Turnitin Help
Follow these steps to submit an assignment:
- Join the Library@MyCanvas Course in MyCanvas
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Click on the Assignments and choose Turnitin - Check Before Submitting Your Assignment
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Click on the Start Assignment button if it is your first time submitting.
*Subsequent attempts: Click on New Attempt
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Upload a file, check to agree to the terms, Click on Submit Assignment
NOTE: When you use the Turnitin folder your papers are not deposited to Turnitin’s repository.
After you submit your essay, Turnitin will generate a Similarity Report, which highlights matches between your essay/paper and other sources, flagging passages that require better paraphrasing or referencing. It may take a few hours for a report to display.
Follow these steps to view the report:
- From the Assignments tool, select the assignment that you have submitted, and click on Submission Details
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To view your Similarity Report, select the Similarity Score
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Items in red indicate a high similarity percentage while items in green indicate a low percentage of similarity