Adam MasseyTurnitin have announced an emergency maintenance window to address the issues seen today and yesterday. We have made some improvements to our system to help with the current situation. However, an emergency maintenance will be conducted on April 6th to make further improvements which is expected to last for 1 hour at the following time:03:00 Continue Reading…
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Scheduled Maintenance: 8 January 2022
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Scheduled Maintenance: 14 August 2021
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Updated similarity score algorithm
Changes were made to Turnitin’s similarity score on 4 March 2021. They include: Better detection and exclusion accuracy of quotes Better prioritization of internet sources (for example prioritizing a match wikipedia.com instead randomblog.com) Better matching more content across our various databases There’s more information on Turnitin’s support site, including information on existing submissions.
Revision assignments have been deprecated
To simplify assignment creation, Turnitin have removed the ability to create a revision assignment. This functionality echoed what was already possible with a standard assignment, but with added unnecessary steps. Turnitin have prepared a guide on how you can use a standard assignment to retain similar functionality.
Scheduled Maintenance: 1 August 2020
Turnitin maintenance is planned for Saturday 1 August 2020. You will unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 1600 and 2200 BST. See details for other time zones.
Scheduled Maintenance: 4 January 2020
Turnitin maintenance is planned for Saturday 4 January 2020. You will unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 1600 and 2200 UTC. See details for other time zones.
Scheduled Maintenance: 13 July 2019
Turnitin maintenance is planned for Saturday 13 July 2019. You will unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 1600 and midnight BST. See details for other time zones.
Scheduled Maintenance: 5 January 2019
Turnitin maintenance is planned for 5 January 2019. You will unable to submit, grade, or feedback on work in Turnitin between the hours of 1600 on 5 January 2019 and midnight on 6 January. See details for other time zones.