Frequently Asked Question

• You may have tried to access a Turnitin Assignment in order to provide feedback, or grade a submission.
• A student may have tried to submit a paper.

However, you are prevented from doing so since the class has apparently expired and is currently ‘read only’.

Why does this message appear?

When a Teacher creates a Turnitin (Feedback Studio) assignment for the first time within a Moodle course, a Turnitin class is also created for that course on the Turnitin database. This class has a default end date which is typically six months from the creation date, or it is set to the date of the latest post-date for the Turnitin assignments in the class. Once the end date is reached, the class becomes “expired,” which means any submissions in the class are read-only.

For the teacher this access to grading will end at the time/date that they set the "Post" date for the assignment. Be sure to set the "Post" date later than the "Due" date so that the teacher has time to grade.

source: https://elearningsupport-turnitin.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2017/06/26/why-does-my-turnitin-assignment-show-a-read-only-mode-staff/