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Notice : Created for the Spectrum UM Turnitin: Document Submission users.

Settings might differ from Lecturer’s or Faculty’s provided Turnitin Classes.
Submissions management is by Pusat Teknologi Maklumat (PTM)
Getting to
Turnitin:
Document
Submission
On Spectrum
Log-in into Spectrum
URL : spectrum.um.edu.my
Search for the course

1. Click on Courses
2. Search the course code : XGPG0002
Self- enroll to the course

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Turnitin: Document Submission
on Spectrum

1. The Spectrum Turnitin: Document Submission provides UM Students and Staff

with access to a submission option in using Turnitin apart from submission
classes/points provided by your Supervisor or Lecturers.
2. Submission made to this class/point will not save or archive your documents
but only provides you with the reports as it is on the ‘opt-out setting’
(documents are not saved to any archives).
3. Accounts /Classes /points created by your lecturers, supervisors or faculty
could archive your submissions depending on the setting done by them.
 Turnitin: (Lecturers,
Document Supervisor
Submission or Faculty
Course Opt-out Accounts Classes) Can be an
-Will not save or Opt-in Account
archive your
document. Only -May archive your
provides the document and will
Similarity Report. be compared to
your future drafts or
other similar
documents.

-Only one
submission will be
processed at a
time. Previous -Can be set for
documents or multiple
reports will not be submissions and
saved. reports might be
saved according to
setting by the
account owner.
Submitting
Your Documents
Submitting your documents

1
Click on the Turnitin Submission Class
Submitting your documents

Click on the ‘Submit Paper’ to see the

submission options.
You can click on the button again for 2
subsequent submissions.
Submission Options
3
You can choose to:
Either upload a document or
Cut and Paste your content
onto Turnitin.
Submission Options

You can also upload from

your device or from your
Dropbox or Google
Drive Accounts 4
Submission Options
Once you have added your
submission, you will receive
your Digital Receipt.
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File Type
Turnitin currently accepts the following file types for upload into an
assignment that has the Allow only file types that Turnitin can check for
originality enabled:

• Microsoft Word® (.doc/.docx)

• OpenOffice Text (.odt)
• WordPerfect® (.wpd)
• PostScript (.ps/.eps)
• HTML
• Hangul Word Processor file (.hwp)
• Rich text format (.rtf)
• Plain text (.txt)
• Google Docs via Google Drive™
• Adobe® PDF
• Microsoft PowerPoint® (.pptx, .ppt, .ppsx, and .pps)
• Microsoft Excel® (.xls and .xlsx)

Online References for Spectrum (Moodle) Submissions : https://help.turnitin.com/new-links.htm

Turnitin will not accept the following to generate Originality Reports:

• Password protected files

• Microsoft® Works (.wps) files
• Microsoft Word 2007 macros-enabled .docm files
• OpenOffice Text (.odt) files created and downloaded from Google Docs online
• Document (.doc) files created using OpenOffice, as they are not 100% Microsoft
Word equivalent
• Apple Pages
• Spreadsheets created outside of Microsoft Excel (i.e. .ods)
• Text with visual effects

Note: Files that are encrypted, hidden, system files, or read only files cannot be
uploaded or submitted to Turnitin.

Online References for Spectrum (Moodle) Submissions : https://help.turnitin.com/new-links.htm

File Size
** If an assignment is set to allow any file type, Turnitin will accept any file:

• less than 40mb;

• has a minimum of 20 words; and
• is less than 400 pages.

*Files of a larger size may be reduced in size by removal of non-text content.

*Note: Text only files may not exceed 2 MB.

Note: Please refer to the website for updated instructions or features.

