How to Submit an Assignment
How to Access Feedback
Viewing the Originality Report & Feedback
TurnItIn Guides

Submitting a TurnItIn Assignment

What is TurnItIn?

The TurnItIn is a plagiarism detection service that is integrated with Canvas. It allows instructors and students to view an Originality Report of written work or other homework assignments. The system is designed to facilitate feedback between instructors and students on written work.

How Do I Submit TurnItIn Assignments?

Important Notes

TurnItIn assignments cannot be submitted via the Canvas mobile app. You must login to Canvas on desktop computer to submit TurnItIn assignments. See technical requirements for more details.

The first time you submit a TurnItIn assignment you will be presented with TurnItIn’s terms of service. Read the terms and accept them. If you have questions, please contact your instructor.

If TurnItIn settings are set to allow students to resubmit assignments up until the due date, please be aware of the following:

When you resubmit an assignment, the original submission will be deleted.
When you resubmit within 24 hours of the first submission, the Originality Report.cannot be viewed immediately.

TurnItIn assignments will be similar to any other assignment in Canvas. Click Assignments in the left navigation of the course or Modules if the assignment page is hidden in the left navigation. Click the assignment title to view the assignment page. The assignment page will display. Review the numbered items below.

Any directions or links to course resources will be listed above the TurnItIn Assignment Dashboard. The assignment dashboard will be the default view when viewing TurnItIn assignments and this is where you upload assignments. Click the Summary tab to view the assignment settings and details. The summary will include the due date and a rubric if attached.
When you are ready to submit your assignment click Upload Submission. Note: The first time you submit a TurnItIn assignment you will be presented with TurnItIn’s terms of service. Read the terms and accept them. If you have questions, please contact your instructor.
The File Submission dialog box will appear (See figure below). (a) There are three ways to submit files. Choose the desired option. (b) Give your submission a title. (c) Click Select a file to upload. Be sure to review the acceptable file formats that are allowed for file upload

Wait patiently as the file submission is be verified. Once complete a preview will display of the file submission. Click Accept Submission & Save to submit your file.

How to Access Feedback

Once your file is submitted you will see your submission listed. Review the numbered items below.

The uploaded column will display the date and time you uploaded the assignment.
When the assignment has been graded your grade for the assignment will display in the grade column.
Please note it will take up to five minutes for the originality report to process. You will see a clock icon while it is processing. Once it is complete you will see a similarity index score with color code. Click similarity index score to view the originality report. If your paper is original, it will typically fall in the blue or green categories. If you have questions about your report, you can contact your instructor or the librarian at the reference desk in the library for help with research and creating proper citations. To view the originality report details click the similarity index. See the next page for details on viewing originality report. Note: Some instructors may not allow students to see the Originality Report. If you wish to see your originality report, you must make this request from your instructor.
- blue (no matching words)
- green (at least one matching word and up to 24% similarity index)
- yellow (25-49% similarity index)
- orange (50-74% similarity index)
- red (75-100% similarity index)
Depending on assignment settings you may be able to resubmit your paper. Click the upward arrow to resubmit an assignment. You can also download your submission by clicking the downward pointing arrow. Some instructors will allow resubmissions up to the due date. If TurnItIn settings are set to allow students to resubmit assignments, please be aware of the following:
- When you resubmit an assignment, the original submission will be deleted.
- Resubmitted papers may not generate a new Originality Report for a full twenty four hours. This delay is automatic and allows resubmissions to correctly generate an originality report without matching to the previous draft.
View the digital receipt for your file submission.

Note: Most instructors will grade TurnItIn assignments in Canvas. If this is the case, you will be able to see feedback from the Assignment Details page which can be accessed from the Grades page. If you do not see the similarity index score on this page, return back to the assignment page to view the feedback. On the assignment details page you will see the following: (1) This is the original document you submitted. You can click the link to download the file. (2) The similarity index score will be listed. Click to view your assignment in Feedback Studio. If your instructor has graded the assignment in Feedback Studio, you can view the comments on the Grademark layer. You also return back to the assignment page to access instructor feedback. (3) If your instructor grades the assignment in Canvas, click View Feedback to view the instructor comments. (4) Instructors and students can leave side comments for any assignment. The comments can be viewed from the grades page or in the Inbox submission comments folder.

Viewing the Originality Report & Feedback

If your instructor has graded the assignment in GradeMark, you must return back to the assignment page to view the feedback. You score will be listed by a blue pencil icon. You can click your assignment title, grade, or similarity index score to launch Feedback Studio (document previewer).

Once you click the similarity index score (see above) the Originality report will display in Feedback Studio. Review the numbered items below.

Page Navigation – Click to view the pages in the document for easy switching to the next page.
Grade Feedback – Your name and paper name will display above the document preview. Over to the right is where you can see your score along with maximum points for the assignment.
Layers – The sidebar displays with icons and includes the following:
1. Toggle layer information – Click the top button to choose what information to display in the preview window.
2. GradeMark Layer – The GradeMark layer includes QuickMarks, Feedback summary, and rubric form.
3. Similarity Layer – The Similarity Layer includes match overview, all sources, filters and settings, and excluded sources.
Download submission – Click to download the current submission.
Submission Details – Click to view submission details of the current submission.
Zoom In/Out – Use the slider bar to zoom in and out of the document preview.
Return to TurnItIn Classic – Click to view the submission in the old document viewer.

When you switch over to the GradeMark screen you will see instructor feedback. (1) If your instructor has used the TurnItIn QuickMark tool, you may see bubble comments and/or QuickMarks feedback highlighted in blue over the document preview. Click each one to view the feedback. (2) If your instructor has left any general comments, the right sidebar will display with the comments. If you do not see the right sidebar, click the bubble icon to view the right sidebar. (3) If your instructor has graded the assignment with a rubric, the rubric button will display. Click to view the rubric feedback. If you wish to hide the right sidebar, click the X icon in the upper right corner of the screen.

TurnItIn Guides

Printable Handout

Student TurnItIn Assignment Guide

Video Tutorial

How To Submit TurnItIn Assignments Video

Canvas TurnItIn Online Guides

Note: These guides are maintained by the Canvas Documentation Team and are available on the Canvas Community site. Some of the information in these guides may not apply to the Lake Land College instance of Canvas. If you have a question about a feature mentioned in these guides, please review Getting Help page for details on who to contact at Lake Land College.