Submit An Assignment with Turnitin
How to Submit an Assignment that Requires Turnitin
Turnitin is a Moodle Assignment feature that checks for the originality of student work. If this feature is enabled by a faculty member for an assignment, it will compare a submitted paper against text found in a number of sources. Sources include a database of previously submitted papers, the internet, as well as published journals, periodicals, and publications.
Once a paper has been processed by Turnitin, the system will generate a similarity report that will be accessible to both the user and the faculty member. The similarity report generates a percentage score indicating how much of the text was found in other sources. The percentage score is not a grade.
Questions about the similarity report and the impact on course grading should be directed to the faculty member teaching the course.
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Submitting the Assignment
Step 1: Click on the assignment in the course.
Step 2: Click Add submission.
Note: Steps 3 and 4 are only required the first time an assignment is submitted with Turnitin.
Step 3: Click the text to read and submit the Turnitin in User Agreement.
Step 4: After reviewing the user agreement, click I agree. If you select I disagree, then you cannot submit the assignment.
Step 5: Click the add file icon or click the arrow icon.
Step 6: Click Upload a File.
Step 7: Click Choose File.
Step 8: Select the file to be submitted. (Exact steps will vary based on the location and device operating system.)
Step 9: Once the file has been added, click Upload this file.
Step 10: Click Save changes.
Step 11: Click Submit Assignment.
Note: Until this step has been completed, the assignment is only in draft status.
Step 12: You will be asked to confirm that you want to submit your assignment. Click Continue.
Accessing the Similarity Report
Once a file has been submitted, it will be automatically processed by the Turnitin originality checking service and a similarity report will be generated. The assignment will display a “Queued” status until the similarity report is available to faculty and students.
Step 13: When a report is available, the submitted file will display a Turnitin ID and a blue percentage icon. Click the percentage icon to access the similarity report.
Interpreting the Similarity Report
The Turnitin similarity report displays instances where the submitted documents were found to be similar to a database or repository. This score does not necessarily indicate academic dishonesty has occurred. The report features can be used to help faculty and students to review.
Note: Clicking hyperlinked text will open more detailed information about this feature found in the Turnitin student guide.
A. Show Report Layers - Displays the report information panel (if not displaying).
B. Match Overview - Provides an overview percentage of the matches found in the paper.
C. All Sources – Details all sources that have been found in the paper sorted by the highest percentage.
D. Filters and Settings - Apply filters to refine the similarity report.
E. Report Download - Download the current version of the report
F. Submission Information
G. Text-only Report - Generate a report in a text only format.
