View similarity report for a Turnitin assignment

Turnitin assignment dropboxes can be set to allow single or multiple submissions with the availability of similarity reports set to after submission or after marking.

Remember to check your lecturer’s coursework submission guidance.

Generally, for formative/ draft assignments e.g. for a Draft dropbox, you may be given multiple (up to three) submission attempts that allow you to check, improve and resubmit your coursework. In this case, you can normally view your Turnitin similarity report as soon as you submit the draft.

However, when you submit a summative/ final assignment through Turnitin, you may be given only one submission attempt and you may not be able to see the similarity report until after the submission has been marked.

 Instructions

You can view your Turnitin similarity report and your similarity score, when it is available, via the Turnitin dropbox:

1. Locate the folder that your Turnitin drop box is in and then click on the name of the actual Turnitin drop box (with the rocket shaped icon beside it).

2. Your submitted Turnitin assignment will pop up in a panel with details and information for your submission.

3. If your assignment has been graded, you will see a mark beside your submission, otherwise it will appear as not marked.

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3. Click Launch at the bottom of the pop out panel to open your submission in Turnitin.

4. This will open the Turnitin Assignment Dashboard window.

5. If your assignment has not been marked, there will be no grade available yet (1).

6. If the similarity report is available to view, there will be a similarity score displayed (2).

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7. Click on the similarity score to open a new Turnitin Feedback Studio window, where you can view more details and access the similarity report.

8. A new window will open showing your assignment. Click on the match overview icon in the panel on the right hand side.

9. This will display the matches that Turnitn has identified in the side panel, with possible matches, as in the example below.

Why would similarity report and score not show in Turnitin?

There could be two reasons a similarity score does not appear under the similarity column:

• If your lecturer has turned off student access to the Similarity Report, you will see a paper icon with a line cut through it.

• If the the Similarity Report is still being generated, you will see a dash ( — ) under the Similarity column. This will be updated once it has finished processing.

Check your assignment settings

• In your Turnitin assignment dashboard, click on the assignment's name

• This reveals the assignment settings. Under Additional settings you can check whether the similarity report is available after submission and if you are allowed resubmissions

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