Turnitin Guidelines

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Similarity reports do not say whether plagiarism has taken place; the report simply highlights sections of the submitted text that match other sources. It remains an academic decision as to what the similarity means and what happens as a consequence.

links to the Turnitin UK support page containing advice on how to interpret the reports

Student Guides to Submitting your assignment to Turnitin

The Guides are available as .pdf's and .docs, you can choose to open in your browser or download.

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- is the Turnitin support guide for students.

You can watch a video which shows how to

After submission you will receive an email digital receipt which you should keep safe in case of any disputes.

Accessing your feedback

Feedback Studio is a tool to mark Turnitin Assignments electronically. This means that you do not need to collect a paper copy of your feedback from the Academic Administration. Instead the feedback is made available by the Academic Administration once the Module tutors have completed marking. This allows for easy access and prompt release of your feedback, which can help you in your future submissions.

You can login to the hub and go to the assignment drop-box where you submitted the assignment to view your feedback.

The Guides are available as .pdf's and .docs, you can choose to open in your browser or download.

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Accessing your marks

Once they have been released, you will be able to access your marks through the or the myqmu mobile app.