{"id":1345,"date":"2021-07-30T10:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=1345"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:33:38","slug":"turnitin-settings","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/turnitin-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Turnitin settings in an Moodle assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Turnitin allows tutors and students to check how much of the submission content is original. This is an educational and awareness tool that enables students to check whether they are correctly referencing. It can only be used through a Moodle online submission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will show you how to configure Turnitin settings through an online submission point in the DLE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turnitin settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Access Turnitin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To configure Turnitin settings, you will need to add an online submission point to your DLE page. For more information about the process, please visit the following supporting material<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you are in the settings of the activity, please navigate to the \u2018Turnitin settings\u2019 section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To configure Turnitin settings, please follow the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. As the first option, you will be able to launch the Turnitin Quickmark Manager to set up quickmarks that can be used for providing feedback upon student submissions. For more information about Quickmark, please visit the following supporting material<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. By default, Turnitin is enabled for submission points. Even if you plan not to use it (for example in case your students are expected to submit video files about which Turnitin cannot generate reports), we still recommend keeping it turned on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. The next setting (\u2019Display Similarity Reports to Students\u2019) allows students to see the originality reports within their assignment once it has been submitted and processed by Turnitin. Please note, this setting is globally set up and therefore, this cannot be changed. Please also note, the report may take up to 24 hours to be visible. This happens after the third submission attempt or if the file\/content size is bigger.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. The \u2018When should the file be submitted to Turnitin?\u2019 setting is also globally locked so that we provide a consistence experience for the students. This means that the reports will be generated upon the first submission attempts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. The next setting (\u2019Allow submission of any file type?\u2019) refers to the file types that will be accepted by Turnitin based on what you choose. We highly recommend leaving this setting on default. Please note, Turnitin will only generate reports for the following file types: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, OpenOffice (ODT), Hangul (HWP), Google Docs (submitted via the Google Drive submission option), plain text files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. The \u2018Store Student Papers\u2019 setting refers to whether submissions should be stored and checked against each other or not. You will have two options to select from depending on your preferences:\n