Description
Turnitin allows instructors to check student assignments for original work by comparing the text against their database of student work, websites, books, articles, etc. Turnitin offers additional functionality via a suite of tools they call Feedback Studio.
Environment
Canvas in your web browser
Solution
Before creating your assignment, review the Turnitin LTI vs. Plagiarism Framework comparison chart to determine which option meets your needs.
Plagiarism Framework
You can add Turnitin plagiarism detection to an existing Canvas assignment. When you set up an assignment using the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework in Canvas, you will use Canvas SpeedGrader to provide feedback and grade student submissions. These assignments do not support Turnitin’s GradeMark, or PeerMark. Feedback and grading take place entirely within Canvas.
Canvas LTI 1.3 Integration for Feedback Studio
To use the full functionality of Turnitin’s Feedback Studio including GradeMark and Peer Mark you will need to use the Turnitin LTI 1.3 integration for Canvas.
Checking Student Work Against Other Submissions in the Same Assignment
It is important to understand that collusion checking (checking student work against other submissions in the same assignment) only happens after the due date of the assignment if resubmissions are allowed; Similarity Reports generated before the due date of the assignment will not have checked the submissions within the assignment against one another, but only against external sources (i.e. internet, publications, global repository, etc.). For more information, review the help article Why are papers submitted to the same Turnitin assignment not matching to each other?
Similarity Reports
After student assignments have been submitted, a Similarity Report is generated according to your settings and the Turnitin assignment type. The similarity report will be displayed using color-coding and a percentage. The color of the report icon indicates the submission’s similarity score, based on the amount of matching text found. The percentage range is 0% to 100%. The color ranges for similarity can be viewed on the Understanding the Similarity Score guide.
Outcome: Turnitin’s originality checker is now applied to your assignment.
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