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1. What is the author s last name Reporting group Journal 2 Browse for the file you would like to submit Browse Browse for the file you would like to subm Cancel V Upload this file Title Arch ive zip Author s First Name Author s Last Name 1Thenticate Manual 18 CrossCheck User Manual Section Drag amp Drop Upload Submitting multiple documents in a zip file 9 Once the files have been reviewed and are made ready to upload click on the Upload Cancel Upload button at the bottom of the page Drag amp Drop Upload This submission method allows the user to click and drag a document and drop it into the drop box or the user can add files like in the Upload a File submission option but in a slightly different way Submitting documents with Drag and Drop Upload Zip File Upload 1 In the Info Action column under Submit a document click on the Drag amp Drop Upload Cut amp Paste 2 There are two ways to upload files into the drag n drop box by using the Add button or by dragging and dropping files in the Drag n Drop box 3a To upload a file using the Add button first click on the Add button 3b Select the file files from the Open window that would like to be uploaded to iThenticate and click on Choose once they have been selected The file s will be uploaded to the Drag n Drop box
2. 22 b 777 577 Vil dia F 277 77 6 2222770 TILILLE AILI LTT LLL hs CrossCheck User Manual Updated November 25 2009 CrossCheck User Manual Contents Introduction 4 New Users 4 Logging In 4 Resetting Your Password 2 Changing Your Passvvord or Username 6 The iThenticate Account Homepage 7 Main Navigation 8 The Toolbar 8 Directory 8 Main Content 9 Content Tabs 9 Info Action Column 9 Folders 9 Creating a New Folder or a New Folder Group 9 Database Sources for Reports 12 Organizing Folders 12 Deleting Folders 13 Folder Tabs 14 Documents 15 Submitting a Document 15 File Types and Size 15 Upload a File 16 Zip File Upload 17 Drag amp Drop Upload 19 Cut amp Paste 20 Viewing Reports 22 Viewing Modes 23 Changing Viewing Modes 24 Viewing the Matching Source 25 Excluding Quoted or Bibliographic Material 26 Exclude Small Matches 26 Excluding a Match 27 Resubmit a Document 28 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 2 CrossCheck User Manual Document Pages 28 Sharing Tab 29 Settings Tab 30 Resubmit Tab 31 Print and Download Similarity Reports 32 Organizing Documents 32 Moving Documents 33 Deleting Documents 34 Search for Documents 35 Trash 36 Settings 37 Account Info page
3. 1Thenticate Manual 52 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved CrossCheck User Manual Section Email Tab Appendix A Manual Changes November 16 2009 e Added the new user profile option Can select Reporting Group when uploading on page 47 e Added the Email tab section to the Administrator section of the manual on page 52 e Added the new upload option where a user can select a reporting group to upload the document to if the account administrator has given the user the ability to do so September 29 2009 Added the Fxclude Small Matches section on pages 26 7 June 5 2009 e Updated manual to reflect new changes to iThenticate homepage e Separated manage users tab section into an administrator manual to clarify the account adminstrators capabilities Added an additional section Controlling a User s Abilities to display new feature where administrators may control a user s ability to Share documents May 18 2009 e Added the upload user list feature on page 42 of the Manage Users section October 28 2008 e Added the new feature Report filters within the Settings Tab section on page 29 and the Account Info section on page 39 The report filters allows a user to manage a list of URLs that are filtered out of the matching content search when a report is being generated for submitted documents e Added the Groups tab feature to the Manage Users section of the manual found on pag
4. What ts the author s last name Note If no title has been entered iThenticate will automatically use the uploaded document s title for the title of the submitted documents 4 If the iThenticate account administrator has given the user the ability to choose which reporting group they can upload documents to the Reporting group pull down menu will appear within the upload a file screen Click the Browse button and locate the zip file to upload Click on the Upload button to upload the zip file Anew page will open and asks you to Please confirm files to upload At this point the user can choose to exclude certain files in the upload To exclude a file from submission uncheck the check box next to the Upload this file by clicking on it You will need to manually change the title for each document being submitted iThenticate will make the title of the submitted zip file the default title of each submission The user can also fill in the Author s first and last name fields which are optional Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 717 Submit a document Upload a File Zip Fi Upload Upload to folder My Folders February 2008 Select Upload to folder My Folders February 2008 My Folders January 2008 What is the document title What is the author s first name What is the author s last name
5. have been added to the Drag n Drop box Summary Files 3 Total size 9 98 Mb Cut S Paste The cut and paste submission option allovvs users to submit information from non supported vvord processors or file types or to only submit specific parts or areas of a document that may need a Report generated Please note that only text can be submitted via the cut and paste method any graphics graphs images and formatting are lost when pasting into the text Submission box Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 20 CrossCheck User Manual Section Cut amp Paste Drag amp Drop Upload 1 In the Info Action column under Submit a document click on the Cut amp Paste link p 2 Optional The document will be uploaded to whichever folder was Upload to folder selected before clicking on the Copy Folders February 2008 amp Paste link The user does have the Select Upload to folder option to upload the document to a different folder by using the Upload a folder pull down menu 3 Although the What is the document title field is optional it is recommended to enter a document title for cut and paste submissions My Folders February 2008 My Folders January 2008 What is the document title If no title is entered iThenticate will name the cut and pasted document Pasted Document What is th
6. of matching content in increments of 10 Section Definitions similarity report this is the default viewing mode for the Similarity Report Provides a list of all areas of the paper which have similarity to information in the Turnitin database Matches are color coded and listed from highest to lowest percentage of matching word area within the submission Only the top or best matches are shown all underlying matches are visible in the Content Tracking viewing mode By clicking on the highlighted area of the text the matching sources displays the actual source from the website and which part of the Original writing was matched with the submitted document summary report a simple printable list of the matches found followed by the paper with the matching areas highlighted toolbar The toolbar changes functionality based on what the main content is displaying For example the toolbar displays the Search Trash Resubmit and Move functions when the user is browsing documents from within a folder The toolbar is only functional when the user is within the Folder page user profile contains the users information Such as first and last name and email address Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 57
7. 40 Filters 40 API Access IP addresses 41 Administrator Manual 42 Profiles tab 42 Adding Users to an Account 42 Deactivating a User 44 Deleting a User 45 Controlling a User s Abilities 46 Groups Tab 47 Reports Tab 49 Sharing Tab 51 Email Tab 52 Appendix A Manual Changes 53 Glossary 55 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved YThenticate Manual 3 CrossCheck User Manual Section Introduction Introduction Welcome to the iThenticate User Manual iThenticate provides plagiarism prevention services to publishers corporations law firms and other professional establishments around the world This user guide provides a thorough explanation about iThenticate from its features to a comprehensive walkthrough about its use Account administrators have the ability to manage users within an account click here to view the Administrator Manual New Users First time users will receive an email from their iThenticate sales representative with a username and a one time password The username you receive will be the email address you provided to your iThenticate sales representative You may only log in once with the one time password and you will need to change it the first time you log in For information on how account administrators add users to an account please click here Logging In Once iThenticate has been purchased and you have received an email from your iThenticate sales representativ
8. Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 19 CrossCheck User Manual Section Cut amp Paste alae and Drop Upload 4 To upload a file by the drag and drop method the user must either with a held click drag a file s from their computer s desktop or open a folder and click and hold the files wanted to be uploaded and simply drag those files until the cursor is over the Drag n Drop box a green plus sign will appear next to the cursor and the file s name will appear Let go of the held click The file will be added to the drag and drop box Before uploading the files the user should check the selected documents in the Drag n Drop box and make sure 1 Newsletter pdf the files are in the proper file types that iThenticate accepts If a file has been added that you would like to remove select the file by clicking on it It will become highlighted and click on the Remove button to remove that file Drag n Drop g Kemove Once the user has selected the specific files to upload click on the Upload button to upload the files in the Drag n Drop box The Drag n Drop option allows the user to upload as many 1000 files and up to 200MB total for upload File size may not exceed 20MB The Drag n Drop contains a Summary feature that displays the amount of files and total size of all the files that
