MYTH 1: If I upload a second draft then it will compare it to my first draft and say it is plagiarised: UNTRUE - “When a file is resubmitted to an assignment, the previous version of the file will be overwritten by the latest submission. Only one submission at a time can exist for each student in the assignment inbox.” Quote from Turnitin website.
MYTH 2: When I upload my final work it will compare it to my draft: UNTRUE – your draft copy is not being saved on the Turnitin repository and so cannot be used for comparison. Also, you cannot plagiarise yourself!
MYTH 3: Turnitin checks for plagiarism: NOT STRICTLY TRUE – Turnitin checks for similarity with other student papers, text on the internet, journals etc. Is up to the those viewing the similarity report to decide on whether it is plagiarism or not.
MYTH 4: If I get a high similarity percentage it is bad and my EPQ submission won’t be accepted: ALL WORK WILL BE CONSIDERED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS – A high percentage may be because you have used single quotes instead of double quotes, you have included College forms in your submission, you have referred to web addresses that are referenced in other documents. There are all number of reasons for a high percentage and each piece of work will be looked at individually rather than using just the percentage.
For further information please look on the Turnitin website: http://www.turnitinuk.com/