Requesting Submission Deletion from TurnItIn

This walkthrough is intended for instructors who receive requests from students to have their assignment submissions permanently deleted from the Turnitin submission database.

Instructions 

1. Navigate to TurnItIn.com
2. Log in, using your UMS email address and your TurnItIn.com password
   • If you encounter any password errors when logging in, please follow the in-page directions for a “forgotten password”.
3. In your Instructor Dashboard, Navigate to the course you wish to remove a submission from.
   
4. Locate the Assignment for which the submission has been made, and click the “view” link on the menu.
5. Upon clicking “View” you will be brought to a list of Student names and their submissions for the assignment.
6. Click on the check box next to the Author (Student) requesting a paper removal, and a delete menu will appear at the top of the frame.
   
7. Once you have selected the Paper to be removed, Click “Delete”.
8. Your Delete Menu will have two options: “Remove from inbox”, and “Request Permanent Deletion”. 
   • Select "Request Permanent Deletion”
     
9. You’ll receive a pop-up to validate your request
   • Click “Continue”.
     
10. On the Next Screen, you’ll be asked to select a reason for removing a paper: 
    • Wrong paper
    • Remove Personal Data
      • This is common for Personal Data removal requests by students
    • Didn’t know the paper would appear in Similarity Report matches
    • Other
11. Click “Continue”
12. To Verify and confirm the request, You will be prompted to type the word “DELETE” in a prompt box.
13. Click “Confirm”.
14. Next, Your TurnItIn Administrator will need to review and approve the request for this review please send an email to help@maine.edu,

• ATTN: T3- SDS: Teaching & Learning 
• Subject Line: Turnitin Submission Removal Request

Environment

• Brightspace, Turnitin.com, Web Browser