eGraduEng: 2. Submit the thesis for plagiarism check and thesis evaluation

Before submitting your thesis

• Language response:
  BEFORE submitting your master’s thesis for evaluation, it should go though the language response process. Language response is obligatory.
  See the Language Center for more information on language response.
• Accessible document:
  The Accessiblity directive ( (306/2019) states that master's theses should be accessible for people with disabilities, as they are available on the web. Instructions on accesible documents.
• If you have chosen a CC license for your thesis, remember that the thesis file should have a CC logo. Further instructions here
   

A. Check that you have filled out the form for electronic publication!

B. Submit your thesis in the correct format by following the instructions for official submission:

• Changes to the contents of the thesis are no longer allowed 
• Every page of the thesis, including abstracts, possible summaries in Swedish and possible attachments and/or images, shall be submitted as one (1) document.
   
• Save the file under the correct name in PDF/A format
  • Name the file after your own name (firstname_familyname; no Scandinavian letters).
  • The thesis shall be saved in PDF/A format - see instructions to the right
     
• Submit the thesis for plagiarism check to Turnitin:

  • Send in your thesis for plagiarism check in Moodle, according to your supervisor’s instructions.
    If your thesis document is more than 20 MB, please contact elarande@abo.fi who will help you to decrease the size of the document.
    NB! Ouriginal is no longer in use from 1 January, 2025 onwards.

The next steps (taken by others):

• You will receive an email from your supervisor after he/she has examined the results of the analysis report on your plagiarism checked thesis. After successfully passing the plagiarism checks, your thesis will be forwarded for thesis evaluation by your supervisor.
• when the thesis evaluators have made their own assessments of your thesis, they will write a statement, of which you will get a copy
• the faculty informs you when your thesis is assessed (and informs you on your right to make a request for rectification)

Remember to fill out the form for electronic publication of your thesis

If you have written your thesis in Word [see screenshots of saving as PDF/A]: 

• Check that your document is saved in the right format [PDF] 

NB! If you have written your thesis in Word for Mac:

• First save your thesis in PDF format. In LibreOffice and in Adobe Acrobat pro you can save your PDF file in PDF/A format:
  • Åbo: In the Åbo Akademi Library catalogue hall (main building, i.e. "Boktornet"), there is a computer, where both the screen and the computer are marked with "Adobe Acrobat Pro". (The staff at the service desk can show you to the computer). Open your PDF document in Adobe Connect Pro. Click 'Save as' and choose the format PDF/A for the file.
  • Vasa: In the Gallery G403 in Academill there is "Adobe Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium" in a couple of computers (g403-07 och g403-09; see note at the computer). Open your document in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Click 'Save as' and choose the format PDF/A for the file.
  • If you do not manage to convert or save your file as as PDF/A, sent your thesis in Word for Mac format for converting to the address abopub@abo.fi. (When your document is converted, check that everything still look OK, e.g. tables.)

If diagrams or graphs are not converted correctly to PDF/A

• Save all figures as .jpeg-images:
  • Open the Word file > Take a print screen of the figure > Crop the image (e.g. in Photoshop) > Save as .jpeg > delete the figure in Word and insert the .jpeg-image.