9. Database can be excluded from the Report View in either the Similarity Report or Largest Matches viewing modes This allows the user to find any underlying sources or if it has been determined a match is not needed to remove it from consideration The similarity index will be recalculated and may change the current percentage of the similarity index if matches are excluded To exclude a match the user must open a Report and view it in the Similarity Report or Largest Matches mode To the right of each source listed for a match will be a gray X icon Click on this icon to exclude the source Any underlying source if present will replace the excluded source 22 match Internet www monthiyreview io Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 27 Section Resubmit a Document CrossCheck User Manual Once a source has been excluded it can be reincluded to the Report through the Content Tracking viewing mode The Content Tracking view mode lists all sources that have matching content with the submission The excluded sources will appear with a plus icon to the right of their name within this view mode To reinclude the source within the Report click on the plus icon 22 match Internet E monthlyreview org This source has been manually excluded from the Similanty report 22 match Internet from Sep 24 2005 ca www selvesandothers org Resubmit a Document Do
10. Group 2 In the Create A New Folder page the user must first specify which folder group they would like to save this new folder to by using the Folder Group pull down menu to select the folder group destination 3 Enter a name for the folder in the Folder Name field 4 Click within the check box for either Exclude quotes or Exclude bibliography or both to exclude them from comparison for all documents submitted in this folder 5 Decide whether to customize the match size for all similarity reports created in this folder Matches can be excluded by word Folder Group My Folders New Folder Folder Name x New Document Folded Exclude quotes i ee yu ee Fun r rum Ta Sees a ml il GE EE TOerao ron dir Exclude bibliography Customize match size Exclude matches by Based on total match to a source count or by percentage Enter the value you wish to be excluded from the similar O Word Count _ words ity reports within this folder into either the O Percentage Word Count or Percentage fields Limit searches to these repositories Documents submitted in this foider wilt search checked repositories M CrossCheck 6 Choose which collections to search M Internet M Publications 7 Click Create to create the new folder Cancel Note This feature allow
11. Pasted Document 1 part words testpaper doc 03 26 08 test2 doc 03 26 08 1 Gert 252 Clicking on the similarity index icon opens up the Report The Report is separated into three main areas in the default vievv These three areas are paper information the top of the report page shows information about the submitted paper This includes the paper title the date the report vvas processed the vvord count the number of matches found in the selected databases and the similarity index paper text the text of the submitted paper Matching text is highlighted in a color that corresponds to the matching source listed on the right side of the Report matching sources the list of matching sources for the highlighted areas within the paper text ents henticate P ap r Mode Similarity Report H Exclude Quotes Exclude Bibliography Exclude small matches w i TARMFAStION fi 3 words 8 matches 4 source The Unloved Childre fen Caufield and Teddy two of JD Salinger s characters af ajjdren who try to fit into the ernet from Jun 25 2009 ET world by acting above their age masking their fear and loss of innocence in Maig life with a confidegfintelligence Unfortunately this imaginary world unravels in both stories and reveals that the lyildren s 107 words 15 Internet from Sep 25 2009 fagge cannot hide their deep depression The development of an alter ego in
12. Sharing Settings Resubmit 03 27 06 Pasted Document 1 part 2 words Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved TThenticate Manual 14 CrossCheck User Manual Section Submitting a Document Documents The documents tab within a folder displays all the submitted documents for a specific folder Each submitted document generates a Similarity Report after the document has been compared to the databases selected by the user Submitting a Document iThenticate users can submit documents using four available methods The submission types are e Upload a File a single file submission e Zip File Upload submit a standard zip file containing multiple documents May contain up to 200MB or 1 000 files Zip file uploads of significant size may require additional time to complete e Drag amp Drop Upload a file is dragged from the user s computer and dropped on the drop area or added to the drop area by browsing the computer You may upload up to 200MB or 1 000 files with the Drag amp Drop Upload option e Cut amp Paste submission of text copied and pasted into the submission box May be used to submit from a file format that is not accepted No images or non text information can be copied and pasted only plain text can be accepted File Types and Size iThenticate currently accepts the following file types for document upload Microsoft Word DOC and DOCX Word XML Plai
13. content area after a folder group has been selected Deleting a folder or multiple folders from a folder group My Folders 1 Click on the folder group that contains _ the folders that the user wants to delete My ies gt New Folder 2 Place a check mark next to each folder R AQ xXxon x x x x o xo U xouu sun that the user vvants to delete by clicking Title in the empty check boxes to the left of the folders name To select all folders place a check in the check box next to the January 2008 Title column header February 2008 3 Click on the Trash button on the toolbar pics Move sele to send all checked folders to the Trash Folder Tabs Within every folder there are four tabs that contain different folder options They are Documents this tab contains all the documents that have been submitted to the folder The documents tab also contains the Similarity Reports for the submitted documents Sharing this tab allows you to share this selected folder with other iThenticate users who have been added to the iThenticate account Settings this tab contains the folders options which you can adjust at any time Resubmit the resubmit tab displays the many resubmission options that the user can choose from to ensure that reports are updated and that content is thoroughly checked for similarity against iThenticate s exhaustive databases 4 Documents Documents
14. out of the trash by using the Move selected to pull down menu Select the folder or document wished to be moved out of the trash by clicking into the checkbox next to the folder or document title Select the folder or folder group destination from the Move selected to pull down menu and then click on the Move button Note Documents can only be moved to folders and folders can only be moved to folder groups The Move selected to pull down menu is divided into two sections Folders and Groups Folders and Documents cannot be moved together they must be moved separately My Documents Authors Novel Groups My Folders Publishing House To permanently delete documents or folders from your iThenticate account select which ones you would like to delete and click on the Delete button Note There is no limit to the amount of Folders and Documents the Trash can contain 1Thenticate Manual 36 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved CrossCheck User Manual Section Settings Settings The settings tab on the main navigation allows you to customize your preferences for document and reports To open the Settings page click on the Settings link at the top of the screen Account Info Manage Users The Settings page has three different tabs General Documents Reports General is the default tab and handles general preferences the home folder number of documents sho
15. source When printing this view mode will print only the currently selected source ost of their revenues from publicity try to 19 match Internet from Mar 26 2008 unicating ads before anything else The WWW answers COM This source is completely hidden by one or more sources in the Similarity report Hcasters try to make the public stay for a long ctators not to switch the channel during 17 match Internet from Feb 18 2007 ental stimulus require light concentration b 14 reklama pl kazaaformac info es These also make for much easier This source is completely hidden by one or more sources in the Similarity report sionally more entertaining than the regular Users may also view the Report showing only matching text and source links without the matching sources view This is known as the Summary Report view mode This view mode allows a user to view a source in its original format from the internet or from the iThenticate database if the source is a journal or periodical by clicking on the name of the source at the top of the Report The Summary Report view mode is similar to the printed view of the Report 22 match internet www monthlyreview org 19 match Internet from Jun 17 2007 en wikipedia org Technology has had a great effect on modern communication making it possible to spread rumors and news instantaneously through a variety of appliances Not onl communication changed drastically within the past 20 yea
16. the children is due to the lack evencievelangblamspot aam arental love and attention in their lives and the confusion and depression this causes The alter ego is an to v tc h n g S u rc e S deal with their problems and continue to live in dern world Teddy an intelligent 10 year old bo 47 words 7 Intemet from Sep 26 2007 either develops a mystical pe E con who as is evident in the sto en wikipedia org Li have a bad relationship that causes psychological damage in their son and daughter or he is an enlightened maste If the former is the case ag ternet from Nov 21 2005 Teddy has reacted defensively to an exploitative adult world by intuitively developing the a of the mystic and clairvoyant both to gain the love he desperately needs and paradoxic y to distance himself from his uncaring family and the grown up world Teddy tried to deal with this problem and through the story shows an obsessive attraction to death and the metaphysics behind it The beginning of the story Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 22 CrossCheck User Manual Section Viewing Modes A Warning The similarity indices do not reflect iThenticate s assessment of whether a paper has or has not been plagiarized Similarity Reports are simply a tool to help our clients find sources that contain text similar to the submitted documents The decisi
17. the list of users on your computer Click Upload to upload the list 4 Once the file has been uploaded a list of the uploaded users will be displayed Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Add New User Upload User List ication that includes instructi file View examples of browse for the file to upload Browse n Cancel Your list must contain a first name last name a Results of your user list upload Return to Manage Users Upload Another File First Name Last Name Patricia Wong pwong e Billy Martinez bmartinez Ralph Washington rw eamp 1Thenticate Manual 43 CrossCheck User Manual Section Deactivating a User When a user has been created an activation email is sent to them If the account administrator needs to resend the activation email click on the Manage Users link at the top of the page and then click on the Edit button to the right of the user who needs an activation email sent to them new user com The Editing User Information page will open to send the activation email click on the green Send Activation button Activation E mail You may resend this user their activation information anytime by clicking the Send Activation button below This will reset the users password Send Activation Account administrators can edit user information from the Editing User Information page by clicking on the Edit b
