Research Tools: Turnitin
About Turnitin
Turnitin is a similarity detection tool, which is mainly designed to help faculty members to evaluate the originality of student’s work by comparing their electronic documents to online sources and Turnitin-owned databases. Papers can now be accepted for checking in over 30 different languages including Chinese (traditional and simplified), English and Portuguese, while AI writing detection is available for submissions that meet the requirements.
In addition to using Turnitin at its website, UM members can also get access to it through the UMMoodle. They can do their course work using the Turnitin function without having to leave their familiar UMMoodle environment.
Turnitin : https://www.turnitin.com/
UMMoodle : https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/
Kindly note that our Turnitin license only permits use by our university. Submitting or checking papers for another institution violates Turnitin's Terms of Service and privacy requirements and may result in account suspension.
For teaching staff:
- Teaching staff are encouraged using the assignment with Turntin on UMMoodle to check their students’ papers. The steps to set up Turnitin assignment in UMMoodle are summarized as follows:
1. Switch “Edit Mode” on at the upper-right of the course webpage
2. Go to the Week you wanted and then click on the plus sign “+”
3. Select “Activity or resource” from the pull-down menu of the plus sign “+”
4. Select “Turnitin Assignment 2” and fill up the required information for the assignment
5. Click “Save and display” to check those settings of assignment for Turnitin again
- If there was no suitable class on UMMoodle for special checking with Turnitin, teaching staff may drop a line to ICTO for requesting a special one to use.
- If needed, teaching staff can grant access to their Teaching Assistants (TAs) on UMMoodle to assist with similarity checking.
- Teaching staff may also request a standalone Turnitin account (not through UMMoodle) by emailing to lib_ref@um.edu.mo and thereby enabling the direct use of Turnitin at its webpage in an effort for checking their own papers.
For administrative staff:
- Administrative staff may need to use Turnitin for work-related purposes. We recommend that they apply using their group email address to facilitate sharing among colleagues and to have better management control. Please send an email from your UM email account with the subject "Request of Turnitin" and include the group email and reasons, to lib_ref@um.edu.mo. All requests will be considered case by case.
For Students:
- Post-graduate students may apply Turnitin Similarity checking for PG students to use Turnitin for self-checking in UMMoodle. To request access, please make self-enrolment by referring to the webpage of Similarity Detection. Enrolled students can submit their work a maximum of five times per academic year. Please plan your submissions carefully to make the best use of this limit.
- Under-graduate students, who need to use a similarity detection tool for coursework, are advised to seek assistance from their academic advisor or course instructor so that the detection feature can be enabled via UMMoodle.
- For those who have special needs to use the similarity detection tool, please send an email from your UM email account with the subject "Request of Turnitin" and include your full name, student ID number and reasons, to lib_ref@um.edu.mo. All requests will be considered case by case.
For more information, please refer to the webpage at FAQ
If you have any inquiries, please email lib_ref@um.edu.mo. Thank you!
**Note: A high similarity score does not necessarily indicate plagiarism, and AI detection may produce false positives. The final determination should be made by the instructor or the relevant department.