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Turnitin: Download Files

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There may be occasions when you need to download students’ submissions to Turnitin.

How to download individual files

  • In the Blackboard Course go to the relevant Turnitin LTI submission point
  • Click on the Submission point title to go into the Turnitin LTI Assignment Inbox.
Turnitin LTI submission Point. Click on the Assessment title to enter the Assignment Inbox

From the Assignment Inbox, there are two ways to download the individual files.

  1. Go to the paper you wish to download, click on the three dots menu (1) and select Download.
    • This will download the originally submitted file
  2. Click on the blue pencil icon or the assignment title (2).  The paper will open in the Feedback Studio.
    • From the Feedback Studio you can download the original file, the file with annotations and feedback and the submission receipt.
Assignment Inbox for Turnitin LTI with two methods marks 1 and 2

Download from Feedback Studio

Step 1 click on the download button

In the Feedback Studio, click the Download button in the toolbar on the right-hand side of the screen.

Feedback Studio Download GradeMark view with download options highlighted.

Step 2 click on the download button

The Download pop-up window will appear, from the menu click either:

  • Current View to include the feedback in the downloaded file or,
  • Original File to download a copy of the student’s work.
Feedback studio with the Download window opent showing options

Current view – shows annotations and feedback

If Current View is selected, a PDF file will be downloaded to your computer. This will include the written feedback, comments and rubric contained in the online marked assignment. When viewing the PDF, feedback is listed at the end of the document.

Current view PDF showing rubric marking

Download All

If you wish to download more than one paper, you can do this from the Turnitin LTI Assignment Inbox.

Step 1: Select files and download type required

Either select specific files you wish to download or go straight to the Download menu.

The Download menu options are:

  • Original Files
  • Standard PDFs
  • GradeMark PDFs

Download everything in the inbox.

Download selected files

Step 2: Wait for files to download notification

A message will appear informing that the papers will be put in a compressed (.zip) file. Click Ok.

Downloading papers message: "This might take a while... You can close this window and the process will continue. A zip file containing your requested files will be available for download in your Turnitin Nofifications tab when complete.

Notifications tab

The downloads are accessed, when the process has completed, through the Turnitin Assignment Inbox Notification icon.

The red dot will appear and flash when the downloads are ready.

Notifications window with a list of the Bulk Downloads. Details of the downloads and a zip file is revealed.

Step 3: Download ZIP file

  • Select the download you would like click on the down arrow to reveal the download details. The file will appear as a .ZIP file, click on the file name to download.
  • If you no longer need any download, you can delete it using the ‘Trash Can’.
  • Click the file link to download
Zip icon at the bottom off the browser window.

You can then see all selected papers in the file. These can be opened, saved or printed as required.

File manager showing extracted zip file.

There are several differences in behaviour when anonymity is enabled – see Managing and administering assessments with Anonymous marking

Guide last updated on March 28, 2022

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