WHAT IS TURNITIN?
Turn-it-in
A computerized tool in ensuring that
papers/reports written by student is free
from plagiarism.
http://www.turnitin.com
WHY SHOULD WE USE TURNITIN
• VAST DATABASE
• 20+ billion pages of web content
• 220 million student papers and 90000+ publications
• PREVENT PLAGIARISM
• ENGAGE STUDENTS
• A high Similarity Percentage will engage the students
to take extra effort in trying to improve the report.
• Turnitin report will display the percentage of similarities based on:
Green :
1 -24% of Similarity
Yellow :
25 – 49% of Similarity
Orange :
50 - 74% of Similarity
Red :
75 – 100% of Similarity
• SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE for FYP is not more than 30%
• Your coordinators will enroll you in a class and create
an assignment under that class
• They will put in your name and your email
• EXAMPLE:
• Name of class: FYP1 S2_1314
• Name of assignment: Report
You will receive a notification email from Turnitin
Click here
Name of FYP Coordinator
Assignment
Click submit to
hand in your
report
Click confirm
button
You will see the SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE straight away
after first time submission. For resubmission, the
SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE will be generated after 24 hours
from your resubmission.
Click on the SIMILARITY percentage – Another
window will appear
Click on the SIMILARITY percentage – Another
window will appear