provides a plagiarism detection tool that is integrated with Canvas. With this tool, instructors can check for similarities in written work and teach the importance of integrity.
Once assignments are submitted, instructors will see color-coded flags in the Canvas gradebook showing a preliminary result of similarity findings. Additionally, instructors may view a similarity report on the Turnitin site for richer details and may choose to share the similarity reports with students.
Notes
- Important: the AI checker is not reliable! While the similarity checker has the ability to check for the use of AI generative tools in writing, it is not infallible, and instructors should review results carefully. The AI checker often provides false positives.
- To create a Canvas assignment that will check for similarities:
- Submission type: select 鈥淥nline鈥 then select 鈥淔ile upload鈥
- The 鈥淧lagiarism Review鈥 section will become available; select 鈥淭urnitin鈥
- Select the options for what to compare against and for which items to exclude in the similarity report that match your assignment needs.
- If you want to allow students to upload a draft to check for plagiarism before submitting their final draft, you would have to create a separate assignment from the final draft submission and select the option 鈥淒o not store the submitted papers鈥 in the 鈥淪tore submissions in鈥 section for the initial draft.
- Consider selecting 鈥淎fter assignment is graded鈥 in the 鈥淪how report to students鈥 dropdown so that you have an opportunity to assess the submission, including the report results, prior to releasing it to students.