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Turnitin (Turn It In) is the originality checking software used by Federation University. It is commonly referred to as plagiarism detection software, although this isn’t technically correct. Turnitin cannot form conclusions about whether plagiarism has occurred, it only returns a similarity percentage and links to those sources where similarity is detected. It is up to yourself or your lecturer to determine if plagiarism has occurred.

Access to Turnitin is via Moodle. If used in your units, it will be attached to your Moodle Assignments and submitting your assignment will also automatically submit your work through Turnitin. More information and instructions for Turnitin is available within the Study Support drop-down menu in Moodle.

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