18. to upload click on the Add another file link 7 Click the Upload button to upload the selected document s Click the Cancel Upload Cancel link to cancel the upload Zip File Upload The zip file submitted to iThenticate may be any size up to approximately 200MB and contain up to 1000 individual files If the zip file exceeds either limit it will be rejected Documents in a zip file must not exceed 20MB If a document within a zip file exceeds 20MB it will not be accepted by the system Users uploading zip files are advised to ensure that no unacceptable file types are contained within the zip file and to be careful of duplicate copies of the same file within the zip file iThenticate will attempt to detect duplicate or invalid files and warn the user of any duplicate or unacceptable files Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 17 CrossCheck User Manual Section Zip File Upload Submitting multiple documents in a zip file 1 In the Info Action column under Submit a document click on the Zip File Upload link Optional The zip file will be uploaded to whichever folder was selected before clicking on the Zip File Upload link The user does have the option to upload the zip file to a different folder by using the Upload a folder pull down menu Optional Enter information for the following fields What is the document title What is the author s first name
19. 9 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 40 CrossCheck User Manual Section API Access IP addresses When adding a URL the URL may be as specific or general as you wish Here are some examples e http example com exclude entire site note trailing e http example com docs exclude all sources from a specific directory http example com docs paper pdf exclude specific document To add a URL simply place it within the Add URL field and click on the Add URL button to add that URL to the report filters acific document To remove a URL once it has been added to the Report Filters click on the red x icon to the right of the URLs name P E A API Access IP addresses If you want access to the iThenticate API you will need to contact your iThenticate account sales representative If your account is enabled to allow API access the API Access IP addresses option will appear within your Account Info page API Access IP addresses Your account is enabled to allow API access Use this entry to specify the IP address ranges that are allowed access You may enter the special address 0 0 0 0 to allow access from any IP address Addresses may be entered as a single address or in CIDR format e g 192 68 2 0 24 Multiple addresses may be entered by separating them with a space IP addresses 127 0 0 1 24 Update Profile Cancel Within the IP addresses fie
20. United States to stop further media concentration social justice If changing media is left until ier the revolution tse ich almost overnight reached a scale not seen in media reform struggles since thg revolution not to mention chances for social reform But politicizing control 9405 is so important and instructive This article chronicles that revolt over media has proven to be extraordinarily difficult for activists That is why the massive and largely unanticipated 2003 campaign in the United States to stop further March 2004 REVI OF THE MONTH The Commercial Tidal Wave ROBERT YO media concentration which almost overnight reached a scale not seen in media f l JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER a long time now it has widely ugger food within e reform struggles since the 1930s is so important and instructive This article under the capitalism of giant firms corpo To exit the matched database content click on the x button to the right of the similarity percentage to return to all the matching sources Exclude Quotes match Internet from Jun 17 2007 ii To return to the Folders page from the Report click on the Return to Folders View link at the top left of the Report lt gt Return to Folders View 5 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 25 CrossCheck User Manual Section Excluding Quoted or Bibliographic Material Excluding Quoted or Bibliographic Materia
21. ail Tab Section CrossCheck User Manual Glossar 1Thenticate Manual 55 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Copyright CrossCheck User Manual Definitions account administrator an account administrator referred to as the account admin has access to the manage users tab on the iThenticate homepage content tabs contain the different pages of the main navigation tabs For example the Settings page has three content tabs General Documents and Reports content tracking index threshold is used to determine if a Similarity report will be resubmitted or if a user will be emailed where if any resubmitted document exceeds the threshold they will not be resubmitted The thresholds are percentages of matching content in increments of 10 content tracking mode the content tracking similarity report view mode lists all the matches between the iThenticate databases and the submitted document directory the area of the Folders page that contains the folder groups and Trash document submissions to iThenticate are called documents Documents can be uploaded in four ways Upload a File Zip File Upload Drag amp Drop Upload and Cut amp Paste info action column contains easy access to iThenticate actions and information The only pages that have action functionality are the Folders page and Manage Users page For example in the Manage Users page the Info Actio
22. aradigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 56 CrossCheck User Manual change it the first time you log in Overall Similarity Index this index determines the percentage of similarity between a submission and information existing in the iThenticate databases selected as search targets resubmit documents can be resubmitted to iThenticate to further check the document for similarity Since iThenticate s databases grows daily by the thousands secret question and answer the secret question and answer set allows a user to reset their password immediately through the Forgot your Password link on the iThenticate website The secret question is selected from a list during user profile creation and the user enters an answer The answer is case sensitive and may or may not include spacing Different capitalization or spacing when answering the secret question will result in rejection of the password reset attempt sharing folders can be shared with other users within your account The sharing tab within a folder shows you all the users who you can share the folder with If a folder is shared with another user that user can only view the Similarity Reports similarity index threshold is used to determine if a Similarity report will be resubmitted or if a user will be emailed where if any resubmitted document exceeds the threshold they will not be resubmit ted The thresholds are percentages
23. at have access to your iThenticate account This page is where new users can be added to an account and where activation emails can be sent or where users can be deleted or deactivated from an account The Manage Users page is also where reporting groups are created where usage statistics can be viewed and where the document sharing options are located This tab only appears if the user is an Account Administrator The Toolbar The toolbar changes functionality based on what the main content is displaying For example the toolbar displays the Search Trash Resubmit and Move functions when the user is browsing documents from within a folder The toolbar is only functional when the user is within the Folders page Directory The directory displays all created folders and the Trash To enter folders just click on the folder you would like to browse Clicking on the Trash opens the Trash displaying all deleted documents To permanently delete items from the Trash click within the check box to the left of the document title and click on the delete button on the Toolbar Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 8 CrossCheck User Manual Section Main Content Main Content The Main content displays the various functional pages within iThenticate Content Tabs The content tabs change depending on what the main content for each page is For example the content tabs for a spe
24. ation form by giving the new user a first and last name an email a specific timezone and a photo which is optional Select Timezone 21 Photo Browse Phone 3 Optional Next fill out the Contact Information fields Phone and Fax Can this user submit documents 4 Decide whether or not this user will be able to submit documents or only be a Q Yes reader of shared documents Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 42 CrossCheck User Manual Adding a new user 5 Decide whether or not this user can share folders with other users 6 Decide whether or not to make this user an Account Administrator by clicking in the radio buttons for either Yes or No Account Administrators have the ability to create and delete users 7 Click the Create button to add the user to the iThenticate account Section Adding Users to an Account Can this user share folders O Yes Account Administrator Cancel A list of users may be uploaded to an account if the administrator has multiple users to add to an account Uploading a user list 1 Within the Profiles tab click on the Upload User List link under the column Add Users 2 For an example of properly formatted user list files click on the examples link on the Upload User List page 3 Click on the Browse button and locate the file containing
25. ays how many resubmissions reports and users are remaining within an account and also provide access to the account report filters and the API IP addressess To access the Account Info page click on the Account Info link on the main navigation at the top of the iThenticate window Settings Account Info Manage Users The My Profile section of the Account Info page contains your iThenticate user information Within this section the users name email and password can be changed The user can also upload a picture for their account To change your user name and email simply enter the new name or email in place of the former name or email and click on the Update Profile button below My Profile Please view the Changing your password section of this manual to learn how to change your password The Account Info section displays important information about the iThenticate account This information contains the companies name the Account ID and the date the iThenticate account expires Account Info Company Account Account 3 Account 10 3 Expires Sat Feb 28 2009 Filters The Filters tab allows the user to control the URL Filters for an entire account The Report Filters tab allows a user to manage a list of URLs that are filtered out of the matching content search vvhen a report is being generated for all folders in an account To add a URL to be filtered click on the Filters tab att Copyright 1098 200
