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Turnitin: Error When Trying to Grade Turnitin Papers

Received a 'Read Only' Error when attempting to grade Turnitin papers

Updated over 7 months ago

Purpose

This article explains what to do if a Read Only error occurs while trying to grade.

Procedure

If this error appears when trying to grade Turnitin papers, follow the steps listed below:

Error message "Read Only: This paper was submitted to a class that is expired, and is currently in read-only mode.

  1. Enter into the Turnitin activity, click on the pencil icon next to Due Date, and change the date to a future year.

    Turnitin activity page with arrow pointing to due date.

  2. Click away from the due date setting so that it will auto-save.

  3. Return to your course page.

  4. Re-enter the activity and change the year back to what it is supposed to be.

  5. Allow it to update that change.

  6. Exit the Turnitin activity again.

  7. Return to the activity and try grading the papers again.

If it doesn’t solve the problem, contact the Moodle team.

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