How to submit your assignment using Turnitin
Jesrine Clarke-Darrington
(Learning Technologist)
What is Turnitin?
Before submitting your assignment you will need to copy and paste the assignment cover sheet to the END of your work to avoid it being added to your originality score. The cover sheet will be available for download from the ‘Assessment’ area within your course on Blackboard.
This is an example cover sheet
IMPORTANT NOTE: Turnitin will only allow you to submit one document so please ensure your cover sheet and reference list are included in your assignment.
If you are registered with Disability and Dyslexia Support Service (DDSS) or have a Specific Learning Difficulty Please indicate this on the cover sheet
If you are unsure of your programme code and unit code or registration number. You can find this information by clicking MyRecord from the MyServices menu.
�Under ‘Course information’ you will find...
�Please note: The Turnitin link will be available 2 weeks prior to your submission deadline
You will be taken to the Turnitin assignment inbox area. Click the blue ‘Submit’ button.
Please ensure you check the assignment due date and time, any work submitted after this date/time will incur a late penalty.
Assignment title
Hover mouse over for additional information
Start date: is the date you can submit your assignment from
Due date: is the date your assignment is due
Post date: is the date your work will be sent to the external examiner
Registration number can be found here on your �U-card
PLEASE NOTE:
Click here to find out more about alternative ways of submitting directly from Dropbox or Google Drive.
If the Disability and Dyslexia Support Service (DDSS) have provided you with yellow stickers to attach to your work, please make the marker(s) aware of this by writing Yellow sticker’ before the your registration number in the Submission Title.
You will then be shown a summary of the document you have submitted. If you would like to change anything select ‘Cancel’. If you are happy with this click ‘Confirm’ to complete the submission process.
When the assignment has been successfully submitted you will see a message on screen confirming your submission has been successful.
Please note: The word count will not be accurate because this figure will include your cover sheet and reference list
After submitting your assignment you will receive a digital receipt by email, which will be sent your University email account. You should retain this for your records as proof of submission.
Example email
IMPORTANT: You should ensure that you have a copy of your digital receipt. If for some reason you do not receive a digital receipt by email, you can obtain a copy of the receipt from within Turnitin. Read on to find out how...
Checking your submission and re-submitting your work:
After submitting your assignment you can return to the Turnitin assignment inbox to check or resubmit your work. You can resubmit as many times as you wish. Once the submission deadline has passed you cannot change or amend your work.
Click on the ‘View/Complete’ link to open Turnitin
If you have not received a digital receipt by email, you can obtain a copy of the receipt.
To obtain a copy of your digital receipt:
From the Turnitin assignment window click on the download icon and choose ‘Digital Receipt’.
To view your originality report:
Click on the similarity score which will open a panel listing all the matched sources. You can also download a copy of your originality report via the download button. For help understanding your originality report please refer to ‘Viewing and Interpreting your Originality Report’
If you have any problems...
If you are experiencing difficulties submitting your work to Turnitin please consider the following:
If the answer is no to all of the above, please read the following slide for further help.
If you need further help...