For a quick summary, see our blog post: 

Top ten tips for preparing for online exams.

Preparing your document

• Recommended ways to create PDF files for submitting assignments.
• Combining multiple files into a single PDF.
• Reducing file size by optimising images.

Preparing and submitting video

• Reduce Video File Size (Quick Guide).
• Reduce Video File Size (Background).
• Recording media for submission.
• How to submit a media file via a Moodle Assignment.

Scanning documents

• Using Microsoft Office Lens to scan documents.

NOTE: A scanned handwritten document will not be accepted by Turnitin unless it has at least 20 machine readable words, so ensure any handwritten scans are accompanied by a cover sheet or another page with readable words on it. 
The scans can be embedded in your Word document for submission - or see Combining multiple files into a single PDF.

Turnitin similarity scores

If you can see your document in your Turnitin dropbox then you've submitted. You do not need a Turnitin score to qualify as a submission - this score can take up to 24 hours to generate.

Submitting assignments and take-home exams

Before your exam

1. Prepare to take your exam with access to a computer or laptop (not a mobile phone) and a reliable internet connection.
   
   
2. Create a practice (dummy) document formatted in the way you expect to for your exam. Check it against the Checklists below.
   
   
3. Ensure you can submit to Turnitin. You can practice submitting to Test Your Text: https://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=125202 Self module. Self-enrol and submit your practice dummy paper, to check you have no issues.
   
   
4. Remember to accept the Turnitin EULA (User Agreement). If you reject it, it can take some time to sort that out and meanwhile you won't be able to submit.
   
   
5. Remember you will have 30 minutes technical time around your exam. This is in addition to the actual exam writing time and is built into the timings for your exam. Be prepared to use that 30 minutes to download the paper and to submit in good time, to allow for any issues.

Submission help

• Turnitin (& Moodle) assignment submission checklist.
• All about Turnitin.
• Turnitin file types and word processor compatibility.

Submitting exams (and assignments) to Turnitin dropboxes

• Turnitin assignments - how to submit an assignment to Turnitin through Moodle.
  
  After submission
• Turnitin assignments - receiving and downloading Turnitin receipts.
• Turnitin assignments - viewing your Turnitin originality report.
• Turnitin assignments - viewing and downloading your grades and feedback.
• View your grading rubric in Turnitin.

Submitting Assignments

• How to submit a Moodle assignment (which may also include Turnitin).
• How to submit a media file via a Moodle Assignment.
• How to delete a draft assignment in a Moodle assignment dropbox.
• Viewing your grades and feedback in Moodle assignment.
• Interpreting Feedback.