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Turnitin is a plagiarism-checking platform. When students submit a paper through Turnitin, it is compared against a database to identify similarities.

Suggested Uses

Prevent students from plagiarizing written work.
Help encourage academic integrity.

LTI 1.1

Creating an Assignment

Turnitin is already available in all UCI Canvas course spaces. To utilize it for one of your assignments, do the following:

Open your course in Canvas.
Select Assignments from the left sidebar menu and then select the +Assignment button.
Enter your assignment name, overall point value, and assignment due dates.
Scroll down to Submission Type.
In the drop-down menu, select External Tool.
Click the Find button under External Tool Options.
Find Turnitin under the pop-up list and then click Select.
Select Save and Publish. Your Gradescope Course Dashboard will open in a new tab or a window embedded in Canvas.

Accessing the Similarity Report

The Similarity Report can be accessed from the Assignment Inbox.

Select the assignment name to view the assignment inbox.
Select the similarity score from the Similarity column to open the Turnitin Viewer. The score sits alongside its corresponding color.

Canvas Plagiarism Framework

Creating an Assignment

To create an assignment using the Canvas Plagiarism Framework, follow these steps:

Navigate to the course to which you would like to add the assignment and select +Assignment.
Enter necessary assignment information.
Scroll down to Submission Type and select Online in the drop-down menu.
Select Text Entry or File Uploads as allowed submission types.
Select Turnitin under the Plagiarism Review drop-down menu.
Configure the options that appear as you deem appropriate.
Click Save & Publish.
Note: You must hide the grade book column to prevent students from seeing their grades before the Feedback release date. After the Feedback release date has passed, you can show the column again to give students their grades. You can hide the column by changing your Grade Posting Policy for the entry within Canvas.

Accessing the Similarity Report

The Similarity Report can be accessed from within SpeedGrader.

Select the assignment name and open Speedgrader.
Select the colored square under “Submitted Files” on the right to open the Turnitin Viewer.
You can also access the report through Gradebook, then Speedgrader.