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USING TURNITINUK: STUDENT GUIDE
Contents:
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Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Quick-links and contacts ................................................................................................................. 1
Using TurnitinUK during your Diploma ............................................................................................ 1
Registering for TurnitinUK: .............................................................................................................. 2
TurnitinUK registration ........................................................................................................... 2
Your Student Account homepage .......................................................................................... 3
Your Class Homepage ........................................................................................................... 4
Uploading an assessment: .............................................................................................................. 4
Single File Upload (recommended option) ............................................................................. 5
The Similarity Report: ..................................................................................................................... 7
Viewing your Similarity Report ............................................................................................... 7
Understanding your Similarity Report: percentages or highlighting? ...................................... 8
Highlighted work that is acceptable ........................................................................................ 9
Highlighted work that is unacceptable .................................................................................. 10
What to do next .................................................................................................................... 11
To resubmit .......................................................................................................................... 11
What to do if your report has not generated in time .............................................................. 11
Saving your Similarity Report ............................................................................................... 12
Submitting your Similarity Report to your DLC learner account: .................................................... 12
If you need to complete a resubmission ............................................................................... 13
Enrolling in a new class: ................................................................................................................ 14
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Introduction
If you haven’t already, read the ‘What is plagiarism?’ section of the Student Handbook (pp. 17-19) before you start working through this Guide. It will explain what TurnitinUK is, and why we use it.
Your assessment submission will be made up of your TurnitinUK Similarity Report and your word-processed TAQ student answer sheet. Both must be uploaded to your learner account at distancelearningcentre.com.
This Guide will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use TurnitinUK as a DLC student.
Quick-links and contacts
Website: http://www.turnitinuk.com
Student user manual: https://guides.turnitin.com/01_Manuals_and_Guides/Student_Guides/01_Quick_Start_Guide?_ga=2.214969751.1484723727.1532515103-1720785939.1475510721
Website: http://www.distancelearningcentre.com
Technical support: please email [email protected]
Comments or feedback about using TurnitinUK: please email [email protected]
Using TurnitinUK during your Diploma
Each time you start a new subject set (such as Biology, Psychology or Business) you will be given the details for a new class to join on TurnitinUK. This is:
• The class ID
• The enrolment key
All of the units for that subject set will be listed – you may not be studying them all on your pathway.
You will only need to register for TurnitinUK once, and we’ll go through how to do this now.
Important point: The most common issue that learners encounter is using the US rather than the UK version of Turnitin. Always use http://www.turnitinuk.com, otherwise your class ID and enrolment key won’t work.
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Registering for TurnitinUK:
Student video Creating a new user profile
Available at: https://youtu.be/CdR00Teee-I
TurnitinUK registration
If you have used TurnitinUK before, you can simply login using your existing details and enrol in a new class (see page 13 of this guide)
If you are new to TurnitinUK, use this link: https://turnitinuk.com/newuser_type.asp?lang=en_gb&_ga=2.17295417.1484723727.1532515103-1720785939.1475510721 Or go to https://www.turnitin.com/regions/uk and click on ‘Create TurnitinUK Account’ in the top right hand corner of the page
You will now be on the Create a User Profile page
Click on the Student link:
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You will now be on the Create a New Student Account page
Input the Class ID and the case sensitive Class enrolment key that your tutor has provided:
Fill in your User Information
Important point: Your TurnitinUK username must be your legal name as on your DLC learner account (e.g. not a nickname)
Fill in your Password and Security
Read and agree to the User Agreement to create your TurnitinUK account
Your Student Account homepage
You will now be on your Student Account homepage
Your current subject is your ‘class’ on TurnitinUK, and your view will look similar to this:
Click on your Class name:
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Your Class Homepage
You will now be on your Class Homepage
Here are all of the units in your subject set, but note that you may not study all of these units on your Diploma.
If you have any supplementary work to submit during your Diploma, you will find spaces to upload them at the bottom of the unit list.
