Turnitin is the online submission system used at Marjon.

Please also see this Turnitin guide: Submitting an assignment using Canvas

Watch the video below or follow the onscreen instructions beneath it to find out how to submit your assignments to Turnitin.

Finding the submission area

1. Log into Marjon Canvas and go to your module course (via the dashboard)

2. Go the Assessment Information module

Note: If the assignment hasn’t been added to the Assessment Information module, you may be able to access it via Assignments in the left hand course navigation menu

3. Click the assignment that you need to submit to

4. Check information such as assignment title and due date. You can expand further information by clicking on the drop-down tab.

Submitting your assignment

For submission queries, please contact the Digital Innovation team, usually available during office hours:

DigitalInnovation@marjon.ac.uk

5. Click the ‘Upload Submission‘ button

6. Enter your Submission Title and select your assignment from your computer

Please note:

• Submit a supported file type.Turnitin does not work for any media file, video, audio or images
• Only a single document may be submitted to a Turnitin assignment. Multiple documents or Zip files cannot be selected for upload
• Please see this Turnitin guide for details of acceptable file types and sizes: Turnitin – File requirements

Click ‘Upload and Review‘

7. The review screen will give you an opportunity to review your file before submitting. Please take care to submit the correct assignment.

8. When you are happy, select the ‘Submit to Turnitin‘ button.

You should see the below success message.

9. Click the cross to close the pop-up window.

Note:  If you do submit the wrong file by mistake you may be able to resubmit prior to the hand in date.

This option is not available if you are making a late submission. 

Please read more on assessment in the Regulations Framework assessment pages

Checking that your submission was successful

If your submission was successful, you should see your assignment uploaded to Turnitin as below.

You can also download a copy of your assignment and a digital receipt from here.

Saving your digital receipt

Students are strongly advised to ensure they keep a copy of their digital receipt, which is proof that they have submitted their work and contains a submission ID and date/time details.

10. To save your digital receipt, click on the icon displayed in the above screenshot.

11. Open your ‘Downloads’ folder to locate your ‘digital receipt’, right click the receipt, select ‘copy’, then ‘paste’ in to the folder you want to store it in

Note: The file will be stored by default in your ‘Downloads‘ folder on your computer.

Note: Although your ‘digital receipt’ is reasonably safe in your Downloads folder (providing you don’t empty it), this should be considered a temporary storage space and you should move it from there as soon as  possible

Once your assignment has been graded and you’ve been told that your feedback is ready, you can review your grades and feedback online via Marjon Canvas.

Watch the video or follow the onscreen guidance beneath it to find out how to access and view your similarity report

Note: It is important that you save a copy of your assessed assignment as it will only be accessible online for a limited period of time.

Assessing assignment feedback and grade

1. Log into Canvas and navigate to your dashboard. Then open the relevant module.

2. Select ‘Modules‘ or click on the ‘assessment information’ block on the home page

3. Next find the relevant assignment and click to open it.

4. Click on your assignment title to open the online viewer, to review your assignment feedback and grade

Reviewing your assignment feedback and grade

5. You will see your grade (marked out of 100) in the top right hand corner of the window

If your feedback is not immediately displayed, click the bubble icon to activate the ‘Grading’ layer.

You can also change the zoom level to make the text easier to read by adjusting the slider at the bottom of the window

You can now go through the script and read annotations made by your tutor by clicking on the bubbles to read the full comment

Your tutor may also use QuickMarks, which are inbuilt remarks for common errors, or comments that your tutor will regularly make on all assignments. Each QuickMark contains information that can help you avoid making the same mistakes in future.

6. Click on the QuickMark title to see the QuickMark information

7. Once you have read ‘bubble’ comments on your assignment, you should read the ‘General Comments’ provided by your tutor, which are displayed on the right hand side of the window.

Your tutor might have left audio feedback in addition to a text comment. You will need to use headphones and click the’ play’ icon to listen to this.

Important! Please remember to download your assignment grade and feedback

Watch the video or follow the steps beneath it to find out how to download your graded assignments.

View/Download – Turnitin – Download your graded assignments

Access your graded assignment

1. Login to Canvas and go to your module course page

2. Click the Turnitin assignment to open the submission inbox

3. Click on the title of your submitted file to open it in the Turnitin Feedback Studio

4. Click on the Feedback bubble to activate the ‘Grading’ layer.

Download your graded assignment

1. Click the arrow icon to download.

2. Select ‘Current View’ option

3. This will download a PDF of your graded assignment (including grade and feedback)

4. Open your Downloads folder, locate your graded assignment and copy/paste to a suitable folder.

Turnitin – Feedback Studio

Turnitin Feedback Studio is the online submission system used for submitting assignments and dissertations at the University.

A powerful feature of Turnitin is its ability to produce similarity reports for each submitted paper.

Watch the video or read through the information beneath it to find out how to access and view your similarity report

What is a similarity report?

Turnitin checks each submitted paper against billions of webpages, student papers and articles from academic books and publications. It then produces a summary of matching or highly similar text found in the submitted paper.

When can I access the similarity report?

A similarity report is usually produced within 15 minutes of your first submission.

Up until the due date, new similarity reports will take up to 24 hours to be produced after three re-submissions.

How do I access the similarity report for my assignment?

To view the similarity report, click the Turnitin assignment on your Marjon Canvas module page to open the submission inbox.

If your report is ready to view you will see a similarity percentage which indicates the percentage of your paper that matches other sources.

Click the similarity percentage (or the title of your submitted assignment) to open your submitted paper and access the similarity report in Feedback Studio.

What is the similarity percentage?

When Turnitin has checked your paper against other sources, it will apply a similarity percentage to your submitted paper.

