What are UMUCs guidelines for faculty using Turnitin?
• Faculty must notify their students in advance that they may be using the Turnitin service. Here is some language that faculty can place in the Syllabus: The University has a license agreement with Turnitin, a service that helps prevent plagiarism from Internet resources. I may be using this service in this class by either requiring students to submit their papers electronically to Turnitin or by submitting questionable text on behalf of a student. If you or I submit part or all of your paper, it will be stored by Turnitin in their database throughout the term of the University’s contract with Turnitin. If you object to this temporary storage of your paper, you must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class. Please Note: If you object to the storage of your paper on Turnitin, I may utilize other services to check your work for plagiarism. • A student cannot be compelled to have his or her paper sent to Turnitin if the student does not wish to. In these rare ins
