UPT Library of Udayana University Holds Turnitin Workshop Activities

UPT Udayana University Library held a Turnitin Workshop which took place online through the Weebex Meeting, Thursday (14/10/2021).

This workshop was attended by the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. I Gede Rai Maya Temaja, MP, Head of UPT Library Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari, and followed by lecturer representatives in each faculty, Turnitin Manager and Librarian in each Faculty, by presenting speaker Muhammad David Lung who is a Professional & Education Services Consultant Indonesian Turnitin.

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. I Gede Rai Maya Temaja, M.P., in his speech said that the originality of a written work was highly emphasized for students, lecturers, and the entire academic community of Udayana University. Lecturers who want to take part in promotions, their scientific work must be reviewed and validated to meet the requirements, including testing for plagiarism of scientific papers in both national and international categories using Turnitin media. It is expected that lecturers, students, and the academic community of Udayana University understand Turnitin's performance, thus facilitating the correction of an article before publication.

This workshop aims to reduce plagiarism activities by using the Turnitin tool, which is practically and quickly able to find out the similarities of writing in articles.