Grading a Turnitin Assignment

  • Open your Moodle course page.
  • Click the relevant Turnitin assignment link:
Turnitin Assignment.

This will open the Turnitin assignment Submission Inbox:

The submission inbox displaying any student submissions that have been received.

  • To access Turnitin's grading tools, click the blue pencil icon in the Grade column of a student’s submission:                                                                                                                                                                                              Blue pencil editing icon.
The Turnitin document viewer opens.


  • To enter a grade for a student’s submission, click and enter the grade in the box at the top right of the document viewer:                                                                                                                                                                                                               Grade entree box out of 100.
  • Close the Turnitin document viewer. The grade you entered should now appear in the Grade column for the student’s submission:

                                                                                                                                                                              Student grade.

Note: Remember that grades and feedback are not visible to students until the assignment post date has passed.

Adding a Feedback Summary to an Assignment

A feedback summary can be used to communicate a general text or audio feedback comment on a student’s assignment. To enter a feedback summary on a student’s assignment:

  • Open your Moodle course page.
  • Click the Turnitin assignment link. This will open the Turnitin assignment Submission Inbox.
  • To access Turnitin's grading tools, click the blue pencil icon in the Grade column:
                                                                     Blue pencil editing icon.
The Turnitin document viewer opens.

  • Click the Feedback Summary icon:                                                                                                                                                                                                  Feedback summary icon in the Turnitin Editor bar.
  • Click in the text comment field and type a feedback comment. Note that there is a 5,000- character limit for the feedback summary.

                                                                                                                                                                                 Feedback and comment field in the Feedback summary.
  • When you have finished entering the text comment click anywhere in the document viewer to save the comment.

Note: Remember that grades and feedback are not visible to students until the assignment post date has passed.