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Turnitin for WTClass Blackboard

Welcome to Turnitin. Turnitin provides originality checking services, class management tools, and paperless digital grading products to educational institutions around the world.

This user guide provides thorough explanations of the features and products found in the Turnitin website that are available for use by instructors.

Turnitin products that may be available based on the purchase made by an institution include:

  • OriginalityCheck - submitted papers are compared for matches or similar text to information in available repositories used by Turnitin. The results of this comparison are made available in the easy to read format of the Originality Report
  • GradeMark digital assessment - student submissions are digitally marked and reviewed by the instructor in a paperless environment. Students are then able to view the results by logging into their Turnitin user profile
  • PeerMark - student submissions are assigned to peers for review based on a series of free response and scale questions created by the instructor. Peer reviews can be anonymous or attributed

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For information regarding Turnitin Status and Scheduled Maintenance Times for Turnitin visit Turnitin's System Status page.

Tutorials

Submitting to Turnitin Outside of Canvas

If you need to submit to Turnitin, but not have it connected to a course within Canvas, please follow these steps:

  1. Navigation to www.turnitin.com.
  2. Click the Log In button and login.
    1. If you have already created a Turnitin account with your WT Email, enter your credentials.
    2. If you are unsure, or have never logged directly into the turnitin.com website, select the option to for Forgotten password.
  3. Enable Quick Submit. Once the settings have been activated, a Quick Submit tab will be available when you log in.
  4. Submit the document using Quick Submit.
    NOTE: If you want this to be a "draft" submission, and not be used to compare against in the future, be sure to choose the option to not store the document in any repository. In the Repository part of the submission page, choose "No Repository."

Turnitin Resources (By Turnitin.com)

Training Webinars - Weekly and On Demand Training Webinars provided by Turnitin.