Turnitin is an online plagiarism detection tool that allows students to submit assignments electronically and receives originality reports. It can be used for formative feedback by setting up Turnitin assignments on the module page. Issues around online submission and context need to be considered when using Turnitin. The document provides instructions on how to create a Turnitin assignment, set options like due dates and originality reports, and how students will access submitted assignments and feedback.

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