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The WriteCycle Suite

Turnitin WriteCycle is the only complete, web-based solution for managing writing assignments, via multiple phases of feedback and revisions. Its three interrelated services greatly accelerate the learning process, involving students in their own development, freeing instructors from the burden of tracking papers, and promoting critical thinking, while maintaining academic integrity.

Turnitin WriteCycle's Originality Checking allows educators to check students' work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against continuously updated databases. Every Originality Report provides instructors with the opportunity to teach their students proper citation methods as well as to safeguard their students' academic integrity.

Features & Benefits

• Encourages Proper Citation
• Over 12 Billion Web Pages Crawled & Archived
• Over 60 Million Student Papers
• Over 10,000 Major Newspapers, Magazines & Scholarly Journals
• Thousands Of Books Including Literary Classics
• Printable Reports
• Side-By-Side Comparison

Academic Integrity

"Turnitin plays an extremely important role in helping our students understand intellectual honesty... For our students, being able to see a highlighted line that is similar or exact to another document gives us that "teaching moment"..."
- TRIO Training, University of Washington

GradeMark is Turnitin WriteCycle's innovative paperless grading tool that allows instructors to leave the days of red ink and stacks of papers behind. GradeMark is a time-saving alternative to traditional pen and paper grading, making it easy for instructors to give students the valuable, time sensitive feedback that is so essential for building quality writing skills.

Features & Benefits

• 100% Paperless System
• Real Time Grading & Mark-up
• Track Grades With GradeBook
• Faster Than Traditional Grading
• Standardized Editing Marks
• Assess Students Over Time
• Fully Customizable Rubrics
• Works With All Subjects
• Share Rubrics & Editing Marks

Student Friendly Assessment

"Turnitin has completely revamped the GradeMark program. What had been a reasonably healthy assessment tool is now a turbo-charged, rip-roaring monster truck of a program that provides the answer to all our problems (and all our prayers) in the English Department."
- Dr. Norman Carey, Cushing Academy

Turnitin WriteCycle's patented Peer Review system gives instructors the ability to create Peer Review assignments that students use to evaluate and learn from one another's work. These assignments provide a unique and valuable framework for students to develop critical thinking and writing skills.

Features & Benefits

• Automatic Paper Distribution
• Optional Anonymous Reviews
• Contextual Review Marks
• Assessment Metrics
• Students Learn From Each Other
• Students Become More Engaged In Course Material
• Helps Students Understand Core Course Material
• Accessible Anytime, Anywhere

Engages Everyone

"Turnitin allows me to deliver the considerable cognitive benefits of the peer review experience to my introductory class of 1,000 students. Only this brilliant tool allows me to do so without being swamped by administrative overhead."
- Prof. John Mitterer, Brock University (Recipient of the 2003 Brock Distinguished Teaching Award)

Additional Services

CMS Integrations

Turnitin WriteCycle services can be easily integrated with popular Course Management or Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, WebCT, ANGEL, and Moodle, or with any class or university portal using our API Integration Package. These integrations make Turnitin seem like a natural extension of the web application your institution already has in place.

Turnitin Integrates with:

Blackboard (Including former WebCT)
6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, Vista 3, Vista 4, CE6 and CE8

Moodle
1.5, 1.6 , 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9

ANGEL
6.3, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3

Quality Assurance

Training & Support

Our team of highly trained Product Specialists is available to help you implement Turnitin WriteCycle, train you to use Turnitin most effectively at your institution, and support you and your faculty for the duration of your license. This type of support is critical to the successful adoption of Turnitin. We also provide several support tools and resources for users including customized, face-to-face training sessions, web seminars, quickstart guides, training videos, user manuals, live support through phone and e-mail, and a comprehensive searchable knowledge base.

Trusted Security

Turnitin is serious about protecting the privacy and security of our users' information. We achieve extremely high levels of security through the use of SSL encryption, redundant servers, sophisticated firewalls, multiple data centers, and much more. Turnitin complies with the Better Business Bureau and the Safe Harbor privacy and security standards. With a security system that has never been breached and a privacy policy of the highest standards, instructors and students can use Turnitin with an unsurpassed level of confidence.