Turnitin Assignments in WVU eCampus
for Students

How to submit a Turnitin assignment

  1. Login to WVU eCampus and click on the link to your course.
  2. Click on the link to the Turnitin assignment.
    image: WVU ecampus course page with link to Turnitin assignment - red arrow points to icon next to text link
  3. You are now viewing the Assignment Inbox:
    image: Turnitin Assignment Inbox also known as a class portfolio page.
  4. Click on the name of an assignment to view its details.
    image: details of a Turnitin assignment: title, type, start date, due date, and instructions
    Make sure you know what to create and submit and what the due date / time is.
    In this example, the file must be submitted by 11:59pm on January 28, 2008.
  5. Click on the Submit Paper button next to the assignment in the submit column.
    image: closeup of assignment inbox with red arrow pointing to submit button
    The button looks like a little piece of paper with a blue arrow to its left.
  6. Your name will automatically appear in the first & last name boxes.
    Enter a submission title.
    image: form that appears after you click on Submit button next to assignment in inbox. Red arrow points to Browse button.
  7. Click on the Browse button.
  8. Search for and click on the correct file that you wish to submit for this assignment.
    image: Choose file dialog box - example from Windows computer. In this example, student looked in My Documents folder for file named Chapter_1_Notes.doc.
    Be very careful that you are selecting your own file and that it is the most recently saved version of your work. Also verify that you have created the type of file that your instructor has asked for: Word 2003, Word 2007, PowerPoint, etc.
  9. Click on the Open button or double click on the file name.
  10. You will see:
    image: form after the submission title and the browse for file operation has been completed.
  11. Make sure there is a file name in the browse box and a submission title in its box.
  12. Click on the Submit button in the upper right corner.
    Until you click on Submit, the process is not complete.
  13. Verify that you have uploaded the correct file.
    image: uploaded file displayed so student can verify it is the correct document before submission
    This is your second chance to make sure you are submitting your own work and the correct version of the correct file.
  14. If you are sure that you have uploaded the correct file, click on the blue "Yes, submit" button.
  15. If you accidentally selected the wrong file, click on the red link labeled "no, go back" to return to a previous screen where you can browse for and select a different file. Once you have successfully uploaded the correct file, you must click on "Yes, Submit" or your instructor will not see your document.
  16. Review your digital receipt that automatically appears on the screen after a successful submission.
    image: digital receipt which includes the paper submission title, an ID number assigned by Turnitin, and the author name.
    The digital receipt confirms for you that you have successfully submitted your assignment. If you do not see a digital receipt after you have finished submitting your work, then you might have failed to click on the final Submit button or something else might have gone wrong. You can print this receipt page using your web browser's Print command.
  17. A copy of the Turnitin digital receipt will be automatically emailed to your WVU eCampus inbox.
  18. To return to the list of assignments, click the gray assignment inbox button,
    to the left of "preferences".
    image: Turnitin toolbar buttons: assignment inbox, preferences, help
  19. Another way to confirm to yourself that you have successfully uploaded your assignment
    is to look for the submitted date in the Assignment Inbox.
    image: Turnitin Assignment Inbox after an item has been submitted. Columns include assignment name, submit button, submission title, submitted date, originality report results, link to filename
  20. A third way to confirm to yourself that your document was successfully submitted is to click on the document title that you entered when you were starting your submission. In the example above, you would click on "ch 1 notes" in the title column. You will see a copy of the paper you submitted with a submission date, numeric ID, and word count in the upper right corner:
    image: Turnitin Paper with submission title, submitted date, ID number from Turnitin, and word count

How to review your originality report

  1. Click on the Turn It In assignment link to get to the Assignment Inbox as you did when you were preparing to submit your assignment.
    image: Turnitin Assignment Inbox - view after an assignment has been submitted
    The Assignment Inbox is where you can return later to review your originality report, if your instructor has chosen to make this report visible to you. If you are allowed to submit your paper more than once, you will obtain only one new originality report per day. For instance if you submit a paper at 10:30am and submit it again at 11am, you will not see the originality report for the 11am submission until the next day, although each submission will be accepted correctly. Each submitted file takes the place of the earlier submission.
  2. Click on the colored square or on the percentage number listed under the Contents column to see your originality report.
    image: closeup of the originality report percentage
    An orange or red square will display if you have a high percentage – this means that more of the text you submitted has been found on web pages, in online journals, or in other submitted documents in TurnItIn's database.

Sample Originality Report: image: turnitin originality report for a high percentage of copied material - low resolution version
(click on the image for a larger view - image will pop up in new window)

Each block of matching text is numbered and color coded with where Turnitin found a match on the right. Everything found on the highest percentage match will be in red text and numbered with a [1]; the next link's text will appear in green and numbered [2]. The individual percentages reflect what percentage of your document can be found in the outside source.

In this particular example, I received a score of 99% because I had copied text from three different web pages instead of writing my own document. You should not copy material from web pages without citing it appropriately, putting quoted text in quote marks (or using other typographical conventions to indicate quoted text) along with where you found that source.

Here is another example of an originality report:thumbnail image link to a higher resolution image of an originality report
(click on the image for a larger view)

When reviewing your originality report, remember that lower percentage numbers are best. The percentage indicates what percentage of your document was found in online web resources, electronic journals, or in the Turn It In database of previously submitted student papers. For some types of outlining or note taking assignments, some duplication is legitimately possible as you and your classmates will be creating outlines of the same textbook or assigned reading. You do want to be sure to do your own work and not accidentally upload a file that someone else left behind on the computer you are using.

How to return to your course page

You can click on the bread crumb for the folder name where the link to the Turnitin assignment was found or on a Course Content link at the top of the course toolbar to return to your course materials. image: Turnitin Assignment Inbox - red arrows point to bread crumb for Home Page and to the Course Content home button

If you have any questions

Do not hesitate to contact your instructor if you are confused about a Turnitin assignment or your originality report results.

 

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