26. been placed users are then able to use the Move selected to pull down menu and once the correct folder group has been selected the user can click on the Move button to move the selected folders Moving folders My Folders 1 Click on a folder group that contains folders that are going to be moved to a Fa My Folders nevv folder group ai gt New Folder 2 Click on the check boxes next to the Title 4 name of the folders to add a check to the February 2008 folders that the user wishes to move January 2008 3 Use the Move selected to menu selected to to select the desired folder group Groups destination of the checked folders Publishing House New Folder 4 Click on the Move button to move the folders to the new folder group Deleting Folders Folders can be deleted in two ways from the directory or from within the main content area To delete a folder from the directory simply click on a folder group and hover the cursor over the folder that the user wants to delete and two icons will appear a refresh icon and a trash icon Click on the trash icon to delete the folder My Folders My Folders ll My Folders 7 February 2008 eS 1 mi Title January 2008 February 2008 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 13 CrossCheck User Manual Section Folder Tabs The other way to delete folders is from the main
27. cate account homepage cx Man T Setting Account_info dn Users System Admin Welcome John Doe Logout iThenticate xXZmm ne EE ee y OnTen y 2 g Documents Sharing Settin Submit a document March 2008 L This folder is empty Submit a document M Upload a File Zir i Directory F Publishing House Drag amp Drop Upload New folder Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 7 l Trash CrossCheck User Manual Section Main Navigation Main Navigation After logging in the iThenticate user will see the Folder page The main navigation bar at the top of the screen has three to four tabs based on the user type These different tabs are e Folders This page contains all the functionality of iThenticate it is where folders are created browsed and shared with other users where documents are submitted within a folder to be checked against the iThenticate database for similarity and where documents can be deleted or moved from one folder to another e Settings The settings page controls general document and report display options These options range from the number of documents shown for each page Default Report View to controlling Email Notifications and much more e Account Info The Account Information page contains the user profile and the account usage e Manage Users The Manage Users page lists all users th
28. cific folder within a folder group are Documents Sharing Settings and Resubmit Clicking on each tab opens up a new page displaying the information the tab contains Info Action Column The Info Action Column contains easy access to iThenticate actions and information The only pages that have action functionality are the Folders page and Manage Users page For example in the Manage Users page the Info Action Column contains the action Add New User and Upgrade Your Account information Folders Creating a New Folder or a New Folder Group Creating folders and folder groups will help a user organize their documents New users will be given the folder group My Folders and the folder My Documents when they first log in to their iThenticate account iThenticate accounts can have as many as 100 folder groups and up to 1000 folders per group Creating a New Folder Group 1 Log into your iThenticate account and on the Folders page click on the New Folder Group link in the Info Action Column 2 In the Create A New Folder Group A New Folder window enter a name for the new folder group and then click the Create button 3 Now you have an empty folder group Within the new folder content tab This group is empty Folders click on the link Create a folder to add a folder to this folder group To delete an empty folder group click on Removed this empty grou the Remove this empty group link Copyr
29. cuments can be resubmitted to update the Report in case any new material has been added to the databases When the cursor is placed over a document the green resubmit icon the trash icon and the edit icon appears Click on the resubmit icon a prompt will appear asking Resubmit this document now Click OK to resubmit the document Report Author Processed B Pecos 02 29 08 H 02 29 08 hm z Indians 4 is For further resubmission details please view the Resubmit Tab section of this manual 6390 Document Pages Only a specified amount of documents are displayed on the screen at once if more documents are in the folder but not displayed the pages feature will appear beneath the documents Either select which page you would like to be displayed by clicking on the page number or click on the Next link to scroll to the next page of documents Viewing Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next 1Thenticate Manual 28 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved CrossCheck User Manual Section Sharing Tab Sharing Tab The sharing feature allows the iThenticate user to share folders with other users added to the same account To view the sharing options click on the sharing tab The sharing options list the users on the iThenticate account the folder can be shared with 4 Folder 1 ruz Resubmit To share a folder click on the check box next to the user s name that you would
30. e source programming is to compare the content of programs paid for and chosen by the i 22 match Internet www monthlyreview org viewer with those on channels that get their income mainly from advertisements i show in web page The media is how people learn about world affairs and recent news In a certain respect we can say that media provides a lens in which the viewers can view the world tention has been given to examining the problems of the commercial media and closely they reinforce and accentuate problems vvithin the broader social order The A rring issue for the left historically has been how to add the capitalist logic of this criticism has become clear progressives need to work on challenging the xa b the problem has grown o and no small corporate domination of media as part of the broader struggle for social justice If amount of attention has been given to i changing media is left until after the revolution there will be no revolution not to media and how closely they reinforce and fecentuate problems withinhe broader mention fewer chances for social reform But politicizing control over media has social order The logic of this criticism 1 mod d r prog ives Wii to work proven to be extraordinarily difficult for activists That is why the massive and largely on challenging the corporate domination f media as part of the b i struggle for unanticipated 2003 campaign in the
31. e 44 The Groups feature allows the administrator of the account to create groups and add users to them to better organize the Account Usage Statistics within the Reports tab e In the Reports tab section of the Manage Users section the By User Group By Month and Set Date Range report usage options have been added On page 45 6 September 25 2008 e A new option Can this user submit documents has been added to the adding a new user table on page 40 This feature allows the administrator of the account to decide if they want the new user to have the ability to submit documents or if they Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 53 CrossCheck User Manual Section Email Tab just want the user to be a reader of shared documents This option can be toggled at any time by the administrator once a user has been created by clicking on the edit button to the right of the user s name in the Profiles section of the Manage Users page September 16 2008 e Added new features to the Manage Users section of the manual These features include deactivating a user reactivating a user the Reports tab and the Sharing tab The Manage Users tab in iThenticate is accessible only by administrator users e An appendix section has been added to the manual to track changes made to the manual Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 54 Em
32. e author s first name 4 Optional Enter information for the following fields What is the author s first name and What is the author s last What is the author s last name name 5 If the iThenticate account administrator What is the author s last name has given the user the ability to choose which reporting group they can upload s n soup documents to the Reporting group pull down menu will appear within the upload a file screen Browse for the file you would like to submit Browse Paste your document in the area below 6 Copy the selected text click into the area provided in the Paste your document in the area below and paste the copied text 7 Click the Upload button to submit the Cancel pasted text Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 21 CrossCheck User Manual Section Viewing Reports Viewing Reports iThenticate Reports provide an overall similarity index for each submission This index determines the percentage of similarity between a submission and information existing in the iThenticate databases selected as search targets To view a Report click on the folder that the document was submitted to and then click on the similarity index icon under the Report column My Documents Documents Sharing Settings Resubmit 03 27 08
33. e containing your username and password then you can login to iThenticate To login to iThenticate first click on the Login button at www iThenticate com Th nt Ica te About services Customers Partners Blog News amp Press originality checking amp IP verification fi Contact a sales representative It s not always easy Insert the username and the password into the appropriate fields and click the Log In button Log In Don t have an account Sign Up here Email O Remember me for 1 week Forgot your password Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 4 CrossCheck User Manual Section Resetting Your Password Once logged in the user will see the iThenticate homepage Settings Account Info Manage Users System Admin iThenticate My Folders My Folders March 2008 March 2008 This folder is empty Submit a document My Documents is Publishing House B Trash Resetting Your Password Welcome John Doe Logout Documents Sharing Settings Resubmit E Submit a document Upload a File Zip File Upload Drag amp Dr oad Cut amp Paste If the iThenticate user password is forgotten the password can be reset via a secret question or e mail To reset a password via e mail the user information must contain a valid e mail address iThenticate cannot send a password reset information to any other e ma
