Background

The typical workflow for submitting a paper to TurnItIn is to enable TurnItIn on an assignment in My Courses (D2L Brightspace) so students can submit their own work. However, it is possible for instructors to submit papers to the TurnItIn service on behalf of a student. This feature is called Quick Submit.

 

It's important to note that students should be informed ahead of time if a paper will be submitted to TurnItIn on their behalf.

 

Instructors cannot submit papers on behalf of students within My Courses. Instructors will need to log into turnitin.com to use the Quick Submit feature.

 

Logging into turnitin.com

Go to turnitin.com

 

In the upper right of the screen, click on Log In:

 

 

If this is your first time logging into turnitin.com, you will need to click on the Forgotten your password? link and then enter your CSP email address. You will receive an email with instructions to reset your password. Note that this password is not associated with your CSP password.

 

Enter your CSP email address and turnitin.com password. Note that this password is not associated with your CSP password.

 

 

Enabling the Quick Submit feature

If this is your first time logging into turnitin.com, you will need to enable the Quick Submit feature. You only need to do this once.

 

In the upper right of the screen, click on User Info:

 

 

On the next screen, find the section for Activate quick submit and change the dropdown to Yes:

 

 

Scroll down and click the Submit button.

 

You will now see a new navigational tab in the upper left of the screen. It is labeled Quick Submit:

 

 

Submit a paper through Quick Submit

After logging into turnitin.com, click on Quick Submit in the upper left of the screen:

 

 

On the next screen, click the Submit button:

 

 

On the next screen, select which sources you would like to search (red box in screenshot) and then select no repository in the dropdown (green box in screenshot). Selecting no repository is important to prevent multiple drafts of the same paper from triggering a false report.

 

 

Click the Submit button:

 

On the next screen, you'll be prompted to provide the student's name and a title for the submission. You can then upload the paper from your computer, Dropbox, or Google Drive:

 

 

Once you've selected the paper, click the Upload button.

 

On the next screen, you'll be prompted to confirm that you've uploaded the correct file. Click the Confirm button:

 

 

The paper has now been submitted for analysis, which typically takes ~ 5 minutes.

 

Track Quick Submit submissions

Click on the Quick Submit tab at the top of the page:

 

 

All of the papers you've submitted will be listed on this page. A similarity percentage will be shown for any papers that are complete. Click on this percentage to view the detailed report:

 

 

 

The full report will now open in a new window. It is the same as when viewing a report within D2L. See Turnitin Feedback Studio Overview for more information.