How to submit a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard

Quick guide for students

Note: This guide provides the steps for submitting a Turnitin assignment. To submit an ordinary Blackboard assignment refer to the guide 'How to submit an assignment in Blackboard'.

Assignments submitted to Turnitin are compared against billions of internet documents and Turnitin's local databases of submitted student assignments. Any matching text Turnitin finds is detailed in an originality report. Information about interpreting the report can be found in the guide 'How to read a Turnitin assignment originality report'.

The time taken for the originality report to appear can be a few minutes or greater than 24 hours for the first submission. For subsequent submissions, the report will not appear for at least 24 hours.

To submit a Turnitin assignment

Note: You can submit an assignment in two ways:

• By file upload, or
• By cut and paste

To submit by file upload

Note: Turnitin will only accept files in the following formats: MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, and plain text formats. Turnitin does not accept powerpoint or spreadsheet files or files saved in Microsoft Works or AppleWorks.

1. To access the assignment, click on the specific assignment in your unit.
2. You will see an Inbox for the assignment. Click the Submit icon.
3. Select file upload from the Submit a paper by: drop-down list.
4. Enter your first name, last name and a title for your submission in the spaces provided.
5. Click Browse and locate the document you want to submit.
6. Click Open after selecting your file. Click Submit .
7. On the following page, you will be asked to confirm your submission.
   • Click yes, submit to finalise your submission or
   • Click no, go back to re-enter your details and upload your file again.
8. After submitting, you will receive a digital receipt, noting title, author and id. Click the assignment inbox to view your submission.

To submit by cut and paste

1. To access the assignment, click on the specific assignment in your unit.
2. You will see an Inbox for the assignment. Click the Submit icon.
3. Select cut and paste from the submission drop-down list.
4. Enter your first name, last name and a title for your submission.
5. Cut and paste your submission into the text box. To cut and paste text, highlight the text of a paper in a word processing or text editing program and select copy from the edit menu. Place your mouse cursor in the text box of the submission page and select paste from your browser's edit menu.
6. Click Submit .
7. After submitting your paper, you will receive a digital receipt, noting title, author and id. Click the assignment inbox to view your submission.

Viewing your submissions

1. After you submit a paper, it will appear in the Inbox.
2. To view your submission, click on the title of the assignment you submitted.
3. Your Turnitin Paper will open in a new window, showing the title, author, date submitted, ID and word count. Close this window to return to the assignment inbox.

To re-submit a Turnitin assignment

Note: You will only be able to re-submit an assignment if your teaching staff have set up the assignment to allow this. When you re-submit your paper, you will receive a new originality report. You can do this as many times as you like up to the due date for the assignment.

1. To access the assignment, click on the specific assignment in your unit.
2. You will see an Inbox for the assignment. Click the Submit icon.
3. A message will appear indicating you have already submitted a paper. If you choose to continue, the original submission will be replaced. The message also indicates the earliest time at which you will receive the new originality report (note that times quoted are in US standard eastern time). Please allow 24 hours to receive the report.
4. Click OK