Online References for Spectrum (Moodle) Submissions : https://help.turnitin.com/new-links.htm

Notification of submission via
siswamail or ummail
You will also receive notifications of submissions
and your Digital Receipt via your UM emails
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The Similarity
Report
Your Similarity Report

The colour of the report icon indicates the similarity

score of the paper, based on the amount of matching
or similar text that was uncovered. The percentage Click on the percentage
range is 0% to 100% The possible similarity indices to go to your Document
are: Viewer and see your
Blue: No matching text
Green: One word to 24% matching text report.
Yellow: 25-49% matching text
Orange: 50-74% matching text
Red: 75-100% matching text

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Student/The_Similarity_Report/Interpreting_the_Similarity_Report
The Document Viewer
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Click of the percentage

to view your Matching
Sources List/ Side Bar
The Document Viewer
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Your Side Bar provides you with the source that they have found similar to the text within
your document. The more similar sources found, the more colors you will see being
matched with your content. All of the same coloured highlights is from the same source.

When “un-quoted” and properly cited content of the same color appears it is because of
their proximity to each other and they are still considered to be similar to the original
reference (eg: book, article ect.) as they are considered copied text with slight changes or
additions of words in between.
Downloading Your Report
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Your Report in PDF
The cover page contains the title
of your document and your name,
as well as submission details at
the bottom of the page

*Note: If you have previously

submitted a draft of your paper to an NAME

opt-in account, the Submission ID is

required so always remember to save
a copy of the report or each
submission ID no matter where
you submit your documents.
Your Originality Report
The Originality Report should be included
on the last page of your downloaded PDF
report. Re-download the report if it does
not appear.
Filtering
your
Similarity
Report
Filtering Options
NAME

To refine your similarity scores, consider the

following Similarity Report filters:

Exclude quotes and bibliography

“Quotes” and bibliography items are widely reused and gene
rally fail to demonstrate original writing. You may wish to
exclude quotes, bibliographies, and items of a similar nature
from influencing your students' similarity scores.

Exclude small sources (measured by word number or

percentage)
You can exclude sources in the source list that are below
the threshold set by you or your faculty. For example, if the
threshold is set at 3%, any 1% or 2% match would be
removed from the current report mode's source list (Match
Overview or All Sources).

Reference: https://guides.turnitin.com/03_Integrations/Turnitin_Partner_Integrations/Moodle/05_Moodle_LTI/Moodle_LTI_
Student/The_Similarity_Report/Interpreting_the_Similarity_Report
Filtering
Excluding Quotes and Bibliography However, when the paper reaches
the following words in the paper,
When you choose to exclude quotes, it will resume the similarity check:
the Turnitin system will recognize quotes
by the use of double quotation marks - Appendix / Appendices
"like this" - or paragraph indentations in Glossary
a Microsoft Word® document. Single Table / Tables
quotations - 'like these' - are not Acknowledgment /
recognized as quotes. Acknowledgments
Exhibits
When you choose to exclude Figure / Figures
bibliographies, our system will detect Chart / Charts
the following keywords and disregard
matches in the paper after that point:

References Works cited

References cited Bibliography
References and notes
Resources

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ort/Viewing_the_Similarity_Report#Excluding_Small_Matches
Filtering You can exclude sources in the source
list that are below the threshold set by you
or your faculty.

You can exclude sources that are less than OR

a certain number of words. You can exclude sources that are less
For example, filtering by 10 words will Than a certain percentage of words. For
exclude all sources that have a cumulative example, if the threshold is set at 3%,
number of matching words that are less any 1% or 2% match would be removed
than 10 words in length. from the current report mode's source
list (Match Overview or All Sources).
Deletion
of previous
submissions
Request for previous submission removal from
Turnitin Archive

Send a request
together with your
Submission ID
Request for previous submission removal from
Turnitin Archive – Via Email

Step 1: EMAIL to [email protected]

Step 2: Attach the Digital Receipt (TURNITIN) containing the
Submission ID.
Step 3: Requests must be submitted using ONLY
SISWAMAIL and UMMAIL. Other email handles will not be
entertained.
Step 4: Email must be titled:
Request for previous submission removal from Turnitin
Archive - Submission ID XXXXXXXXXXXX

* 3 days is required for the deletion per submission ID from the date of submission.
 Request for previous submission removal from
Turnitin Archive - Via Helpdesk
• Students can also request for deletion through the helpdesk.um.edu.my
• After LOG-IN, select PTM >> My Complaint

Type in Program Details:

Request for previous submission removal
from Turnitin Archive - Submission ID XXXXX
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