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This guide explains why Turnitin assignments change to read-only status, and provides information about how you can reopen assignments to add or edit feedback.

Turnitin assignments have a start date, due date and feedback release date.

Start Date: Determines when students can start submitting to the assignment.
Due Date: Determines when assignments are due. Set this to the due date specified in the Module Handbook. Students can't submit after the due date unless late submissions are enabled.
Feedback Release Date: The date marks and feedback will be released for all submissions. We recommend that you set this to the date in the Module Handbook to ensure you're following the policy of work being marked within four weeks of the due date.
If circumstances arise which prevent work being marked by the Feedback Release Date, it is important that you edit this before the date passes and inform students of a new Feedback Release Date with a module announcement / email.

When the last Feedback Release Date in any assignment within a module has passed, the assignments will become read-only. This is because the module has expired within Turnitin.

This means that staff and students can view assignments and feedback, but staff are no longer able to add new feedback or edit existing feedback.

If you need to add marks and feedback to a read-only assignment, you will need to create a new Turnitin assignment within the module, ensuring the Feedback Release Date is in the future. You can hide this dummy assignment from students. Click on the dummy assignment link to open the assignment inbox, this will reactivate all read-only assignments within the assignment inbox. Once you have finished adding marks and feedback you can delete the dummy Turnitin assignment.

Please contact the Digital Learning Service if this does not reactivate the assignment.

Note: Check the relevant Grade Centre column is hidden from students if you don't want your students to see their marks and feedback straight away.