From stick to carrot - using Turnitin to help improve students' writing

Turnitin is an electronic plagiarism detection system available for use in UK HE through the JISC. This case study looks at how Turnitin works within a VLE (WebCT/Vista) and demonstates how it can be set up as a pre-submission checking tool for students. This enables them to submit their coursework prior to their deadlines and to receive a report from Turnitin analysing how effectively they have referenced their essays. Students then have the opportunity to redraft their writing and resubmit it.