Note: The generation of originality reports can take up to 24 hours. Originality reports Turnitin originality reports will be generated automatically after document submission. Turnitin will generate confirmation of the document submission which will be emailed to the respective student. Lecturers/instructors can also submit documents on behalf of a student. Students have direct access to Turnitin via the Internet and can upload their own documents. Students are required to use the formal Unisa Turnitin classes for the relevant college. In addition to the formal student classes and assignments. Classes & AssignmentsĬlasses & Assignments are set up within each college automatically for their respective students. Should a student have diffciulty to log in, the Unisa Turnitin Team can be contacted on There is no need for the student to 'create account'. Students LOG IN directly online using their myLife email addresses. This enables the students to upload their academic papers to the Turnitin database. Registered Unisa M&D students are enrolled automatically within their respective colleges. Instructors/Lecturers are then able to monitor a student's similarity index. The system then checks the submitted document for non-originality (possible plagiarism) by comparing submitted papers to several databases/repositories on the world wide web.

Instructors/Lecturers require students to submit their written assignments to Turnitin. Hence in this process they are able to improve their academic writing.

This allows students to develop quality writing skills as it facilitates rich, significant feedback on their submitted work. Turnitin is an internet based anti-plagiarism detection software that is aimed at promoting quality academic writing within learning Institutions.

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