This refers to Moodle 4.3.8  from July 2020 onwards from August 2024 onwards  

How to use Turnitin through Moodle by submitting to a Turnitin Assignment

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Check your Module or Course Handbook for information on how to submit assignments through Moodle. This may be through a link on the Moodle page for your module or it may be in a separate Moodle site set up by your School. The TEST YOUR TEXT 'Test your Text' space in Moodle (instructions for accessing this are below) allows students to test their assignments by uploading them to receive an originality report for their own use before they submit the assignment for real.

A Turnitin assignment has the icon Image RemovedIf the icon for your submission looks like this Image Removedthen  it is a Moodle Assignment: please go here for more information on how to submit to a Moodle Assignmentfollowing icon:

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A Moodle assignment has the following icon: 

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If you are looking for how to submit a Moodle assignment, please see How to submit a Moodle assignment.

Turnitin document formats accepted

Please follow your module convenor's instructions for how to upload a file to Turnitin, as requirements vary depending on your School. The following file types are accepted:

• Microsoft Word™ (DOC and DOCX)
• Corel WordPerfect®
• HTML
• (.doc and .docx)

• Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .pps and .ppsx) (Text with visual effects is not supported. It is recommended that any effects such as shadows and 3D be removed prior to submitting to Turnitin).

• Corel WordPerfect®(.wpd)
• HTML (.html and .htm)
• Adobe PostScript® (.ps)Adobe PostScript®
• Plain text (TXT.txt)
• Rich Text Format (RTF.rtf)
• Portable Document Format (PDF)  Recommended format (Must contain highlightable text not scanned images or forms)
• Hangul (HWP)(.hwp)
• OpenOffice (.odt)
• Google Docs via Google Drive

NOTE: Other formats may be accepted by Turnitin BUT WILL NOT GENERATE A REPORT but will not generate a report (e.g. Apple .pages documents)

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• less than 100 MB
• less than 400 800 pages
• More than 25 20 readable typed words
• PDFs must not be only scans (images) (must have also 25 20 readable words)

For full guidance please check the Turnitin (& Moodle) assignment submission checklist

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To test a text BEFORE you submit it to your assignment dropbox

1. Click on the Hamburger icon on the top right corner to bring up the drop menu.the 'More' tab on your Moodle dashboard
2. Scroll down and click TEST YOUR TEXT
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3. Select the appropriate campus where you are studying
4. Click "Participate in this module" (you will be enrolled for 1 week, long enough to test your text: you can re-enrol if you need to)
5. Click on the Turnitin assignment labelled for your campus, and with the highest number
6. Submit your assignment (see below for instructions)
7. Check back to see the Originality report. Note: You can get only 1 originality report per 24 hours.

To upload a document into Turnitin via Moodle

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You MUST have popups enabled in your browser order to submit.  (See Moodle System Requirements)

1. Login to Log into Moodle using your University username and password.

2. Enter the module that you would like to submit an assignment into, either your module or the the TurnitinUK, test Test your textText module.

3. Alternatively, in the Dashboard click the Hamburger icon on on the Site Home tab along the top right corner of your screen to bring up the drop menu, click on Site homethe screen , type a keyword in the search box (e.g., module name or “TurnitinUK”) in the search box “Turnitin Test your Text”) and click Go.

4. Go to the relevant link for the assignment – it will have the Turnitin icon icon.

5. Within the Turnitin dashboard submission inbox, towards the bottom lower-right of the page click on Submit Paper. 

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6. A pop up window will appear where you can add your file. Enter details in the Submission Title window. If you are using Chrome, Firefox or IE10 (and above) Edge you will be able to drag your document into the the File to Submit section. Alternatively you can press the icon on the top left of this section to upload the file the traditional way.

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If you select this way then another pop up window will generate. Press the ‘Choose File’ button in the centre top of the screen. Select your file from your device and then press 'Upload this file'. The document should appear in the 'File to Submit' section.

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7. There is an "own work and copyright infringement declaration" checkbox in the next section which will need to be ticked.
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Once that has been ticked, click the Add Submission button.  Image RemovedImage Added

The screen will change momentarily and will say ‘Uploading your submission to Turnitin’:

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8. The screen will then change once more and a digital receipt will generate. The digital receipt contains a Turnitin submission id, which you should make a note of. An extract of your submission will also appear below. 

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Click Close in the top right hand of pop up window.

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9. The pop up window will close and you will be returned to the Turnitin dashboard. However, you should now see within the Submitted column the date of when you submitted your assignment (If it is red, your submission was late!). You will also see the Paper ID of your assignment. (NOTE: you may not see the SImilarity Similarity column if the convenor has hidden that.)

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You can download the receipt from Turnitin by clicking View Digital Receipt.

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To resubmit, follow the steps above.   In the dropbox you will see the existing submission but can still click Submit paper
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See also