Where do I find a cover sheet for my assignment?
You can obtain individual and group Assessment item cover sheets by downloading one from the Forms and Guides page, under the Assessments and Exams drop-down.
Some course coordinators no longer require a cover sheet, you may like to check with your course coordinator before completing the cover sheet.
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Assessments and assignments
Assessments and assignments are used to measure learning outcomes and can take a variety of forms, such as tests, essays or oral presentations.
At the start of each term, you will receive course outlines for each of your subjects. These outlines include information about your assessments such as due dates, word counts and how much weight the assessment carries as a portion of your overall grade.
For more information on assessments and assignments visit our Academic Support pages .
Submitting assessments
There are a variety of ways for you to submit an assessment:
- Canvas: where you can directly upload your assessment or assignment to your lecturer or tutor.
- Turnitin (via Canvas) : allows you to revise your assessment and check for plagiarism and referencing issues prior to final submission.
Turnitin is a text-matching system which checks for plagiarism.
You can pre-submit through Turnitin, which will compare your work against:
- the Internet
- papers submitted to Turnitin by students of this and other universities
- online journal databases
The system then creates an originality report so you can revise your assessment before submitting again. The lecturer or tutor marking your assessment will only see your final originality report.
- Your individual assessment results throughout your course are available in Canvas .
- You can check your final course results at the end of each term at myHub through myUni .
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Identifying the assignment type (Canvas or Turnitin)
This page features guidance and troubleshooting support for two different types of assignment submissions: Canvas assignments and Turnitin assignments. It's important you know the submission type for the assignment you are handing in.
Depending on the assignment type used, you may see either Canvas Assignment (left image) or Turnitin Assignment (right image), as shown below:
How to submit an assignment
There is Canvas guidance available on submitting a Canvas Assignment .
There is also a Canvas Assignment submission troubleshooting guide that includes guidance on how to identify;
- The number of attempts allowed – once the permitted number of submissions is reached no further submissions can be made.
- Permitted file types – are only certain files being accepted e.g. word documents.
- Availability dates of the assignment – submissions cannot be made once the assignment is no longer available.
- Browsers compatible with Canvas – check that the browser being used is up compatible and up to date.
- How to clear cache and cookies – Canvas suggest this may resolve submission issues.
If you have a different query regarding Canvas Assignments, all Canvas guidance relating to assignments is available on the Student Canvas guidance webpages .
Also, don’t forget that Canvas 24/7 support is always available for support with Canvas queries.
If you are submitting a file from your device there is Turnitin guidance available on submitting a Turnitin Assignment by file upload .
If you are submitting a file from the Cloud (e.g. from OneDrive) there is guidance on submitting a Turnitin Assignment by cloud submission . Please note that the option for submitting via Google Drive and Drop Box are not enabled at Newcastle. Please submit your assignment via the Upload Submission option, or OneDrive.
Module teams may set restrictions on the accepted file types, for example restrict to word docs or PDF only.
To identify any accepted file type restrictions for a Canvas Assignment see the relevant section of the Canvas assignment submission trouble shooting guidance
A Turnitin Assignment will normally only allow submission of file types that are compatible with the Turnitin similarity checker. See the Turnitin guidance on accepted file types .
NOTE: Canvas Assignments which are subject to a Turnitin similarity check will require a Turnitin compatible file type to be submitted.
There is a file size limit of 100mb for a Turnitin Assignment submission and 5gb for a Canvas Assignment submission. There are some actions that could reduce the size of a file regardless of the assignment type;
- Reduce the size of images – see the Microsoft guide to reducing image sizes in Microsoft Office.
- For Mac users see the guidance for reducing file sizes in Pages .
- For PowerPoint submissions, Windows users can compress media files .
- Saving or converting to PDF may reduce the file size. There are guides for Microsoft Office and Apple Pages .
How to check if a submission has been successful
See the Canvas guidance on confirming if a Canvas Assignment has been submitted . The submitted file can also be opened from here.
From the Turnitin submission screen you can access the digital receipt for a submission. Receipts are not emailed to students. There is Turnitin guidance on how to locate a Turnitin digital receipt .
Follow the steps for checking that a submission has been successful to identify whether the correct file has been submitted.
Check that the appropriate guidance for the assignment type has been followed.
Check that the file type is correct and under the maximum allowable size by following the guidance on this page.
If the wrong file has been submitted for an assignment check whether there are any attempts remaining i.e. does the assignment allow resubmissions. If there are remaining attempts, submit again. The marker will be able to view and mark the most recent submission. If there are no remaining submission attempts, then the correct file should be emailed to the module team and relevant school contacts. They will contact IT Service desk for assistance if required.
If a file has been submitted to the wrong assignment contact the module team and relevant school contacts to inform them. They will advise if any further action is needed and contact IT Service desk for assistance if required.
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For more information about accessing and using your assignments feedback, head over to our Accessing your Assignment Feedback via Canvas page.
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