the assignment activity only allows for one but we are needing to be able to have multiple.

    Any help/advice would be amazing smile.

    Kris. H
  • Paula Barnard-Ashton
    Thu, 25 Jun 2020, 5:24 PM
    Hi Team, Thank you so much for the work that you do in maintaining this plugin! Do you have a release date for Moodle 3.9 version? Would the 3.8 download be suitable?
    Regards
    Paula
  • John McGettrick
    Thu, 25 Jun 2020, 6:00 PM
    @Kristian - sorry for the delay in responding. We allow multiple instructors to access the submissions when they are still anonymous but only one grade can be applied.

    @Paula - we're currently testing 3.9 and seeing if there are any issues. Hopefully won't be too long
  • Paula Barnard-Ashton
    Thu, 25 Jun 2020, 6:38 PM
    Many thanks @John We are busy testing our upgrade options - had planned to move to 3.8 (from 3.4+) but then they announced that 3.9 would be released so we are currently testing both and hope to move to 3.9 with the added features in the week of the 6th July but we use TII extensively so this may be a determining factor. Thanks once again - I will keep my eye open!
  • Fanahan Barry
    Tue, 13 Oct 2020, 11:14 PM
    Quick question regarding anonymous marking. Above it states UK only in parentheses. Does that mean it is only configurable on the turnitinuk.com API URL (provided it is included in the institutional license)?
  • John McGettrick
    Thu, 15 Oct 2020, 10:52 PM
    Hi @Fanahan Barry - Thanks for bringing that to our attention, that feature is now available globally so I've edited the description accordingly.
  • Clare Miller
    Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 9:44 PM
    Hi, a technical issue/suggestion... When similarity report settings are changed for an existing inbox, please could you get the 'Refresh' to properly query the existing submissions?
    Sometimes an Adminstrator/Teacher changes a setting for the similarity reports, but if there are any pre-deadline existing submissions there it doesn't query these and they get stuck in a kind of limbo so that only technical support can resolve.
  • Clare Miller
    Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 9:45 PM
    Is it possible to allow administrators to delete papers on the Turnitin portal without needing to email support each time?
    Obviously I realise why you don't want this capability to be widely distributed...
  • Lottie Byrne
    Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 10:21 PM
    Hi Clare, this is not something that is available across the Turnitin platforms as there is a process that needs to be followed to remove submissions.
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