4. Individual vs group assignments

Individual assignments

Turnitin is the most popular choice for individual text-based assignment submission (i.e. Word, PDF and PowerPoint files). Turnitin includes text-matching functionality and a similarity report which can be used to investigate possible cases of plagiarism. Turnitin also has online marking and feedback capabilities. For more information, refer to the Assessment tools guide. 

Group assignments

Turnitin is recommended for group assignments that require a Similarity Report, although it does not have built-in group functionality. One member of the group will need to submit on behalf of all group members and marks will need to be manually entered for non-submitting group members. The student who submits the assignment will need to download the feedback and share it with the other group members. For more information, refer to the Assessment tools guide.