{"id":4604,"date":"2015-10-27T11:31:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T11:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=606"},"modified":"2015-10-27T11:31:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T11:31:20","slug":"formatting-turnitin-instructions-for-greater-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2015\/10\/27\/formatting-turnitin-instructions-for-greater-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Formatting Turnitin instructions for greater impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you create a Turnitin assignment, under the ‘Optional Settings’ area you can ‘Enter special instructions’ for your students.<\/p>\n

It is good practice to use this space to enter specific instructions for the assignment, so that students are absolutely clear what is required of them e.g. Can they submit and resubmit drafts of their work? Is there a standard setting for naming their files?<\/p>\n

The ‘special instructions’ text box \u00a0has no formatting options, so what you type displays as plain text only.\u00a0That applies also to\u00a0line breaks \u2013 if you press Return when entering the instructions it appears to start a new line, but once\u00a0you Submit the line break will disappear.<\/p>\n

This can lead to the instructions – which are designed\u00a0to provide helpful guidance to students – appearing in a rather unattractive, even unreadable, way.<\/p>\n

All is not lost, however:\u00a0you can enter simple HTML code to introduce some formatting, to make your instructions stand out to students.<\/p>\n

Here is a\u00a0simple example. If you type the following:<\/p>\n

<strong>This Turnitin submission point is for your final drafts only.<\/strong><br><br><\/code><\/p>\n

Your first submission is final and whatever you submit here will be marked.<br><br><\/code><\/p>\n

Please submit draft work to the Drafts assignment. <br><br><\/code><\/p>\n

the instructions will display as shown:<\/p>\n

\"formatted<\/a><\/p>\n

Simple HTML you can\u00a0use to make your instructions stand out:<\/p>\n

<strong>bold text<\/strong><\/p>\n

<em>italic text<\/em><\/p>\n

<br>insert a single line break<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: The code is shown within angle brackets\u00a0and this is called a tag. The option to add bold text and italic text requires you to add an opening and closing tag around the text you want to modify, but to insert a line break you only need to add the tag in the position you want the line break. There is no closing tag.<\/p>\n

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