What is Turnitin?
- Turnitin
Turnitin is an online text matching tool that scans your assignments against existing sources for improper citations or potential plagiarism. This tool compares assignments to previously submitted work as well as website and database content.
Submitting Files & Viewing Reports
Follow these steps to submit an assignment:
- Join the Library@MyCanvas Course in MyCanvas
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Click on the Assignments and choose Turnitin - Check Before Submitting Your Assignment
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Click on the Start Assignment button if it is your first time submitting.
*Subsequent attempts: Click on New Attempt
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Upload a file, check to agree to the terms, Click on Submit Assignment
NOTE: When you use the Turnitin folder your papers are not deposited to Turnitin’s repository.
After you submit your essay, Turnitin will generate a Similarity Report, which highlights matches between your essay/paper and other sources, flagging passages that require better paraphrasing or referencing. It may take a few hours for a report to display.
Follow these steps to view the report:
- From the Assignments tool, select the assignment that you have submitted, and click on Submission Details
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To view your Similarity Report, click on the Similarity Score. The Similarity Score is the percentage of the text in your document that matches sources in the Turnitin database. This will open the Feedback Studio in Turnitin.
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Once the document opens up in the Turnitin Feedback studio, you'll see your document on the left and the matching sources on the right sidebar.
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Text within the student paper that matches the content within the Turnitin database will be highlighted in the student paper. Each match is given a number and a colour. This number and colour appear within the student paper and correspond to the sources in the sidebar. The percentage refers to the words in the entire paper that match the source.
Understanding the Similarity Score
- Blue(0%): No matching text
- Green(1-24%): Low similarity, typically includes common phrases or properly cited quotes.
- Yellow(25%-49%): Moderate similarity, may include more substantial content matches.
- Orange(50-74%): High similarity, indicating a significant amount of matched content.
- Red(75-100%): Very high similarity, indicating that most of the text matches other sources.