Enable Originality Report (Video)

The following video will show you how to Enable Turnitin in your assignment folder.

Enable Originality Report (Written Instructions)

• Do one of the following:
  • Click Create New > Assignment
  • Or click the dropdown arrow next to an existing assignment and choose > Edit.
• Click to expand the Evaluation & Feedback tab.
• Click Manage Turnitin.
• Select Enable Similarity Report for this folder to enable similarity checking for assignments. It is a text-matching tool that presents results in the Similarity Report.
• Optionally, select Allow learners to see similarity scores in their submission folder if you want their similarity scores visible to them.
• Click Enable Online Grading for this folder if you want to use the Turnitin suite of feedback and grading tools.

More Options (Video)

The following video will go over More Options in the Turnitin assignment folder.

More Options (Written Instructions)

• Click More Options for a list of additional optional settings.

Submit Papers to: 

• Standard paper repository
  • Submissions are stored in the global Turnitin repository.
• Do not store the submitted papers
  • A Similarity Report will be generated for submissions, but submissions will not be stored in the standard repository or the institution’s repository for future comparison.

Similarity Report:

• Generate reports immediately (students cannot submit)
  • Similarity Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately. Students cannot resubmit papers.
• Generate reports immediately (students can resubmit until due date)
  • This option is recommended when instructors want to use the Similarity Report as formative feedback. Similarity Reports will be generated immediately for each student’s initial submission to this assignment. Students can check their work, make changes as necessary and resubmit the best version of their paper to the assignment.
    • Students may resubmit as often as they wish until the assignment’s due date.
    • Similarity Reports for a fourth or subsequent submission will be generated after 24 hours of submission.
• Generate reports on due date (students can resubmit until due date)
  • Similarity Reports will not be generated for any submission until the due date and time of the assignment is reached. Students may resubmit as many times as needed until the due date and time, but will not receive reports during this period. No resubmissions are allowed after the due date and time of the assignment.

Compare Against

• Student paper repository
  • This option compares current submissions to previous submissions in classes and assignments in Turnitin across institutions.
• Current and archived internet
  • This option compares current submissions to a repository of archived and live publicly available internet pages containing billions of pages of existing content and tens of thousands of new pages added daily.
• Periodicals, journals, & publications
  • This option compares current submissions to third party periodical, journal, and publication content including many major professional journals, periodicals, and business publications.

Exclude Assignment Template

• Click Submit.
• Click Save.
• Review your assignment details, change the visibility if desired, and click Save and Close.