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No, students must be informed of the method of submission. If you wish to run the papers through Turntin Turnitin after receiving them from a different submission method then students must be informed. Usually, they are informed of the submission method in the handbook for their module / programme.
How can I tell what is in the Turnitin database?
If you would like to check if a particular book or journal is in the Turnitin database then you can check this on the iThenticate website.
Technical
If students resubmit an assignment, won’t it show up as a 100% match?
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