TurnItIn Instructor Guide

TurnItIn Overview and Use Cases for Faculty
Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention and originality checking service that checks student work for citation errors and inappropriate copy/pasting of another’s work.

Instructor Orientation/Training
While no training is necessary to use TurnItIn, this Instructor Guide can give you an introduction to this tool. 

Instructor Responsibilities
How to request access to TurnItIn:

• The TurnItIn functionality is already integrated into Canvas. You do not have to request access or an additional account.

How to Configure/Set up TurnItIn

• The TurnItIn functionality is already integrated into Canvas. You do not have to request access or an additional account. Please use the following links for more information about creating a TurnItIn assignment in Canvas:
  • Creating an assignment
  • Assignment Settings
  • Optional Settings

Testing

• There is no mandatory testing process for TurnItIn, but it is recommended that you practice with the software before the beginning of the term.

Previously Identified Student Roadblocks
None identified at this time.

TurnItIn Course Prep Checklist
This TurnItIn checklist is a good place to start. 

Depending on your course needs, you may need additional items in your checklist. Feel free to schedule an appointment with an instructional designer for a more personalized TurnItIn orientation.

How to Get Help
For assistance, you can:

• Set up a Quick Consultation with a UMSN Instructional Designer via the Instructional Design Services Page.
• Contact IT (available 24/7) by phone (734) 749-9002, chat, or submit a request.
• Check out these Known Issues and Workarounds for using the Canvas Integration.

Instructor FAQs

• What is the Similarity Report?
  • “The Similarity Report is the result of comparison between the text of the submission against the search targets selected for the assignment; this may include billions of pages of active and archived internet information, a repository of works previously submitted to Turnitin, and a repository of tens of thousands of periodicals, journals, and publications. Any matching or highly similar text discovered is detailed in the Similarity Report that is available in the assignment inbox. The similarity score is a percentage of a paper's content that matches Turnitin's databases; it is not an assessment of whether the paper includes plagiarized material.” (TurnItIn 2022)
• Turnitin FAQs 

TurnItIn Quick Links

• Instructor Resources
• Known Issues and Workarounds for using the Canvas Integration
• Student Quick Start Guide
• Turnitin Student Resources Hub
• Interpreting the Similarity Report