34. e use the Reporting Group pull down menu to select which group you want to place the user in If a user has not been placed in a group they will be assigned with the Group Unassigned within the Reports tab ice le m Moe CL Enma eee Fu Ya Fi ak FECR ii Er Clie es EL L Hm kari seki Pars PSP Le AR Ly LI LL fal H USES Tr CL GT 2 i l Reporting Group Administrators can give users the ability to select a reporting group when uploading a document s Within a user s profile select either Yes or No for the Can select Reporting Group when uploading option and click the Update button to save the changes The default is no Can select Reporting Group when uploading Yes No A Warning Enabling this option allows the user to change which cost center reporting group the submission will be charged to without administrator interference Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 47 CrossCheck User Manual Section Groups Tab If you would like to delete a reporting group from your account simply click on the red X icon to the right of the group name A prompt will open asking you if you want to remove the group click OK to delete the group 2 users in this group Remove Cost Center A Note Removing a reporting group will automatically move that group s information to the unassigned reporting group To change the
35. ent Group Print Ads Group Unassigned iParadigms Account Click on a group name to view more detailed usage statistics for the users in that group To get the Individual Usage Report click on a user s name within a group to open a page that displays document submissions and page count per month and a total of all submissions made by this user Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 49 CrossCheck User Manual Section Reports Tab Matt R Usage Report Report is not limited by a date range change Submissions Page count R April 08 May 08 Total The account administrator can also vievv the Company Usage Report by clicking on the account name in golden text The Company Usage Report displays a month by month usage report of all the submissions by the account users You can also click on the By Month tab to access the month by month account usage report Submissions Page count Group Online Content Group Print Ads Guqen rkinassigne 683 iParadigms Account 1 373 4 404 T euprine d 3 635 To view the account usage for a specific date range click on the Set Date Range link amp Manage Users By User Group M Aue Set Eb gt ee Enter a date in the Date fields the format is 2008 10 22 or click on the calendar icon to the right of the Start and Due Date field to select a date Once the start and due dates have been
36. folder selected before clicking on the Upload a File link The user does have the option to upload the document to a different folder by using the Upload a folder My Folders February 2008 ll d My Folders January 2008 pu down menu Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 16 CrossCheck User Manual Section Zip File Upload Submitting a document by file upload 3 Optional Enter information for the uz following fields What is the document title What is the author s first name What ts the author s last name What is the author s first name Note If no title has been entered iThenticate will automatically use the 0 0 uploaded document title for the title of i the document 4 If the iThenticate account administrator What is the author s last name has given the user the ability to choose which reporting group they can upload documents to the Reporting group pull down menu will appear within the mm mm upload a file sereen E Reporting group Journal 2 L 5 Click the Browse button and locate the Browse for the file you would like to subm document to upload _ Browse 6 Optional The user can upload up to 10 documents at once using the Upload a File submission option To add another da Add another file file
37. h some limited flexibility in the Content Tracking view the report shows the percentage of matching words for a source regardless of whether or not the words are pieces of matching strings In some cases strings from the same source may overlap in which case the longer string in the Largest Match view will be displayed To select the view mode click on the Mode pull down menu and select a viewing mode Content Tracking Summary Report o r Largest Matches Caufield and Teddy two of JD Salinger s char Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 23 CrossCheck User Manual Section Changing Viewing Modes Changing Viewing Modes By default the Report opens in the Similarity Report view mode which displays the highest matches within the matching sources In some cases smaller areas of Similarity may be obscured by larger matches and not shown with this view mode To find the underlying sources use the Content Tracking view mode to show an exhaustive list of the sources When a viewing mode has been changed by selecting it from the View pull down menu the Similarity Report browser window will reload to display this view The Content Tracking view mode when selected lists all sources even those that are obscured by larger percentage matches in the default view Select a source to display on the document to the left by clicking on the radio button next to a
38. hin the account To apply the changes made click on the Update Sharing button amp Manage Users Sharing Preferences As an account admin you may select the type of sharing enak View only folders shared by other users C View ALL users folders ew folders of selected users Select Users Fb Shoe Note You can enable disable the ability of a non administrator user to share folders for more information please click here Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 51 CrossCheck User Manual Section Email Tab Email Tab The Email tab allows the iThenticate account administrator to customize a welcome email when new users are added to an account Profiles Groups Reports Sharing When new users are added to your account they receive an automated email notifying them of their activation As an account administrator you may change the subject line and or incorporate a customized message to be included within iThenticate s activation email notification when new users are added F supplied this will replace the standard Account Created subject Custom Email Subject Account Created This text will be added to the standard welcome email message your users receive Custom Message You have been added to account Click on the Set Custom Message button to save your custom message Set Custom Message Cancel
39. his includes text images embedded information from another file and formatting Non text information that is not saved directly within the document will not be included in a file upload This includes references to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet included within a Microsoft Office Word document Note Users whose files are saved in a file type that is not accepted by iThenticate will need to use a word processing program to save the file as one of the accepted types Rich Text Format and Plain Text file types are nearly universally available in word processing software Neither file type will support images or non text data within the file Plain text format does not support any formatting and rich text format supports only limited formatting options A Warning Users who are converting to a new file format will need to save their file with a name different than the original Any file should be saved with a new file name when converting to plain text or rich text formats to prevent permanent loss of the original formatting or image content of a file Upload a File The upload a file submission option allows the user to submit a document from a variety of document types Submitting a document by file upload Resubmit Submit a 1 In the Info Action column under Submit document a document click on the Upload a File link File Zip File Upload 2 Optional The document will be uploaded to whichever folder was Upload to
40. ications The currently available search indexes are e CrossCheck research articles books and conference proceedings provided by the worlds scientific technical and medical publishers e Internet a database of archived and live publicly available internet pages containing billions of pages of existing content and tens of thousands of new pages added daily Publications third party periodical journal and publication content including many major professional journals periodicals and business publications Note You also have a purchasing option to create a customizable database source with your own content to submit to and search against For more information please contact sales ithenticate com Organizing Folders Folders in the directory are organized alphabetically When a folder has been clicked the folder content appears in the main content area of the page The user has the option to organize the folders within a folder group by either title or date To sort the folders by title or date click on the Title or Date headers of the column My Folders SI February 2008 03 25 2008 January 2008 03 25 2008 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 12 CrossCheck User Manual Section Deleting Folders To move folders to another folder group click on the check boxes to the left of the folder s name to place a check into the check boxes Once a check has
41. ight 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 9 CrossCheck User Manual Section Creating a New Folder or a New Folder Group Creating a New Folder Group 4 If you clicked on the Create a folder link the Create A New Folder window will open Enter a name for the folder in the Folder Name field harb ba rda a pi fort Check to exclude quoted text ya q y uzun zma i Ext fram GT docun 5 Click within the check box for either Exclude quotes or Exclude bibliography or both to exclude them from comp arison for all documents submitted Check to exclude bibliography from comparison of docu in this folder Exclude bibliography Exclude quotes Limit searches to these repositories Documents submitted in this folder will search checked repositories M CrossCheck 6 Choose vvhich collections to search M Internet M Publications 7 Click Create to create the new folder Folder groups that already have a folder created in it will need to create a new folder in a different way Creating a New Folder 1 Log into iThenticate and then click on the New Folder link within the Info Action Column New Folder Group Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 10 CrossCheck User Manual Section Creating a New Folder or a New Folder
