This is advice for markers on using Turnitin to prevent and help detect plagiarism in line with the University policy. It describes how similarity checking in Turnitin works, including its limitations and University requirements for the use of Turnitin. It also contains advice on interpreting Similarity Reports and managing requests to view papers from other Institutions.
- How Similarity checking in Turnitin works
- Limitations of Turnitin
- Turnitin Requirements to return a Similarity Report
- Technical Instructions: Quick Start
- Turnitin’s own Guidance
- The Similarity Report explained
- Interpreting the Similarity Report
- Similarity Score ranges
- Downloading the Similarity Report
- Viewing Similarity matches
- Viewing Sources
- Refining the Similarity Report
- Generating a new Similarity Report
- Accessing the text-only Similarity Report
- Multicolour highlighting in the Similarity Report
- Flags
- Document Details (This is only available as part of our one year pilot of Turnitin Authorship)
- Similarity Report Exclusions
- Paper View requests
- Helping students to interpret their Similarity Report
- When do Students and Markers see Similarity Reports?