Turnitin is the New Originality Checker in Brightspace

Following a successful pilot,Turnitin is the new originality checker at UCD.  (opens in a new window)Turnitin is an originality checking platform integrated with Brightspace to assist faculty in detection of plagiarism and assisting in assuring academic integrity within your module. Turnitin will be rolled out University wide from Autumn 2024.

Ouriginal, our current originality checker tool will be discontinued on the 31 August 2024 allowing Turnitin to be the single originality checker for the university.   

When is the change from Ouriginal to Turnitin happening?

In order to assist with the University wide roll out in Autumn 2024, the University will begin to transition to Turnitin over the Summer Term. Turnitin will be enabled in all Brightspace modules on Tuesday 21 May 2024.

Details on how you can get started using Turnitin Originality can be found on the(opens in a new window) IT Services Knowledge Base.

Ouriginal (formerly Urkund) will be disabled for new assignments 

From Tuesday 21 May 2024, instructors will no longer be able to use Ouriginal / Urkund for new assignments. You should use Turnitin as your originality checker tool. The navigation bar link called Originality checker is no longer active.  Turnitin can be accessed from within the Assignments tool.  (opens in a new window)Details on how to enable Turnitin in your assignment can be found here

Access to Ouriginal / Urkund reports

Instructors will be able to access legacy similarity reports generated by Ouriginal until 31 August 2024, when the Ouriginal service will be removed from Brightspace.  All of the legacy Ouriginal similarity reports will be included in the UCD repository via Turnitin in the coming weeks.  

Details on how instructors can access legacy Ouriginal reports can be found on the IT Services(opens in a new window) Knowledge Base

Migration of UCD’s submissions archive to UCD’s repository at Turnitin 

Over Summer 2024, UCD submissions in Urkund will be migrated to Turnitin, so the University does not lose any of this valuable information and will not be required to start from scratch in terms of building a similarity repository. 

Support information for using Turnitin tools

Support information for instructors and students is available in the (opens in a new window)IT Services knowledge base under the Turnitin Originality Checker category. 

Training will be rolled out ahead of the next academic year, and can be booked through the Booking Centre. For people looking to get started with Turnitin over the summer, we will offer a training session that can be booked now via the booking centre.