Turnitin for iPad surpasses 100,000 downloads

OAKLAND, USA: Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and online grading, announced that Turnitin for iPad has surpassed 100,000 downloads since its August 2013 launch.

Instructors using Turnitin for iPad can check student submissions for originality and provide rich, meaningful feedback using QuickMark and general comments, voice comments, and grading rubrics. Turnitin for iPad automatically syncs with instructors' online Turnitin accounts, allowing instructors to literally Grade Anywhere.

Turnitin is the dominant online grading solution worldwide with over 16 million student papers graded by instructors in 2013. Since Turnitin introduced online grading in 2007, the number of papers graded has grown at an annual rate of nearly 100 percent.

The Turnitin for iPad app has earned high ratings from instructors and is free for existing Turnitin customers. It is available for download at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/turnitin/id657602524

"Using Turnitin for iPad to give my students feedback is amazingly easy and efficient," says Kristy Thigpen from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas. "It's not only wonderful for the instructor, but more importantly, students love the timeliness of my feedback. My only wish is that I had it sooner."