This percentage indicates how much of your submitted paper matches other sources.

The similarity percentage is displayed in your submission inbox and in Feedback Studio when you open your submitted paper.

Viewing your similarity report

1. Text in your paper that matches (or is similar to) other sources will be highlighted and numbered for easy referencing

2. Clicking Match Overview (the icon displaying the percentage of your paper that matches another source) will display sources with the highest percentage match

3. If you click the arrow next to a source you will see the ‘Match Breakdown’ which is a list of other sources that match text in your assignment

4. Clicking a source in Match Overview will open an extract of the matched source with matching text displayed in a red font

5. Click the ‘Full source view’ icon to display full source text in the right hand pane

6. If the selected source has multiple matches within your assignment, arrows will display for you to navigate to other parts of your paper that match the source

Filters and settings

With the exception of the bibliography section, the similarity percentage for your paper is based on the percentage of your paper that matches other sources.

This includes quotes that you have used and keywords, for example, subject related terminology.

You can exclude quotes and sources that are less than a certain number of words (or percentage) from the similarity report by clicking the filter button, selecting your options and applying changes.

This will produce an updated similarity percentage immediately.

 Useful Links

• Accessing the Similarity Report
• Understanding the similarity score

Please note:

• Submit a supported file type. Turnitin does not work for any media file, video, audio or images
• Only a single document may be submitted to a Turnitin assignment. Multiple documents or Zip files cannot be selected for upload

Please see this Turnitin guide for details of acceptable file types and sizes:

Turnitin – File requirements

When submitting to Turnitin you need to make sure that the size of your file does not exceed the limit. If it does, you will not be able to submit.

The file size of your assignment will increase considerably if it contains images, scanned images, tables or diagrams etc.

Unless you have reduced the file size of images before inserting them into your assignment, will most probably exceed the limit.

Check file size of your content

To find out the size of a file on your computer desktop:

1. Locate the file that you wish to upload.

2. Hover your mouse cursor over it and right click.

3. A menu will appear with a range of options.

4. Select the option ‘Properties’ at the bottom of menu

A Properties window will appear displaying a range of information.

File size information can be found on the ‘General’ tab. In this example, the word file is 1.02 MB  in size

To find out the size of a file using Windows Explorer:

1. Open Windows Explorer

2. In the top menu, click View

3. Click Details

The file size will be displayed at the right of each file.

Reduce the file size of your assignment – Windows or Mac

There is a tool to reduce the file size by compressing high resolution images within your assignment.

Note: Before reducing the file size of your assignment make sure that you have a copy of the original file:

• copy and paste into a new folder or open your assignment
• click save as and add a version number to the name

These guides will help change file size of your assignment when using MS Word on a PC or Mac.

Reduce the file size of a picture in Microsoft Office – Windows

Reduce the file size of a picture in Microsoft Office – Mac

If your assignment has been created in Word online, you will need to download it in a suitable format before being able to submit it to Turnitin.

To do this open the document -> click File -> Save as – and select the “Download as PDF” option which can then be submitted to Turnitin.

Check that your e-Submission was successful

Turnitin will let you know that your submission successfully uploaded. It is always a good idea to check what you have uploaded to make sure that you have uploaded the correct file and that it is displayed in a readable format.

To check your submitted work, click on the assignment title.  Your assignment will open in the browser for you to view. When you have finished, close the window by clicking on the cross (top right hand side of the page)

Watch the video below to see this in action

PowerPoint presentations can be submitted to Turnitin in their standard .ppt or .pptx format, but if you need tutors to see any notes that you have added to slides you will need to change the file type and settings of your presentation prior to submission. This short guide takes you through the steps required to do this.

Preparing your presentation for submission

1. Open your presentation

2. Click File – Save as

3. Click ‘Save as type’ and select PDF (.pdf)

4. Click the ‘More options’ link, underneath

5. Then click on the options button

6. In the ‘Publish options’ section, click the down arrow and select ‘Notes pages’

7. Then click the ‘OK’ button

8. Now click on ‘Save’ to save your PDF file

How can I check the date/time that my essay needs to be submitted?
Is there a file size limit?
Can I check that I’ve submitted the correct essay?
Can I resubmit my essay before the deadline?
Can I submit my essay after the deadline has passed?
What file formats does Turnitin accept?
How do I get a digital receipt?

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How can I check the date/time that my essay needs to be submitted?

Login to Marjon Canvas, open your module page and then click the Turnitin assignment to open the submission inbox.

You will see start date/time, due date/time and post date/time

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Is there a file size limit?

Yes. Please refer to Turnitin File Requirements

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Can I check that I’ve submitted the correct file?

Yes. You should always check that you have submitted the correct file.

Click the Turnitin assignment to open it, then click on the title of your submission.

This will open your essay in the Turnitin feedback studio.

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Can I resubmit my essay before the deadline?

For the majority of submissions, yes.

Click the Turnitin assignment to open the submission inbox, then select the upload button and repeat submission steps – e.g. enter a title, locate your file,  and then click the Resubmission button.

Note: If this option isn’t available, please contact the Digital Innovation Team:  DigitalInnovation@marjon.ac.uk

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Can I submit my essay after the deadline has passed?

Please refer to Extenuating Circumstances and  Student Regulations Framework pages for further information

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What file formats does Turnitin accept?

Please refer to Turnitin File Requirements

Please note: Turnitin cannot accept files which are not A4 in size.

Please make sure any files being combined for submission are A4 in size and do not contain overly large image files / scanned files.

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How do I get a digital receipt?

We recommend that you save a copy of your digital receipt once you have submitted your assignment.

To do this click the digital receipt button, bottom right-hand corner when viewing the Turnitin assignment.

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