# 9 It’s your education

Now it’s time to put everything you’ve learnt in this course into practice. So far you have learned what to do with each of the matches that your Turnitin report gives you before you submit your work.

You have seen examples showing you where you would need to apply additional work to make all of your submission acceptable. Ensure you check these carefully and use Cite them Right if you are unsure how to reference correctly.

## Activity 6 Submit, analyse, improve

Allow approximately 45 minutes

1. Write a short essay draft on a topic of your choosing (500 words)
2. Submit your draft to Turnitin
3. Review your similarity report
4. Reflect:
   - What was your similarity score and how do you feel about it?
   - Which matches are acceptable?
   - Which matches need revision?
   - What changes will you make?

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