42. il address E mail password reset 1 Go to www iThenticate com 2 Click on Forgot your password to the right of the Log In button 3 Enter your email address and then click the Send button iThenticate will send you a one time password to your email You may only log in once with this password and you will need to change it the first time you log in 4 Click the Send button Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved i Thenticate originality checking amp IP verification Login Forgot your password oS Forgot your password No Problem Just enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password Your email address Send Back to login form Your email address x ack to login form 1Thenticate Manual 5 CrossCheck User Manual Section Changing Your Password or Username Changing Your Password or Username A user may change their iThenticate password or username email address at any time by opening the Account Info page once they have logged into iThenticate Log into iThenticate by entering the username and password for the iThenticate account and click the Log In button Log in Forgot your password Click on Account Info at the top of the 1 i Settir Ac t nf iThenticate homepage setings Accountinto In the Account Info page the user must Current Password first enter their current passwo
43. l If quoted or bibliographic material is flagged as similar or matching this information can be removed from the Report When quoted or bibliographic material is excluded from a Report it may change the percentage of matching text found within the Submission Excluding quoted or bibliographic matches Report Author Processed 03 27 08 1 Open a Report 03 26 08 2 Click on the Exclude Quotes or Exclude Exclude Quotes Exclude Bibliography Bibliography links 3 Review the revised report Quoted or x bibliographic material can be reincluded include Quotes Include Bibliography by clicking the include quotes or include bibliography links Exclude Small Matches The exclude small matches option allows iThenticate users to remove matches from the Content Tracking report viewing mode that fall below a certain percentage or word count The exclude small matches option can be applied as a folder setting or to individual Reports To exclude small matches at the folder level click on the Customize match size option when creating a new folder or within a folder s settings page Place a value within either the Word Count or Percentage fields for the match size you would like to be excluded from the Content Tracking mode Click on the Create or Update Settings buttons to either create or update the folder settings Check fo customize the size of matched text Customize match size Exclude
44. l 31 CrossCheck User Manual Section Print and Download Similarity Reports When should iThenticate stop checking The user can select to end resubmissions either after a specified amount of resubmissions or with an end date When should iThenticate stop checking End after Email Notification allovvs the user to select from pull dovvn menus a similarity index threshold and a Content Tracking index threshold where if any resubmitted document exceeds the threshold they will not be resubmitted The thresholds are percentages of matching content in increments of 10 Similarity index threshold x Do not check score Content Tracking index threshold x Do not check score Print and Download Similarity Reports The iThenticate application uses print style sheets to provide the print feature To get a print version of a report you would just use file gt print in your browser while viewing a Similarity Report Likewise to download a copy of a report use the file gt print feature in your browser and choose pdf Browsers will save the files required to view the page locally on your computer Organizing Documents Documents in folders are organized alphabetically by title When a folder has been clicked the documents tab appears in the main content area of the page The user has the option to organize the documents within a folder by either Title Report Author or Processed To sort the fo
45. ld specify the IP address ranges that are allowed access to your account You may enter the special address 0 0 0 0 to allow access from any IP address Addresses may be entered as a single address or in CIDR format e g 192 68 2 0 24 Multiple addresses may be entered by seperating them with a Space For information on how to begin using the iThenticate API please view the iThenticate API Guide Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 41 CrossCheck User Manual Section Profiles tab Administrator Manual This portion of the manual is for users who are account administrators An account administrator has access to the Manage Users main navigation tab which specifically deals with managing users within an account creating reporting groups viewing usage reports and controlling sharing between users Settings Account Info The Manage Users navigation tab contains five content tabs Profiles Groups Reports Sharing and Email Profiles tab The Profiles content tab allows account administrators to add new users edit current user information send activation emails to created users deactivate or delete current users from the account Adding a new user 1 Within the Profiles tab click on the Add New User link under the column Add Active Users 5 of 10 Users Add New User First Name Last Name 2 Fill out the User Inform
46. lders by one of the column headers click on the header of that column LA Fo d er 1 Documents Sharing Settings Resubmit or ma ee m Silverliqht Chapter 3 pending Silverlight Chapter 2 B 02 29 08 2 parts 2 871 Chandrasekhar s Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 32 CrossCheck User Manual Section Moving Documents Moving Documents Moving documents is exactly like moving folders Moving documents to another folder My Folders 1 Click on the folder that contains the il Group A d acc document you vvould like to move Click in the check boxes the documents you would like to move If you would like to move all documents click in the checkbox next to the title header All the folders documents will become selected From the Move selected to pull down menu on the toolbar select which folder Move selected to you would like the documents to be Folders moved to Folder 2 Folder 3 Click on the Move button to move the selected buttons to the folder you selected The selected documents will be moved to the new folder Documents can also be moved by clicking and dragging a document to another folder To drag multiple files to a new folder place a check mark next to the documents you would like to move Hold down a click on the file that you would like to drag and move the cursor a document icon will appear Accou
47. left of the document s name To 1 part 2 977 words select all documents place a check in the check box next to the Title column header Silverlight Chapter 2 z iri me Hi 77 Baris m drs Click on the Trash button on the toolbar to send all checked documents to the re Resubmit Trash Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 34 CrossCheck User Manual Section Search for Documents To edit the documents title or the name of the author click on the edit icon B Pecos z 25 08 H O2 20 08 E Indians dis n The edit document page will appear If any changes have been made click on the Update button to save the changes to the document Document Title 1333 Account Account 373 User Author First Name James Author Last Name indianapolis Search for Documents The search function allows users to search for a documents Documents can be searched by folder title and author To search all documents type the criteria into the search text area and click on the Search button The search results will be displayed in the main content area Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 35 Section Trash CrossCheck User Manual Trash The trash contains all folders or documents that have been deleted Documents and Folders can be moved
48. like to share with and then click on the Update Sharing button Share with Account Account 3 User C Account Account 3 User B Update Sharing Cancel When a folder has been shared with another user that user can only view the Similarity Report and is unable to submit a document to the folder Once a folder has been shared there are two ways to have the folder not shared either by the user who shared it or by the user who it is being shared with If the user who is sharing the folder decides not to share it anymore simply uncheck the box next to the users name who the folder is being shared with and click on the Update Sharing button For the user who a folder has been shared with the shared folder appears in the users directory When the cursor is placed over the shared folder a red X icon appears to the right of the folder name Click on the X icon to have the folder not shared with you anymore My Folders My Folders Account Accou e Folder i Note Account Administrators will enable or disable sharing access based on your company s internal guidelines Please check with your account administrator If the sharing feature is disabled users will not be able to view previously shared documents Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 29 CrossCheck User Manual Section Settings Tab Settings Tab The Settings tab within a folder allow
49. matches by Based on total match to a source Word Count words O Percentage Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 26 CrossCheck User Manual Section Excluding a Match When exclude small matches is set for a folder each Report generated for a submission will automatically remove every match within the Content Tracking mode under the specified value Documents that were in the folder prior to adjusting the exclude small matches option will not be affected The similarity index may recalculate if any matches excluded from the Content Tracking mode affect the Similarity index The Customize match size option can be updated at any time within a folder by clicking on the Settings tab page 1 of 1 My Documents perl Sharing H Resubmit H Title Report Author Processed Actions To apply or adjust the exclude small matches feature within a Report open up a Report and click on the Exclude small matches link Place a value within either the Word Count or Percentage fields for the match size you would like to exclude from the Content Tracking mode and click Update to apply the changes Exclude Quotes Exclude Biblioqrapir Exclude small pe ls m Sep 25 2009 Percentage bees Cancel Excluding a Match Any source or match source found in the iThenticate
50. misleading If the split size was set to 10 five different Similarity Reports will be generated four vvith 096 and the one Similarity Report that vvas generated containing the matching section will display a much higher percentage of matching material Default Document Sort allovvs the user to change the default vvay to sort a document Document split size pages 10 2 Update Settings Cancel Reports controls three report preferences Email Notifications Default Report View and Color code report Email Notifications provides the user with the ability to allow emails sent to them if a Similarity Report exceeds a specified percentage of matching content within the iThenticate database From the Send report no frequently than pull down menu select an amount of time where a single email can be sent to the user s email address From the Similarity Report Threshold and the Content Tracking Report Threshold pull down menus select a percentage value When any report containing Similar material to the iThenticate databases exceeds that percentage value you will be notified with an email Email Notifications Use these settings to receive notification when a report has exceeded the specified thresholds below You may set separate thresholds for the Similarity report and for the Content Tracking report Email will only be sent when a report exceeds the thresholds you set below Select how often reports if any are
