ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
getting started on turnitin
Follow the instructions on setting up your account and using a class enrolment key. Use the Guidance on 'using an enrolment key' to set up your account and please use https://www.turnitinuk.com/ (Turnitin UK) not Turnitin.com (US).
Class IDs and Enrolment keys can be found here.
USING AN ENROLMENT KEY
An enrolment key is a password that is provided to you by your instructor to allow you to self-enrol into a class. You will require both the enrolment key and the Class ID.
Once you have been provided the enrolment key and Class ID:Go to www.turnitinuk.com and select Log In.
Select the New User? link at the bottom of the log in box.
Select the Student option to access the Create a New Student Profile form.
Enter the Class ID and the enrolment key. Like a password, the enrollment key is case sensitive.
Enter your first and last name. You can choose the format that your name will be displayed in your account. This will not affect how instructors see your name.
Enter and confirm your email address.
Enter and confirm a password. Your password must:
have a minimum for 12 characters
include at least one number
include upper and lower case letters
include at least one special character
Choose a secret question from the drop-down list and enter an answer. This will be used to assist if you need to reset your password in the future.
Read the user agreement.
Select I Agree -- Create Profile to agree to the user agreement and create your profile.
Submit your papers, then view your similarity score and/or feedback in Turnitin
Please note you must upload assignments as documents or pdfs
Students are not recommended to use the copy/paste function as they may lose their formatting
Please see the vide below on how to access your marker feedback on Turnitin.
Please see the article at the end of the page on ‘Things you should know about Turnitin’
turnitin information
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Most assignments will be submitted and marked on Turnitin (unless otherwise stated, e.g. classmarker quizzes).
Turnitin is a web-based prevention system for plagiarism and AI use. It is used by most universities in the UK. There are three main uses of Turnitin:
To act as a deterrent against Plagiarism.
To act as a deterrent against using AI software to produce text.
To provide similarity reports to show original work and identify occurrences of plagiarism.
To provide students with a tool to identify and correct possible occurrences of plagiarism in their own work and improve their academic writing.
A tool to receive grades and feedback
Watch this video explaining Turnitin
Please read the following sections on plagiarism and find further guidance on using Turnitin lower down the page.
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A Turnitin assignment is set up by Betonica on the Turnitin website (www.turnitinuk.com). Students then access this assignment online and upload their work by the agreed deadline (12 midday, please check times on each Turnitin deadline in case of variation).
Turnitin will then analyse the submitted work to identify text matches with other sources, usually completing this task within a few minutes. Betonica staff can also view the work that has been submitted, mark the work online and include grades and comments which can be returned to the student once all papers have been marked.
For each piece of submitted work, Turnitin provides two things:
A similarity index, which indicates the percentage of the submitted paper that Turnitin has identified as being matched against other sources.
An originality report, which shows each of these matches in more detail, including the source(s) that Turnitin has found. These can be websites, books, journals and articles, or work that has previously been submitted through Turnitin.
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How to delete your assignment from the Turnitin database/repository
Can I self-check a paper for plagiarism before submitting it to the assignment? Yes, but only up to the original deadline. If you have mitigated, you may not be able to. Please see your head of year.
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A similarity score can be viewed once the assignment is submitted. Students will be able to resubmit their assignments leading up to the deadline.
Upload assignments as a word or google doc attachment. Do not use the copy-paste function or you may lose all your formatting.
Please note that it is rare for a 0% similarity score to be returned. The marker notes similarity within the main body of the text. Assignment questions, citations, subject specific terms and reference lists may all be flagged as similar to other submissions. This is taken into account by the marker and is not a cause for concern.
Results and feedback will be available via the ‘post date’ given in the Turnitin page for that assignment, or within one month for other non-turnitin submissions.
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Once the deadline has passed on Turnitin, you will need to upload your assignment using the late submissions button. Please note, late work can only be submitted once. If you wish to check your similarity score on late work, use a free checker such as grammarly or other.
For students that have been pre- approved for extra time in assessments, please note that you will not be able to use the similarity checker function in Turnitin affer the submission date has passed. So please check your similarity scores well before the assessment is due.