Turnitin Assignments are appropriate for: written submission types, typically submitted in a word processed document, or as a PDF file.
File upload limit: 100MB
Turnitin help page: File requirements
Access Turnitin
To access Turnitin, click on the Plus (+) sign in the location in the Assessment folder where you want to add the Turnitin Assignment link and then select ‘More Tools’
Under the Institution tools, click on ‘Turnitin’
Select ‘Standard’ from the Create an assignment panel
Turnitin will open and you can enter the assignment settings.
Assignment Settings
Enter the assignment settings as per the table below.
| Turnitin Setting | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Assignment Title | 001 [Assessment name as it appears on e:Vision] |
| Instructions | Enter the due date and the feedback release date as a minimum. |
| Max Points | 100 |
| Start Date | 2 weeks before the due date |
| Due Date | Due Date as shown on e:Vision at 3.15 pm |
| Feedback Release Date | Set to the required feedback release date |
Grading and Feedback Settings
The Grading and feedback settings is where you can attach a Rubric, enable anonymous marking and hide the grader details from students.
Submission Settings
The submission settings can be left with the default options selected. The settings include:
| Setting | Recomendation |
|---|---|
| Allow late submissions | No |
| Allow resubmissions until due date | Yes |
| Allow submission of any file type | No |
Report Settings
The report settings define when the report is generated, if the students can access the report and if the submission paper is stored in the Turnitin database.
| Setting | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Student access to report | Yes |
| Generate Similarity Report | At the time of submission |
| Store submissions for comparison | Summative assignments: General Turnitin repository Draft/test assignments: Do not store the submitted papers |
Similarity Settings
The similarity settings allow you to set what the submission paper is compared against and if you would like to exclude any matches from the report.
| Setting | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| General Turnitin repository | Yes |
| Website content | Yes |
| Periodicals, journals and publications | Yes |
Exclusion options: A similarity report will check and compare all text within a submitted paper and display all matches unless the exclusion options are enabled.
The exclusion options are:
- Exclude bibliographic materials
- Exclude quoted materials
- Exclude small sources
Turnitin will not disregard matches using single quotation marks
Turnitin help page: How exclusions and filters refine the Similarity Report