There are often situations during which an incorrect file has been submitted to a Moodle assignment activity with Turnitin enabled. If a Similarity Report has already been generated for the submission it is still possible for the incorrectly uploaded file to be replaced with a new file for submission if the assignment activity has been set up to allow for this.
If the ‘Report Generation Speed' setting is set to 'Generate reports immediately (students can resubmit until due date)' or 'Generate reports on due date (students can resubmit until due date)’ then it is possible for a new file to be submitted up until the assignment due date. The same is true if you delete the student’s assignment and allow them to resubmit.
If the ‘Report Generation Speed' setting is set to ‘Generate reports immediately (students cannot resubmit)’ then it will not be possible for a new file to be submitted as similarity reports will not be generated for a new file.
There are also situations where the file has been submitted to the wrong Moodle assignment activity all together. If this has occurred a paper deletion request must be submitted to remove the submission from the Turnitin repository and prevent it from producing a high similarity percentage due to self-plagiarism once the file is later re-submitted to the correct assignment activity. This MUST be done by:
Contacting eden.digital@lse.ac.uk
Citing the Turnitin ID for submission (found in the Moodle submissions table)
3. Providing a link the Moodle assignment activity to which the file was incorrectly submitted .
The Eden.Digital team will proceed to raise a ticket with Turnitin directly to request the removal of the initial file submission from the standard repository. Once this has been done the team will let you that it is fine for the student to then proceed with submitting to the correct Moodle assignment activity.