Turnitin

TURNITIN

Turnitin is a leading originality-checking tool that can detect plagiarism in student assignments. By integrating with Canvas, instructors can easily embed Turnitin's detection function into the assignment submission process so that students can automatically detect when they submit their assignments.

Teacher Handbook

Instuctors Guides                                                                                             Official website link

Canvas guidance for administrators and instructors                                   Turnitin in Canvas 

Similarity Report and AI Writing guidance                                                   Academic integrity tools

Creating PeerMark assignments guidance                                                    Class and assignment management

Creating and managing QuickMarks, rubrics and grading                        Grading and feedback

PeerMark assignments guidance

User profile guidance for administrators and instructors                           User profile settings

Release notes and known issues                                                                     Turnitin release notes and known issues

For more information about Turnitin, please visit the official website. If you have any issues, feel free to scan the Turnitin feedback form (Faculty’s Version), and we’ll promptly address and resolve your issues.

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You can also reach out for Turnitin by browsing product function troubleshooting support articles and other frequently asked questions in the help center. For technical inquiries, please visit Wenzhou Kean University’s technical support.

Student Handbook

To assist students in using Canvas effectively, instructional videos and websites are provided.

Warm reminder: Please connect to VPN to watch the video.

For more information about Turnitin, visit the Student Hub to find student guidance. For students accessing Turnitin through Canvas, please see the Submitting to Turnitin subsection.

If you have any issues, feel free to scan the Turnitin feedback form (Students' Version), and we’ll promptly address and resolve your issues.

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For technical inquiries, please visit Wenzhou Kean University’s technical support.

Frequently Asked Questions (for faculty)

  • How to set up Turnitin in Canvas?

Step 1: Go to the login page from the Turnitin official website (The Turnitin login page: https://www.turnitin.com/login_page.asp?err=3400&lang=en_us). Enter Kean's email address, and then click "Forgotten your password? Click here." At this time, Turnitin will send you an email to reset your password. (Since the email account provided by Kean includes access to Turnitin, it can be used directly.)

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Step 2: After resetting and logging in, you can view and operate all course content on Canvas.

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(Optional) Step 3: Clicking on a course name, you can directly view the homework similarity report of all students in the course provided by Turnitin.

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  • How to create assignments under the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework in Canvas?

Step 1 : On the Canvas interface, navigate to the course where you want to add the assignment, then select the Assignments button. Scroll down to the Plagiarism Review section, then use the Turnitin plagiarism Framework. (If you want to ensure that students submit files in which Turnitin can generate a similarity report, choose Restrict Upload File Types to readable text files such as pdf, doc, docx, ppt, etc.)

Note: This step can be completed directly on Canvas, as logging into Turnitin enables a shared database connection between the platforms.

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Step 2: The following [Plagiarism Review] selections are options for most assignments. Please select as needed.

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Step 3: Select whether this is a Group Assignment, enable Peer Review, or activate Anonymous Grading.

(If you select to use Group Assignments, all group members will be able to see the Similarity Report even if they did not submit the file themselves.)

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Step 4: Assign this to Everyone or Everyone Else to ensure the due date is reflected in Turnitin. Choose a Due Date, Available from date, and an Until date as needed.

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  • How to check personal research papers and documents for plagiarism?

Step 1: Click "+ Add Class" to set up a private course to upload papers and materials.

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Then, follow the steps in the previous question to set up the plagiarism framework in Canvas or the Turnitin website, as in the following picture.

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Step 2: Upload papers and materials that need to be reported as a student role.

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Step 3: Return to the page where you can view all students in the course, refresh it, and view the similarity report.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Similarity Reports can only be downloaded individually; therefore, instructors cannot download Similarity Reports in bulk.

References:

  1. Turnitin guides. (n.d.). https://guides.turnitin.com/hc/en-us

  2. Plagiarism detector: Prevent academic misconduct: Turnitin. Canada (English). (n.d.). https://www.turnitin.com/

  3. University of Center for Teaching and Learning (University of Pittsburgh) . (n.d.). https://teaching.pitt.edu/resources/using-turnitin-with-canvas/

  4. Turnitin feedback studio: Quick Start Guide for Students - YouTube. (n.d.). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-Wr2ebHPU

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