Help and support

Further advice for staff and students on using Turnitin

Resources

For staff

General advice

Turnitin Advice - Staff (767.1 KB PDF)

Setting up a dropbox and hiding the Grade Centre column

Creating a Turnitin Assignment inbox in Learn (504.47 KB Word)

How to set up an assignment dropbox [video 4:05]

Hiding Grade Centre columns before marking starts [video 1:26]

Marking and feedback (including QuickMarks)

Marking a Turnitin Assignment in Learn (691.15 KB Word)

eMarking - comments and marking tools overview [video 3:00]

eMarking - how to add QuickMarks to submissions [video 1:50]

eMarking - how to create new QuickMarks [video 1:40]

eMarking - how to customise and create new QuickMarks sets [video 3:13]

eMarking for Academics - feedback summary [video 1:24]

How to return marks and feedback to students [video 2:26]

How to obtain a copy of a submission’s mark and feedback [video 0:54]

For students

General advice

Turnitin Advice - Students (746.72 KB PDF)

Accessing and understanding your similarity report

Similarity Report – for Blackboard Learn (external website)

Similarity Report – for Moodle (external website)

Accessing your similarity report on a Turnitin Assignment in Learn (327.41 KB Word)

Accessing the text-only version of the Similarity Report (external website)

Submitting your work through Turnitin (in Learn)

Follow the instuctions given to you by your Course Organiser. If you  are asked to submit a PDF, make sure it has been created using MS Office or Adobe Acrobat only (other PDFs cannot be read).

Submitting a Turnitin Assignment in Learn (695.27 KB Word)

How to submit coursework online – step by step [video 2:18]

Submitting a paper – for Blackboard Learn (external website)

Submitting your work through Turnitin (in Moodle)

Follow the instuctions given to you by your Course Organiser. If you  are asked to submit a PDF, make sure it has been created using MS Office or Adobe Acrobat only (other PDFs cannot be read).

For Students Submitting a paper to Turnitin in Moodle (a quick guide) (393.43 KB PDF)

Submitting a paper – for Moodle (external website)

Accessing your marks and feedback (in Learn)

Assignments, Marks and feedback

Accessing your grade and feedback on a Turnitin Assignment in Learn (578.59 KB Word)

Paper feedback – for Blackboard Learn (external website)

Accessing your marks and feedback (in Moodle)

For Students Submitting a paper to Turnitin in Moodle (a quick guide) (393.43 KB PDF)

Paper feedback – for Moodle (external website)

Turnitin Guides

Online guides for using Turnitin, for both staff and students, are available from the Turnitin website:

Turnitin guides (external link)

Training courses

The Digital Skills Training team provide skills development to staff and students across the University, including in the use of Turnitin. You can find details of all the available resources and training courses available by visiting the Resource Finder (and typing 'Turnitin' into the Resource Name field when you get there):

Resource Finder

We are also able to provide bespoke training for groups. Contact us through IS Helpline (below) for details.

Known issues

If you are experiencing issues with Turnitin, you may find it useful to consult our list of currently identified issues:

Updates and known issues (internal link)

Further help

If you have any issues using Turnitin, or want to discuss how to use it, contact the IS Helpline with as much detail possible (e.g. browser, platform, course):

Contact the IS Helpline