Turnitin (updated again)
Following on from my previous post, I know that my dissertation was put through turnitin by someone (I set up a turnitin account as we were asked to do) because I have an email receipt dated 6 June 2013 which clearly shows this is the case. It looks as though I put it through because turnitin thanks me in that auto-email. I didn't manage to upload it to Turnitin. But obviously somebody did, especially since there is a copy of my dissertation on Turnitin. It is technically possible for someone other than the student to upload students' work to turnitin, which turnitin expects to be the instructor ie. the tutor marking the work, not an administrator (such as the admin Team Leader, Robert Brown). Turnitin expects the uni's admin to check that the correct tutors are written down and verified. Indeed, I note that turnitin's info on their website states that it is part of universities' Acceptable Use Policy (and consequently their legal agreement with turnitin) that univ...