51. n Column Section Definitions contains the action Add New User and Upgrade Your Account information folder where documents are Submitted to Folders are created within a folder group folder group contains folders Folder groups can only be deleted if they contain no folders folder tabs there are four folder tabs Documents Sharing Settings and Resubmit Each tab provides different functionality largest matches the report Shows the percentage of words that are a part of a matching string of words with some limited flexibility in the Content Tracking view the report shows the percentage of matching words for a source regardless of whether or not the words are pieces of matching strings In some cases strings from the same source may overlap in which case the longer string in the Largest Match view will be displayed main content displays the different iThenticate pages main navigation the main navigation bar at the top of the screen has three to five different tabs based on the user type These different tabs are Folders Settings Account Info and Manage Users Only account administrators has access the Manage Users tab one time password a password given to either a new user or to a user who has forgotten their password iThenticate will send you a one time password to your email You may only log in once with this password and you will need to Copyright 1998 2009 iP
52. n Text TXT Adobe PostScript Portable Document Format PDF HTML Corel WordPerfect WPD Rich Text Format RTF The file size may not exceed 20 MB Files of larger size may be reduced in size by removal of non text content Files that are password protected encrypted hidden system files or read only files cannot be uploaded or submitted to iThenticate The zip file upload accepts up to 1000 files or 200MB of zipped information A zip file to be uploaded may not exceed either limit Zip files should be checked to ensure only usable file formats are included in the upload Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 15 CrossCheck User Manual Section Upload a File Note PDF documents must contain text to be submitted PDF files containing only images of text will be rejected during the upload attempt To determine if a document contains actual text copy and paste a section or all of the text into a plain text editor such as Microsoft Notepad or Apple TextEdit If no text is copied over the selection is not actual text 4 Tip Users submitting scanned images of a document or an image saved as a PDF will need to use Optical Character Recognition OCR software to convert the image to a text document Manual correction of the resulting document is highly recommended to fix any errors caused by the conversion software Note Some document formats can contain multiple data types T
53. name of a group click on the group s name Cost Center A Within the Update Group Name field change the group s name and click on the Update Group Name button to save the new group name Update Group Name Cost Center B Update Group Name Cancel st Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 48 CrossCheck User Manual Section Reports Tab Reports Tab The Reports content tab contains statistics for the overall account reporting groups and for the individual users of the account To view the Usage Reports page click on the Reports tab The Usage Reports page keeps track of document submissions made by users in reporting groups and the accumulated page document count for all Submissions within each group and for the entire account There are three tabs within the Reports tab in which to view usage statistics By User Group By Month and Set Date Range These options help an administrator search for specific or general usage Statistics Manage Users Profiles Group l Ey Month Set Date Range Usage Reports This page displays a snapshot of account usage You can view more detailed statistics for an individual by clicking on the user s name Sort report by clicking on a column title Click on the plus sign to view users within each group Report is not limited by a date range change Submissions Page count Group Online Cont
54. nt Account 3 User D m oo er T l Te Wr eo Vu US mi If multiple documents are selected by placing a check next to the documents a Slightly different icon will appear Account Account 3 User Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 33 CrossCheck User Manual Section Deleting Documents Drag the document s to the folder you would like to move it too the green document drop icon will appear Let go of the held click over the folder you would like to move the document s and they will be moved to that folder 1332 Account mu P 034 joe i parte A 11954 wore ei LA LS 1333 Account E ru rtr E Poe nay Fu 2 parts words Deleting Documents Documents can be deleted in tvvo vvays To delete a document from the main content area simply click on a group and hover the cursor over the document that the user wants to delete and three icons will appear a refresh icon a trash icon and an edit icon Click on the trash icon to delete the document 02 29 08 H 02 29 08 Indians dis Deleting a document My Folders 1 Click on the folder that contains the a document s that the user wants to m Group A delete 2 Place a check mark next to each document that the user wants to delete by clicking in the empty check boxes Silverlight_Chapter 3 to the
55. o they won t have to individually resubmit each document With extensive options the user can control how frequently resubmissions take place Within the resubmit tab there are four different options e How often would you like Folder Name checked for similarity Select from the Schedule type pull down menu either daily weekly or monthly to decide how frequent resubmissions should be made When Daily is selected from the Schedule type pull down menu select how many days before the report is resubmitted from the Resubmit every day s option To exclude weekends place a checkmark in the Exclude weekends option Resubmit every days s Exclude weekends When Weekly is selected from the Schedule type pull down menu the Select weekday s field will appear Select the days that you would like reports to be resubmitted weekly Schedule type Select weekday s P Monday 221 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday When Monthly is selected from the Schedule type pull down menu there are two options that can be selected by clicking on the radio button You can select a day that is checked every month or couple of months or you can select a week and weekday within a month to be checked for every selected number of month s Schedule type Monthly The of every month s Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manua
56. on to deem any work plagiarized must be made carefully and only after an in depth examination of both the submitted paper and suspect sources Viewing Modes There are four modes in which to view a Report e Similarity Report this is the default viewing mode for the Report Provides a list of all areas of the paper which have similarity to information in the iThenticate databases Matches are color coded and listed from highest to lowest percentage of matching word area within the submission Only the top or best matches are shown all underlying matches are visible in the Content Tracking viewing mode By clicking on the highlighted area of the text the matching sources displays the actual source from the website and which part of the original writing was matched with the submitted document Content Tracking the content tracking similarity report view mode lists all the matches between the databases and the submitted document Since iThenticate updates its database regularly it may have many matches from the same source The sources that are the same will specify when they were copied from the internet Content Tracking mode is the only viewing mode in which to view the Exclude small matches feature Summary Report a simple printable list of the matches found followed by the paper with the matching areas highlighted e Largest Matches the report shows the percentage of words that are a part of a matching string of words wit
57. ptions for each user Can select Reporting Group when uploading Can this user submit documents Can this user share folders and will this user be an Account Administrator Can this user submit documents 9 Yes Can this user share folders Yes Account Administrator O Yes No Cancel For example if a user should be restricted from sharing their folders click on the No radio button for the Can this user share folders option To save any changes made to the user profile click the Update button 1Thenticate Manual 46 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved CrossCheck User Manual Section Groups Tab Groups Tab The Groups tab allows the administrator of the account to create user groups and add users to the groups from their user profile This feature allows the administrator to group users and track the usage statistics of these users within their group when viewing the Reports tab section of the Manage Users page To add a new group enter a name for the new group in the Add New Group field and click on the Add Report Group button to add the group Add New Group Cost Center Al Add Report Group Cancel Once a group has been created you can start adding users to the group To adda user to a group click on the Profiles tab within the Manage Users page Next to the user s name click on the edit button Within the user s profil
58. rd in the verir Current Password field Now enter the new password for your Change Password account within the Change Password NN field Reenter the password within the Confirm Password Confirm Password field to ensure that the password has been entered correctly 6 To save the changes to the password click on the Update Profile button below the user information form or Update Profile click Cancel to cancel the change to the sh password Note Once you click on the Update Profile button your password will be changed and the new password will now be used to log in to iThenticate Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 6 CrossCheck User Manual Section The iThenticate Account Homepage Changing your email 1 Log into iThenticate by entering your email and password for the iThenticate gin Forgot your password account and click Log In 2 Click on Account Info at the top of the iThenticate homepage Settings Account Info 3 Delete the previous e mail and enter the E Mail Account ID new e mail into the E Mail Account johndoe ID field 3 4 To save the changes click on the Update Profile button below the user information form or click Cancel Update Profile Cancel to cancel the changes made to the in username The iThenticate Account Homepage This section will walk through the different areas of the iThenti
