>> Turning in essays to TurnItIn can sometimes be confusing.
This video is meant as a step by step guide to turning in your essays
and reviewing your essays in TurnItIn.
First of all you do not need to go to a separate TurnItIn website.
Canvas has incorporated TurnItIn into their site.
Simply go to your assignment and click on upload submission.
It will ask you to select your file and then it will ask you
to review the submission before accepting it again.
Once it has accepted your submission you will see a submission turned
in and a check mark next to it.
After you've turned in your essay you may review the TurnItIn report.
It might take a minute or an hour or two to generate a report.
Once a report is generated you'll see a percentage sign next to your submission.
That percentage is how much the system thinks you borrowed or stole from another person.
Turn it in is a computer software system so it makes mistakes.
If you have a very popular last name it might think you stole your last name.
If you use a general statement like I'm the first person in my family to go to college,
it might think you stole that too.
TurnItIn also sometimes cannot recognize your citations so it might highlight a section
in your paper when you've already correctly cited it.
It is important for you to review the report to make sure that you did not make any errors
and that you've cited your work correctly.
In order to review the report click on the percentage next to your assignment.
The feedback studio will appear.
Make sure to click on each layer of the report.
If I've not graded it yet you will only be able to see grammar and plagiarism in errors.
Both of these errors will be highlighted for you on the essay itself.
If the system thinks you've stolen something it will highlight it in a certain color
and a number, then you'll be able to see where it thinks you got your information.
Review these sections and make sure you have correct citations.
Review the grammar feedback as well for errors.
Again, sometimes the computer makes a mistake.
If the deadline for submission has not already passed you may resubmit your essay once you've
corrected all of these errors.
Go back to the assignment box and click on the up arrow to resubmit your essay.
Once I've graded the essays there will be another layer that includes my comments
within your essay and general feedback on the entire essay.
Make sure to review all of these comments
because it will help you revise this essay or improve your next essay.
If you have any questions about the comments and the feedback report, please let me know.
Reviewing the comments is one of the best ways to improve your writing.