Applies to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards

Viewing your Turnitin Originality Report

In some, but not all, Turnitin assignments, you are permitted to see your originality report (including a similarity percentage score).

Permission is set by the module convenor. It will not be changed upon request as it is dependent on the requirements of each individual assignment.


Originality reports are generated either once the assignment is uploaded or the due date has passed, and at peak times, it can take up to 24 hours to produce, though this is usually less.

Most dropboxes allow resubmission, but Turnitin does not keep a log of your submission history. If you do make multiple submissions, only the final submission will be recorded. 


Viewing your Similarity Percentage Score

When the report has been generated, the similarity percentage score will appear in the Similarity column of the Turnitin submission page, My Submissions.

The similarity percentage report.


Viewing your Originality Report

In My Submissions, click the title of your submission to enter the feedback studio, where you can find the originality report.

Your document will be displayed on the left with the feedback menu on the right, as shown below.


A document showing highlighted sentences and phrases picked up by the similarity checker.


Match Overview displays the similarity score and provides a breakdown of all the matches found in the paper.


The match overview percentage.


Clicking on the Match Overview expands it to show the list of matched sources and the percentage they have been matched with. The Match Overview will be displayed in the side panel to the right.


The match report showing various sources matched to the submitted document.


Any matches within the paper will be highlighted. Source papers are identified with their own colour, with matches from that source being individually numbered. 

Matches are ordered by instance of similarity, from highest to lowest.


part of the submitted document showing order of similarity levels.


Clicking a source from the list in the Match Overview panel will show you how many matches have been found for that source. Clicking the navigation arrows jumps from one match to the next and moves you through the paper to show the location of each match.


the percentage of similarity.


Clicking on the arrow to the right of a source (indicated above) opens its unique Match Breakdown. It is a list of all the sources relevant to that particular match. Click any match to navigate to its location within your paper.

Click on the source number within the paper to open a pop-up box displaying more information about the text that matches the source.


pop up menu of the source information.


Click on the Full Source View icon in the top right of the pop-up box to see the source in its entirety.

Note: Only external sources will be shown. Other student's papers that share a match with yours will not be shown.

Full source view button.


Clicking X in the top right of the side panel returns the Match Overview.

The x located at the top right of the panel.

No originality report?

If the module convenor has set the settings not to allow students to view the originality report, there will be no percentage shown to students in the Similarity column.


See also