Turnitin is a plagiarism-prevention service sometimes used in Brightspace assignments. Not all instructors will use Turnitin.

If your instructor has enabled Turnitin in your Brightspace Assignments, your submissions will be automatically reviewed by this service.

Turnitin: Assignment with Turnitin enabled, featuring the Turnitin icon next to the assignment: a pair of binoculars.

If your instructor has enabled Turnitin on an Assignment, you will see this icon next to your assignment under Assessments > Assignments.

 

 

 

Submit your assignment as usual.

  1. Click Add a File
  2. Locate the file and click Add
  3. Click Submit

At the bottom of the File Upload Results page, you will see a note that reads “Note: To view originality reports for this submission, go to the Submission History page for this folder.”

Text that appears under a submitted Turnitin assignment: "Note: To view originality reports for this submission, go to the Submission History page for this folder."

 

Click Done or click View History to see your submissions.

Viewing Your Turnitin Similarity Report

To see your submitted assignments, navigate to Assessments > Assignments and click on the View History button.

A screencap of the top of the Assignments page, with the title "Assignment Submission Folders," and below, a button reading "View History."

 

 

 

If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see your originality score under “Turnitin Similarity.” This score reflects the similarity between your paper and other papers in the Turnitin database.  What this means is that content from your paper or assignment is also found elsewhere on other documents within the Turnitin database.  Your instructor will speak to you directly if they have questions or concerns about your work.

A screencap of an Assignment under Assignment History: the paper title, the percentage bar/Similarity Score (this one shows 4% similarity) and the date of submission.

 

If you go to your Submission History immediately after submitting the file, you will see “In Progress” next to the Assignment; the score may take some time to appear.

Click on the score to view your originality report. A new window or tab will open and load the Turnitin Feedback Studio.

Turnitin Feedback Studio

On this page, you will see:

  • At the top of the page, your name and the title of your paper (usually the file name)
  • The score your instructor has given your paper, if your instructor has chosen to assign a score in Turnitin
  • Your paper
  • A navigation pane on the right side.

Viewing Your Feedback

In addition to the Originality Score, your instructor might use several or none of the feedback options available in Turnitin. These are some of the feedback types you might see in Feedback Studio.

The Instructor Feedback view in the Turnitin Feedback studioText Comment – Overall text feedback on your paper will appear in the navigation pane under Instructor Feedback

 Voice Comment – Voice feedback on your paper will appear in the navigation pane under Instructor Feedback

 

 

 

 

 

Strike Through Text – Text your instructor feels should be removed may appear with a red strikethrough

  A block of text with a red line through the first sentence.

 

 

Inline Comments – These comments appear directly on top of your paper

A block of black text with a comment in blue: "You should have added more to the conclusion of this essay."

 

 

 

Bubble Comments – These comments will provide more detailed feedback; click on the bubble icon to view the comment

A highlighted line of text with a blue speech bubble to the left of it.

 

 

QuickMarks – QuickMarks allow your instructor to make quick notes without manually entering feedback; click on the QuickMark icon to view an explanation

A block of black text with a line highlighted in yellow; to the right is a blue box with white text reading "citation needed."

 

 

 

Rubrics – If your instructor has attached a rubric or grading form to the assignment, you can see

your scorecard under Instructor Feedback in the navigation pane. Click View Rubric to see your scorecard.

a blue box with white text reading "Instructor feedback;" below is a blue button with white text reading "view rubric"

 

 

 

Your instructor may also assign a rubric criterion to a Bubble Comment. These Bubble Comments will be displayed with a Rubric icon inside it. Click the icon to open the bubble comment and see the associated criterion.

a white box headed in blue text: "word choice"; underneath is black text reading "less superfluous words, please;" below the white box is a blue speech bubble with several blue squares inside of it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Turnitin Navigation Pane

You can also investigate your Originality Report using the navigation pane available on the right side of the screen.

a column of icons from the Turnitin Feedback Studio navigation pane

Layers shows the active layers: Grading and Similarity. You can choose to activate or deactivate either or both.

 

Instructor Feedback: If there are overall Text or Voice comments on your assignment, you will see them here; this is also where you will see the assignment rubric, if your instructor has attached one.

Match Overview shows a list of all matches from your paper with other texts in various databases. Depending on the settings chosen by your instructor, this may or may not exclude cited quotations or the bibliography.

All Sources shows a list of all sources identified from text in your paper.

Filters and Settings allows you to exclude certain matches from your paper to see whether removing these segments of text affects your originality score.

Download  allows you to download one of three options:

  • The Current View of your paper, including any annotations and comments currently turned on using the Layers button
  • A Digital Receipt, which functions as a record that your paper submission.
  • The Originally Submitted File, i.e. the file originally submitted to Turnitin through Assignments in your Brightspace course

 

 

 

Submission Information shows general information about your assignment submission such as the Submission ID, the date the assignment was submitted, and the date the assignment was graded

For more information about Feedback Studio, you can view the Turnitin Instructor Feedback Guide here.