Turnitin – Upload or Submit to an assignment
Submit to an assignment
Before getting started
- To submit a paper to an assignment on Turnitin, the user must log in and upload a file to an existing assignment.
- Assignments in Turnitin cannot accept student submissions until the assignment start date and time has passed.
- Assignments may also reject submissions after the due date and time set by the lecturer.
- To check the start date and due date information, either click on the name of the assignment in the class portfolio page or view the start and due dates located under the assignment name.
- This action opens a pop-up window showing assignment preference information, including start and due dates/times as well as other assignment information or special instructions.
After the submission has completed, a digital receipt is displayed in your browser window. A copy is also sent via email. It is important to use a valid email address to receive this copy of the digital receipt. Save the receipt and the submission ID it contains, as this is proof of a completed submission. If the digital receipt is not shown on screen after submission, return to the class portfolio page and view the assignment to ensure the paper submission completed correctly. Submissions can be checked and viewed by clicking on the title of the paper under the title column to the right of the assignment name.
Log in to turnitin.com (or turnitinuk.com if you’re in the UK).
Psst! See Logging in if you can’t quite remember how to log in toTurnitin.
- Once you’ve logged in, you should see your homepage listing the classes you enrolled in.
- Click the name of the class where you’d like to upload a file.
This will take you to your Class Homepage for that class. Click the Submit button to the right of the assignment name.
This will take you to the file submission page.On the file submission page, make sure the phrase next to the Submit: heading says “Single File Upload.” If it says “Cut and Paste Upload,” use the dropdown menu (the down arrow) next to Submit: to switch to “Single File Upload.” This will allow you to upload your file rather than using the Cut and paste file submission feature
- Enter a title for the submission.
- Click the What can I submit? link to review the types of files and file sizes Turnitin can accept.
- Decide whether you’d like to upload a file from:
- the computer you’re using (Our Class will use this)
- Dropbox OR
- Google Drive
- Click on the “computer” submission buttons (computer, Dropbox, or Google Drive).
- Select the file you want to upload.
- Click the Upload button on the file submission page.
- Review the preview panel (and congratulate yourself on getting your paper done).
- Then, you must click the Confirm button to officially upload the file to the assignment.
If you have multiple assignments due, do not submit from the same browser using separate tabs. This may cause a failed upload for one, some, or all of the assignments.
Resubmitting a paper
Some assignments may allow students the ability to overwrite their previous submissions until an assignment’s due date. This option is activated by the lecturer on an assignment-by-assignment basis.
If resubmissions have been enabled or an instructor has deleted your first submission, resubmitting a paper is handled in an identical manner as a first-time submission.
For this Asisgnment, students are allowed to resubmit their papers or assignments until they meet the desired levels of similarity or plagiarism.
NB: You are allowed three resubmission attempts where the Similarity Report will generate immediately. After three attempts, you’ll have to wait 24 hours before a new Similarity Report can be generated.
Resubmission attempts are shared between you and your instructor. If they attempt to resubmit on your behalf one of your attempts will be used.
Accessing the Similarity Report and Similarity Score
Turnitin compares papers against an ever expanding database of Internet pages, archived pages that might not be available any more, a subscription repository of periodicals, journals, publications, and a repository of previously submitted papers.
The similarity score is a percentage of the paper’s matches to other sources; it is not an assessment of whether the paper includes plagiarized material. The similarity report is a tool for instructors and students to easily find matches or similar text within submitted work.
- To access a Similarity Report, you must firstly access the main homepage by clicking the All Classes tab from the top of any page
- From the main homepage, select the name of the class to view the class portfolio.
- Find the assignment inbox for the assignment you submitted to. Under the Similarity column, you’ll find your similarity score. This is a numerical and visual indicator of the amount of similarity we found in your work.
Following the link will open the Turnitin Feedback Studio viewer with the similarity layer open so you can read more about any matches we’ve found.
Selecting the View button, opens the viewer with the Feedback layer open. You can switch on the similarity layer at any time.
If the similarity score does not appear under the similarity column, your instructor may have prevented access to the similarity report by students. If you have been restricted from viewing the Similarity Report, we will show a paper icon with a line cut through it 
.
If you see dash under the Similarity column, this means that your report is still being generated and will be updated once processing has finished.
If the new window does not appear, you may need to add turnitin.com to the list of sites allowed to create pop-up windows on the web browser that you are using.
Downloading the Similarity Report
Similarity Reports can be downloaded in PDF format for ease of viewing or to be included along with a physical hand-in. The download will include a snapshot of the current view of the submission you have open.
- After opening the submission you’d like to download the Similarity Report for, select the down arrow download icon
from the Feedback Studio toolbar.
- Check which layers you currently have open. To download the Similarity Report, you must have the Similarity layer active.
- Select Current View to start the download of your Similarity Report. The download will also include some extra information about the paper, such as the submission date, submission ID, and word count.
- We’ll now prepare the file for download. For large files, it may take a few minutes. Once the file has been processed, the download will start automatically.
Do not navigate away from the viewer while we prepare the file for download. Should you have to leave the page, you’ll have to re-instigate the download process.
- The final page of the downloaded Similarity Report includes a list of the sources found in the paper. The sources are color coded, and can be used to compare against the on-paper highlighting of the rest of the document.
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