Uploading an assessment:
Student video Submitting a paper or file
Available at: https://youtu.be/Ebgryeynx1s
On your Class Homepage
Go to the unit for your assessment – in this example it’s Study Skills
Copy the title of the unit (e.g. Study Skills) to use as your submission title
Important point: There are dates set next to every unit (Start / Due / Post). Ignore these deadlines as they are set for all students, all classes and all Diplomas. Your own deadlines are individually negotiated between yourself and your tutor.
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Click on the Submit button:
You will now be on your Submit page
Important point: Once you are on the Submit page you have the choice to submit using either a Single File Upload or a Cut & Paste Upload. To maintain formatting, you should only use the Single File Upload.
Single File Upload (recommended option)
Select Single File Upload:
Complete your submission title (you copied this and should paste it here):
Important point: If you have tables or diagrams in your submission you must use a Single File Upload to maintain your formatting.
Important point: You may have used more than one file to complete an assessment (such as a Word document and a PowerPoint). Use a supplementary work unit to submit any extra files. These can be found at the bottom of your unit list on your Class Homepage.
Choose where your file is stored:
Select your file
Click Upload:
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You should then see:
Followed by:
If this is correct, click Confirm:
And then click Return to assignment list:
Important point: Your Similarity Report will be generated at this point. It will take a couple of minutes for this to happen. Try refreshing your page if it takes any longer than 10 minutes.
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The Similarity Report:
Viewing your Similarity Report
On your Class Homepage
Click on the Similarity percentage (this is the percentage of the text in your submission that matches sources in the database) to view the Similarity Report:
The TurnitinUK Document Viewer will now open
Important point: This may open as a new window or as a new tab on your browser. If it does not open then add www.turnitinuk.com to the list of safe sites that your browser will allow pop-ups for.
Your submission will have been checked and any similarieties will have been highlighted in different colours. Each colour represents a different source that has been found in your work (but hopefully it won’t look like this example!):
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Down the right hand side are the tools that you can use to check your Similarity Report in detail:
Understanding your Similarity Report: percentages or highlighting?
Important point: There is no set similarity percentage that is acceptable/unacceptable, as it’s the type or frequency of unoriginal text that is important. Some text will always come up as unoriginal, and this is to be expected (such as facts and figures, or everybody having a similar hypothesis in an experiment).
As a general rule, the percentage is not what is used to judge the level of originality. Here’s an example from Turnitin:
You may have a firm basis of knowledge for the same assignment you've submitted, knowing enough to gather information from several sources to quote and reference correctly has a similarity score of 22%. In comparison, a student may have copied and pasted a chunk of text into their paper, due to a lack of knowledge on the topic they are covering. Their similarity score is 20%. Both students will be shown to have matches against our database. However, you provided properly sourced quotes and the other student copied directly from a website.
As we can see, the percentage doesn’t tell the whole story – to see what’s really happening you need to look at the Similarity Report itself. Looking at the highlighted text in these two reports would show which assessment should be submitted, and which should be looked at again. This is why it is what is highlighted that is so important, perhaps even moreso than the percentage.
Interpreting the Similarity Report
Available at: http://bit.ly/2rm2aMD
This submission has 86% unoriginal content. By clicking here you’ll be able to see the sources that make up that 86%.
You can see the sources that have been highlighted in more detail here. But do not change this setting – you will need to resubmit if you do.
Do not change this setting – you will need to resubmit if you do.
Do not change this setting – you will need to resubmit if you do.
This is how you download your Originality Report
This gives you information about the document you have uploaded.
Press this to go back to the Originality Report as full screen.
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Highlighted work that is acceptable
Click on the number floating above the coloured highlighted text to see how similar your work is to the source:
The unoriginality of this is acceptable because:
• of the nature of the TAQ;
• the type of information that is being given;
• the factual nature of the information (there’s only so many ways to say this);
• because this information is then referenced at the end of the TAQ.
The subject also needs to be taken into account: in a Science subject a fact is a fact and you can’t change a fact. But in the Social Sciences you’ll be asked to evaluate and analyse – there are many (many) ways to do this. This difference between the subjects will therefore influence the Similarity Reports that will be produced.
Important point: If you’re in doubt, you can always ask your tutor to have a look at this section of your Turnitin report.
