Turnitin Statement for Syllabus

Suggested Syllabus Text 

Faculty who plan to use the Turnitin originality checking service to evaluate student papers for potential plagiarism are strongly encouraged to include the following statement in the course syllabus. For more information about the Turnitin privacy policy, please visit the Turnitin website. 

Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of potential plagiarism. Submitted papers may be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of the originality checking of such papers at the instructor's discretion. Use of the service is subject to the Usage Policy and Privacy Pledge posted on the Turnitin.com site. Course work documents may include but are not limited to papers, blog postings, journal entries, presentations, or any other written work, in electronic or hardcopy, submitted in the format and on the schedule required by the course instructor.