Moodle LTI vs. Direct V2 vs. Plagiarism Plugin

Turnitin has different integrations with Moodle that allow instructors to choose which workflow and tools work best to fulfill the needs and objectives of their assignment. If you are a Feedback Studio customer, all of these integrations are designed to work alongside each other and therefore can be set up in the same Moodle environment if needed. In addition, instructors can use these integrations in their course at the same time, using the LTI workflow for one assignment for example but the Plagiarism Plugin workflow for another.

The Plagiarism Plugin is designed to fit within the Moodle Assignment, Moodle Forum, Moodle Quizzes, and Moodle Workshop workflow while Moodle V2 and LTI are designed for use outside of this workflow. Below is a chart to compare the integrations and their functions.

Please note that with the move to LTI 1.3 as the industry standard, the LTI 1.3 integration is recommended over the LTI 1.1 and the Moodle V2 integrations. If you are using either one of these integrations, you may want to consider moving to LTI 1.3. Please check out our Migration Hub for recommendations.

Feature LTI 1.3 (new standard) LTI 1.1 (old standard) Moodle Direct V2 (old standard) Plagiarism Plugin
Similarity Check (Similarity Reports)

✅ Yes

Available to launch from the Turnitin inbox.

✅ Yes

Available to launch from the Turnitin inbox.

✅ Yes

Available to launch from the Turnitin Assignment 2 inbox.

✅ Yes

Available to launch from the Moodle Assignment submission inbox, Forum posting, Quiz Review Attempt, and Workshop submission inbox.
Turnitin's online feedback tools

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes
Turnitin's rubric and grading forms

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

Grading in Forums is expected to be done in Moodle.
ETS e-rater grammar checking

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes
Turnitin's PeerMark peer review available for the assignment

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes
Turnitin's assignment analytics

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

❌ No

❌ No
Simplified assignment set-up

✅ Yes

❌ No

✅ Yes

✅ Yes.
Student roster synchronization

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

N/A
Collusion check

✅ Yes

On the due date of the assignment, an additional check is run and an updated score is available in Feedback Studio accessible from the Turnitin LTI assignment inbox within Moodle.

✅ Yes

On the due date of the assignment, an additional check is run and an updated score is available in Feedback Studio accessible from the Turnitin LTI assignment inbox within Moodle.

✅ Yes

On the due date of the assignment, an additional check is run and an updated score is available in Feedback Studio accessible from the Turnitin Assignment 2 inbox within Moodle.

✅ Yes

On the due date of the assignment, an additional check is run and while the score updates in Feedback Studio, it does not update in all the Moodle activity screens.

Template exclusion

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

❌ No

❌ No
Self-serve paper deletion requests

✅ Yes

Requests can be made by the instructor directly from the LTI assignment inbox. The Turnitin account administrator can immediately approve or reject a request from turnitin.com/turnitinuk.com

✅ Yes

Requests can be made by the instructor directly from the LTI assignment inbox. The Turnitin account administrator can immediately approve or reject a request from turnitin.com/turnitinuk.com

❌ No

❌ No
Instructor submitting or resubmitting on behalf of a student

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

❌ No
Access to Moodle grading and feedback tools

❌ No

❌ No

❌ No

✅ Yes
Group assignments

❌ No

❌ No

❌ No

✅ Yes

Each member of the group will be able to see the Similarity report, feedback and grade.
Moodle Rubrics

❌ No

❌ No

❌ No

✅ Yes
Submitting multiple files at the same time to a single assignment

❌ No

❌ No

❌ No

❌ No
Translated Matching

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes

✅ Yes