1. What is it and how can we
use it?

2. Turnitin Intro – Session AIMS
• Develop an understanding of what Turnitin
can be used for and how it might be used by
a Faculty.
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• Set up a Turnitin assignment to use with
students.
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• Identify and discuss some of the issues raised
around online submission and the context in
the Faculty.

3. Turnitin
• Online submission and • Text matching:
feedback: GradeMark OriginalityCheck

4. Submissions to Turnitin
File must be less than 20 MB
The maximum paper length is 400
pages.
File Types allowed: MS Word,
WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF,
HTML, RTF and plain text.

5. Student View: Open Module

6. Student View: Open Module

7. Creating a Turnitin Assignment
• Create separate Content Area for Assessments /
Assignments on Module Menu (if not already present)
• Assessments > TurnitinUK Assignment

8. Creating a Turnitin Assignment
• Provide instructions for your students
• Assignment title
Dates
o Start date – submit from (not display from)
o Due date
o Post date – provisional marks and
feedback if using GradeMark

9. Optional Settings
• Allow submissions after the due date: Yes
• Generate Originality Report: Yes
o Options: Immediately (can overwrite reports until
due date)
• Allow students to see Originality Report: Yes
• Reveal grades on post date
o Second assignment for submissions with INAR?
• Submit papers to: No repository (for formative)
• Save as default?

10. Submitting assignments
• Test submission yourself and ask a
colleague to check and test
• Student receives ‘digital receipt’ on
screen and by email
• Edit from title

11. Originality Report
• View Report
– Similarity Index
– Filters
• Check reported matches

12. GradeMark
• Quick Marks & Comments (incl. Voice)
• Rubrics

13. Access Feedback via WebLearn
click to access
turnitin reports

14. Feedback via Turnitin
Assignment