59. rs but the freedom to communicate has improved as well Instead of the T V radio and newspaper domina news and journalism the new technology like blogs can give a regular person without a background in journalism a voice that can be heard by thousands of people The last mode is the Largest Matches viewing mode This mode is very similar to the default mode but with one main difference this viewing mode shows the percentage of words that are a part of a matching string of words so the percentage for a matching source may change in this viewing mode Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 24 CrossCheck User Manual Section Viewing the Matching Source Viewing the Matching Source The matching source can either be viewed from the database or from the internet source To view the internet source simply click on the link under the percentage of Similar material found in the submitted document www monthlyreview org 19 match Internet from Jun 17 2007 en wikipedia org To view the matching material side by side with the submitted document use either the Similarity Report view the Content Tracking view or Largest Matches view To view the matching content in the Matching sources area of the Report click on the highlighted text within the submitted document Once clicked the source material will be displayed to the right of the submitted document from the matching databas
60. s a user to customize the folder s settings at any time The Settings tab within a folder contains two tabs Folder Options and Report Filters The Folder Options contains similar material as the folder creation screen and this information can be updated at any time The Report Filters tab allows a user to manage a list of URLs that are filtered out of the matching content search when a report is being generated for the folder To add a URL to be filtered first click on the Report Filters tab within the Settings tab La My Docu ments Documents Sharing settings DD Folder Options Filters Folder Name VVhen adding a URL the URL may be as specific or general as you vvish Here are some examples e http example com exclude entire site note trailing e http example com docs exclude all sources from a specific directory e http example com docs paper pdf exclude specific document To add a URL simply place it within the Add URL field and click on the Add URL button to add that URL to the report filters ecific document To remove a URL once it has been added to the Report Filters click on the red x icon to the right of the URLs name Existing URL Filters http example com Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 30 CrossCheck User Manual Section Resubmit Tab Resubmit Tab The Resubmit tab helps the user program resubmissions s
61. s users to exclude matches within Reports that fall below a certain percentage or word count Please note that exclusion of small matches happens at the Content Tracking mode The Content Tracking mode allows you to view up to 100 matches identified by iThenticate and because this mode shows matches one at a time the matches are not obscured by overlapping matches uploaded text may show same match to two or more sources This means that in other report modes you still may see a match that falls below scheduled exclusion level These matches are simply part of larger matches that iThenticate identified These larger matches can be viewed in whole at the Content Tracking mode Thenticate Manual 11 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved CrossCheck User Manual Section Database Sources for Reports Database Sources for Reports The user is able to select the available database sources to compare submissions against Within the folder settings or when a folder is created the user can select which database collections will be searched To search specific databases when documents are submitted to the folder click within the check boxes next to the databases to select them If no databases are selected with a check next to their corresponding check box then all databases will be searched when a document is submitted to this folder Limit searches to these repositories NAX CrossCheck Internet Publ
62. selected click on the Update Date Range button By User Group Month WGS Eei Use this form to set a date range for submission reports Start Date End Date w The date range selected restricts the account usage report within the date range and will retrieve all the groups with users who have made submissions within the date range Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 50 CrossCheck User Manual Section Sharing Tab Sharing Tab The Sharing content tab contains three different types of sharing enabled for your account View only folders shared by other users View ALL users folders and View folders of selected users The default is View only folders shared by other users To change the sharing type for the account click on the radio button next to the sharing type and click on the Update Sharing button amp Manage Users Profiles Sharing Preferences AS an account admin you may select the type of sharing enabled for your account View only folders shared by other users Oview ALL users folders View folders of selected users Update Sharing 2 N If the View folders of selected users has been selected the account administrator must first select which user s folders will be shared within the account To select a user click in the check box next to their name to place a check This user s folders will now be shared wit
63. sent to you Send report no more frequently than Once a day H ns pertentaqe Send notification when the Similanty score exc Similarity Report Threshold don t notify me x tification 1 eni n tificatiun When at east one Source matches over Cvs percentage Content Tracking Report Threshold don t notify me zi Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 38 CrossCheck User Manual Section Settings Select the report view that will be the default report view when viewing a similarity report from the Default Report View pull down menu Default Report View Similarity Report Select Default Report View m iy Pi LiT on al geyd tu ai in vievvinq matches Similarity Report Content Tracking Summary Report Largest Matches Select whether or not the Similarity Reports are color coded the default setting is that the reports are color coded The Report tab in the Settings page also informs the user which search indexes are currently available for documents to be compared against Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 39 CrossCheck User Manual Section Filters Account Info page The account information can be updated viewed or changed at any time within the Account Info page This page contains the users profile tracks the account usage which displ
64. user User Inactive This iThenticate user is currently inactive To activate this account click on the Activate User button below Activate User Only account administrators can delete a user from an account To delete a user click on the edit button to the right of the user s name that has been deactivated Within the Editing User Information page click on the De ete User button to permanently delete this user from the account Deleting a User Delete this User If you would like to permanently delete this user click on the Delete User button below Please note that all the files associated with this user will no longer be accessible Delete User A Once a user has been deleted all documents submitted by the user will no longer be accessible by the administrator or by shared users If the wrong user was accidentally deleted it can be undone by clicking on the undo link that appears next to the iThenticate logo immediately after deleting the user If the user leaves the Manage Users page the deleted user cannot be undone 1Thenticate Manual 45 Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved Section Controlling a User s Abilities CrossCheck User Manual Controlling a User s Abilities A user s abilities can be edited at any time within a user s profile by clicking on the Edit button to the right of the user s name The administrator can toggle four o
65. utton The Editing User Information page is identical to the Add New User page If any information or settings have been changed click on the Update button to save the changes Deactivating a User Only account administrators can deactivate a user from an account To deactivate a user click on the edit button to the right of the users name that is going to be deactivated Within the Editing User Information page click on the Deactivate User button to deactivate this user Deactivate this User If you would like to disable this user account click on the Deactivate User button below Please note that all files associated with this user will NOT be deleted and are still viewable by Administrators Deactivate User Note All files associated with this user will NOT be deleted and are still viewable by administrators Yet the deactivated user can no longer log in to the account Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 44 CrossCheck User Manual Section Deleting a User Once a user has been deactivated they can then either be reactivated or deleted from the account completely Reactivating the user allows the user to regain access to the account and all of their submitted documents and folders To activate a user who has been deactivated click on the edit button next to the inactive users name on the Manage Users page Then click on the Activate User button to reactivate the
66. wn at once in a folder what screen is displayed after up loading a document the timezone and the default language To adjust any of these options use the pull down menus to select the available options Home Folder Select Home Folder Number of documents to show After uploading a document This changes which page you view after uploading a documen Display the upload folder Upload another document Timezone America Los Angeles Language English The After uploading a document option controls which page is loaded after uploading a document either the folder page or the upload a document screen Once the desired changes have been made click on the Update Settings button to save the changes Copyright 1998 2009 iParadigms LLC All rights reserved 1Thenticate Manual 37 CrossCheck User Manual Section Settings e Documents to open click on the Documents tab It contains two customizable settings Document split size pages this option allows the user to break up a large document into smaller pieces by selecting how many pages a submission contains This option helps make the Similarity Report more pertinent and easy to review For example if a 50 page book was uploaded to iThenticate and Document split size was set to 50 and the Similarity Report found 3 of matching material when in fact the actual amount vvas a vvhole page of the book the Similarity Report vvould be

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