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Highlighted work that is unacceptable
However, the following example shows unoriginality that is unacceptable:
This is unacceptable because it evidences plagiarism:
• This learner has copied somebody else’s work without quoting and/or referencing: they have submitted somebody else’s work and said that it is their own.
• Some words have been changed (perhaps to avoid detection), but this does not stop it from being plagiarised.
The learner should take this opportunity to edit their work before submitting it to their tutor. In this instance we would advise:
• Deleting this TAQ and start again using the reading that has already been completed. Note down the key points that you want to discuss, and elaborate on them using the learned knowledge that has come from researching.
• Anything that needs to be in quotation marks should be.
• Anything that includes information that needs to be referenced should be.
This is a very extreme example of plagiarism, and it’s unlikely that you’ll see this in your work. It would be more likely that a phrase or a sentence is highlighted. As long as this isn’t a fact or can’t be reworded (such as in Science), rewriting or parahrasing is recommended. To do this:
• Read what has been written originally;
• Note down the key points that are being made on a piece of paper, and then delete the original sentence/s;
• Using your notes, write a sentence in your own words – this should then be referenced if it has been paraphrased. (Paraphrased means that the idea has come from a source, but you have put it into your own words.)
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What to do next
You are encouraged to use your Similarity Report to improve your submission. You should view your initial Similarity Report and use it to edit your submission. This will help you to learn how to master paraphrasing and citation (referencing) effectively.
This revised submission can then be resubmitted to TurnitinUK to generate a new Similarity Report.
You can resubmit your submission to TurnitinUK up to three times without having to wait 24 hours for an updated report. After three (re)submissions, TurnitinUK cannot generate another Similarity Report for 24 hours.
Once you’re happy with your submission then you are ready to save your Similarity Report and upload it to your distancelearningcentre.com learner account.
Important point: You may edit your submission as many times as you want to before you upload it to your distancelearningcentre.com learner account, but after three (re)submissions, TurnitinUK cannot generate another Similarity Report for 24 hours.
To resubmit
Go to your TurnitinUK Class Homepage
Click on the Resubmit button:
You will then be able to repeat the process as you did with your first submission
What to do if your report has not generated in time
This can happen if TurnitinUK is running slowly. You have two choices at this point:
1. Wait for the new Similarity Report If this means that you will miss your deadline for an assessment, then request an extension from your tutor. This will always be granted.
2. Move onto your next unit You can do this as long as you submit the word processed TAQ answer sheet (in other words, the document that you uploaded to Turnitin) to your distancelearningcentre.com learner account.
You must email your tutor to explain that you have submitted your word processed TAQ answer sheet and that you’re waiting for Turnitin to generate a Similarity Report. They will then be able to provide you with your next unit code. You must upload the Similarity Report the following day. If you are not able to do this then email your tutor to explain.
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Saving your Similarity Report
On your TurnitinUK Document Viewer
Click on the download icon:
Click on Current View:
Important point: Depending on your computer’s settings, this file may download to your browser ready to be saved, or to its Downloads.
Once your Similarity Report PDF has downloaded, save this onto your computer ready for uploading to your distancelearningcentre.com learner account.
Submitting your Similarity Report to your DLC learner account:
Login to your learner account at distancelearningcentre.com
Click on my Courses
Click on my Assessments:
Click on Upload new file:
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Click on Choose a file:
Select your Similarity Report from your computer:
If your Similarity Report has the correct unit name, leave the Display Name box blank
However, if it does not, type the correct unit name into the Display Name box
Click Upload:
Your assessment is now submitted ☺
Repeat these steps to upload the word processed TAQ answer sheet and any supplementary work you may want to add to your submission (such as a PowerPoint).
If you need to complete a resubmission
Go to your TurnitinUK Class Homepage
Click on the Resubmit button:
You will then be able to repeat the process as you did with your first submission
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Enrolling in a new class:
When you start a new subject set (such as moving from Biology to Psychology), then you will be given a new class ID and enrolment key. To enrol on this new class:
Login to your TurnitinUK account by going to: https://www.turnitinuk.com/
You will now be on your Student Account homepage
Click on Enroll in a Class:
Input your class ID and your enrolment key:
Your new subject set/class will now be on your Student Account homepage.
