{"id":576,"date":"2018-07-23T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/?page_id=576"},"modified":"2023-01-16T09:57:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:57:24","slug":"turnitin-for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/assessing-students\/anti-plagiarism-turnitin\/turnitin-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Turnitin for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Turnitin is the text-matching service used at the University of Otago to help find cases of plagiarism. Assignments set up in Moodle can be automatically submitted for checking against a global repository of previously submitted work, internet sources and publication databases.<\/p>\n<p>The courses are strongly recommended to give students the option of viewing a Turnitin report from a draft submission before they submit their final assignment.<\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.turnitin.com\/feedback-studio\/moodle\/direct-v2\/student\/submitting-a-paper\/file-upload-submissions.htm\">Making a draft submission<\/a> (turnitin.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.turnitin.com\/feedback-studio\/moodle\/direct-v2\/student\/the-similarity-report\/interpreting-the-similarity-report.htm\">Interpreting the Similarity Report<\/a> (turnitin.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.turnitin.com\/feedback-studio\/moodle\/direct-v2\/student\/student-category.htm#TheSimilarityReport\">Viewing the Similarity Report<\/a> (turnitin.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Making a Draft Submission<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into Moodle and navigate to your course.<\/li>\n<li>Find your draft submission area and open it up.<\/li>\n<li>You will now see the Turnitin submission inbox &#8211; if your course has more than one assignment you may see these listed as tabs across the top, select the correct assignment if applicable.<a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.44.20-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-581\" src=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.44.20-PM-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.44.20-PM-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.44.20-PM-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.44.20-PM-500x198.png 500w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.44.20-PM.png 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>To submit a draft click the\u00a0<em>Submit Paper<\/em> button with the cloud icon next to it.<\/li>\n<li>Give your submission a title, select your file for upload and click\u00a0<em>Add Submission.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Once the file is submitted you&#8217;ll receive a message on your screen with your Turnitin submission id.<a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.46.19-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-582\" src=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.46.19-PM-300x84.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.46.19-PM-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.46.19-PM-500x140.png 500w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.46.19-PM.png 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Accessing the Similarity Report<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into Moodle and navigate to your course.<\/li>\n<li>Find your draft submission area and open it up.<\/li>\n<li>Once a report has been generated for your assignment it will show up here. Click the similarity score and coloured bar to open the report.<a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.53.49-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-583\" src=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.53.49-PM-300x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.53.49-PM-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.53.49-PM-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.53.49-PM-500x205.png 500w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.53.49-PM.png 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>This will open the Turnitin report viewer where you can see the percentage of matches and where the matches are from.<a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-584\" src=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM-455x300.png 455w, https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-20-at-2.54.13-PM.png 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>When you&#8217;re finished reviewing your draft make sure you submit your final assignment for marking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Related Pages<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/assessing-students\/anti-plagiarism-turnitin\/adding-anti-plagiarism-turnitin-checking\/\">Adding Anti-Plagiarism (Turnitin) Checking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Turnitin is the text-matching service used at the University of Otago to help find cases of plagiarism. 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