Turnitin to End Support for Internet Explorer 8

In July 2014 Turnitin will end its support for Internet Explorer 8.  In their message issuing they news Turnitin stated:

‘At Turnitin, we are continually improving the experience of providing rich feedback on student work. As the internet, web browsers, devices, and Turnitin all evolve, Turnitin will be ending support for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser starting in July 2014.

Come July 1, 2014, we will no longer test or fix features and bugs found only in Internet Explorer 8. This does not mean that Turnitin will immediately stop working in IE8, only that we can no longer guarantee full functionality long term. We recommend that Internet Explorer 8 users move to a current version of one of these supported industry standard browsers:

Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Internet Explorer 9

With this change Turnitin will be able to move forward towards full compatibility with the touchscreen capabilities of browsers for document interaction (leaving marks and comments). Users can already navigate to certain aspects of the Turnitin service via touch, for example to submit files or modify assignment settings. For a full touch compatible grading experience, if you have an iPad, please try the Turnitin for iPad app available in the App Store for instructor use.’

At UCL we do not offer support for the use of the Turnitin iPad app however you will find a page on the Moodle Resource Centre wiki which does have some guidance and known pitfalls. We also recommend the use of Firefox over Internet Explorer currently, and this advise will not change.