Your instructors can create a Canvas assignment that is integrated with Turnitin. Turnitin helps prevent plagiarism by checking your submission against web pages, scholarly journals, and student paper database.
Unlike regular Canvas assignments, you are only allowed to upload one file per Turnitin assignment. If your instructors allow resubmission, the next submission will overwrite your previous submission. This is regardless of the document title, format etc.
When you enter an assignment that has been integrated with Turnitin, you will see the Turnitin Assignment Dashboard.
To submit / upload your assignment, you can refer to Turnitin’s guide on submitting a paper. Please make sure you follow the submission requirements for your course.
Things to note when submitting your assignment:
- If you do not fill in the Submission Title, it will default to the filename.
- Note that only certain file types and sizes are supported.
- If you have issues with uploading or cannot view upload button, refer to the respective guides.
Recommended: To prevent disputes, download the Digital Receipt after submission and save the receipt.
You can also download the digital receipt via the ellipsis (three dots) under Options, then Download digital receipt.
Resubmissions & viewing the similarity report
- If you are not able to resubmit, please note that not all instructors allow resubmissions. Student can check if they are allowed to resubmit by expanding the section below the assignment title in the Assignment Dashboard.
- If you feel this setting is in error, please approach your instructor and ask her/him to configure the Turnitin assignment settings by going to the Optional Settings and edit the Similarity Report settings.
- Once you have submitted your assignment, a similarity report will be generated. Note, as with resubmissions, that you may not be allowed to view the report. If you are allowed to view the similarity report, it will be shown in the Assignment Dashboard section. For further information, you can refer to Turnitin's instructions on viewing the Similarity Report. Similarity reports take a few minutes to 24 hours to be generated.
- After the Feedback Release Date, you can refer to Turnitin's instructions on viewing instructor feedback to view your instructor’s comments, if any. Do note that some instructors leave feedback via Canvas SpeedGrader instead of Turnitin's native feedback tool.
You may also be required to review your own assignment or do a peer review of your classmates' assignments. Turnitin calls this PeerMark. This involves reviewing one or more predetermined classmates' assignment(s) and/or one or more classmates' assignments of your choice. Please refer to Turnitin's guide on Peer Review for details on how to use PeerMark in Turnitin.
For other queries regarding Turnitin, you can refer to this guide.