INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE
"TURNITIN ORIGINALITY REPORT"
RESOURCE IN MYUNI
1. Log into MyUni and find the link to the "Turnitin Originality Report". It can be found in the "MyUni
Courses" block under "Other Courses".
2. Navigate to the Originality Report Submission then select View/Complete. This is located within the Originality
Report (Check your Assignment) link within the Left Hand navigation..
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3. The next screen displays a user agreement if it is the first time the user has accessed the Turnitin system
within MyUni. Read the agreement, specify whether you are older or younger than 13 then select agree -continue. If you choose to disagree with the user agreement you will be returned to the course window
and you will not be able to complete the Turnitin exercise.
4. The first time a user accesses Turnitin a System Requirements Compatibility Check window appears.
Observe the warnings and use another browser/ follow advice if errors are shown. If there are green ticks
for all components then select Continue to Dashboard.
Note: If you don't want the compatibility check window to display each time select "Do not run system
check for this machine in the future".
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5. Select Submit
5. Ensure that Single File Upload is selected if you want to upload a file, the other option is Cut and Paste.
6. Your first and last name fields are auto populated. Provide a submission title.
7. Select where your file is located, options are from the Computer, Dropbox or Google Drive.
8. Select Upload.
Note: Requirements for single file upload. (Select What can I submit? In Turnitin for details)
File must be less than 20 MB
Files must have at least 20 words of text
The maximum paper length is 400 pages
File types allowed: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, PostScript, PDF, HTML, RTF, OpenOffice
(ODT), Hangul (HWP), Google Docs, and plain text
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9. A preview is generated for the submission, select Confirm.
10. The Turnitin assignment submission is complete. Select Return to assignment list.
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Note: Your submission date and time as well as the Submission ID are listed. This can be printed from the
Assignment Inbox.
11. Select View to examine the status of the assignment and/or display the originality report generated for
the submission.
Note: The originality may take up to 24 hours to be displayed.
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