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Turnitin is an online service to which the University subscribes. It enables the text matching of submitted texts against an extensive library of visible internet pages, journals, periodicals etc. and student essays previously submitted. It is a tool for use in preventing plagiarism. Staff and students can access an Originality Report which indicates the percentage of text matched, i.e. the percentage that is thought to have been copied as well a s the suspected sources.
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 TurnitinUK, test your text space in Moodle 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.
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 but must not exceed 20MB.
NOTE: If you have been asked to submit an assignment through Moodle then you should find a Turnitin dropbox in your module or other Moodle space.
1. Login to Moodle using your University username and password.
2. Enter the module that you would like to submit an assignment in, either your module or the TurnitinUK, test your text module
3. Alternatively, in the Navigation block on the left of your page click on Site home, type a keyword (e.g., module name or ?TurnitinUK?) in the search box and click Go
4. Go to the relevant link for the assignment – it will have the Turnitin icon 
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5. Click the My Submissions tab
6. Select type of submission, if asked (e.g., File upload). Enter the submission title and then use the Browse button to locate the file you want to upload.
7. Click on Add Submission to upload your file for checking.
Don't forget to tick the box to confirm that this submission is your own work and you accept all responsibility for any copyright infringement that may occur as a result of this submission.
The screen will change momentarily to show the file is being processed:
The screen then changes to show you a confirmation of your submission
You can click on the title of your essay to get a copy of your digital receipt (see next section).
The digital receipt is an automated response to successful submissions which cannot be manually reproduced. The receipt is e-mailed to your university email inbox from TurnitinUK. Please check your e-mail inbox, including your junk or deleted folders (it is sometimes filtered as spam) for the digital receipt mail.
You can also print out the same information that is found on your digital receipt by following the steps below:
This depends on how the Turnitin dropbox is set up by your lecturer.
If you have submitted your assignment well in advance then you may still be able to resubmit up to the due date. If this is not possible, you should contact your School office, module convenor or lecturer to let them know as soon as possible.
Note that if you resubmit the same text to a different dropbox (e.g., in a different module) then it may come up as a 100% match because of the first submission.
Please contact your local elearning support team.
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