Viewing Originality Reports in Turnitin
1. Access the assignment in either one of two ways:
a. Click the Tunitin Assignments links from the Activities block (see figure below)
b. Select the assignment by clicking the assignment name from the Name column
of the Turnitin Assignments page (see figure below)
Or
a. Find the Turnitin Assignment from the Topic or Weekly outline (see figure below)
2. From the assignment list, click the “My Submissions” tab (see figure below)
Page 1 of 3 Viewing Originality Reports in GradeMark
1. On the “My Submissions” page, you should see a table listing your submission name(s),
the Submitted date(s), a Similarity column, a Grade column, and a Comments column,
The down-pointing arrow allows you to download your submission file (see figure
below).
2. If the information in the Similarity column is PENDING, that means Turnitin is still
processing the paper. Otherwise, you should see a percentage in a small box.
Example:
. To view the Originality Report, click that number.
Note: Please note that the 83% is not the grade for this paper. That number
represents the percentage of the paper that Turnitin finds that matches text
from another source. Whether or not it’s plagiarized depends on whether or
not it’s cited. Whether or not that number is too high depends on the
maximum acceptable number set by your instructor or department.
A sample Originality Report appears below.
3. Notice the three
buttons at the top of
the screen:
a. The Originality
button displays
Originality Report,
which highlights and
numbers any
matches it finds. The
corresponding
numbers are listed in
the “Match
Overview” on the
right. The Match
Overview displays
the source of the
match.
b. The GradeMark
button displays any
comments your
instructor added.
Page 2 of 3 Downloading Originality Reports to PDF
To download the Originality Report as a PDF file, click the printer icon in the lower left-hand corner
of the grade report window (see figure below).
Three options will expand. Select the first option “Download PDF of current view for printing” to
download the entire report. You can then print it to a printer, save it to your hard drive or
removable storage or email it.
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