The researchers hope that these findings would highlight the importance of the dissemination of an anti-plagiarism document which will enable plagiarism discourse.

Students need to be encouraged by their lecturers to submit assignments and subsequently improve on their academic writing according to originality reports retrieved from Tii. The support team encourages a developmental, rather than a punitive approach. The paper reflects on the slow uptake of Tii by the lecturers, which is worrisome as the students are dependent on their commitment. This was in addition to an analysis of data collected from post-Tii training workshop evaluation questionnaires, and random email enquiries and responses between lecturers and the CIECT team on Tii matters. A case study approach was adopted targeting the lecturers, their assistants and Centre for Innovative Educational and Communication Technologies (CIECT) Tii support team members.

This study explores experiences related to the adoption and implementation of Turnitin (Tii) perspective through a developmental approach at a HEI, namely, the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa, during the period 2010 January to 2013 June. As a result, institutions have employed software detection tools as a measure to deter such unacceptable academic practices. Issues of plagiarism are mutual debates across Higher Education Institutions (HEI).

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