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TurnItIn Overview
Turnitin is a plagiarism detection service that measures assignment originality and indicates what percent of your assignment matches internet sources. Once you submit a Turnitin assignment in Canvas, it will automatically review the work and provide a similarity report.
Using TurnItIn
Students access TurnItIn from Canvas assignments that use the functionality. You do not need an additional account or password.
How to Get Help
For assistance, you can:
- Contact IT (available 24/7) by phone (734) 749-9002, chat, or submit a request.
- Check out the following online documentation:
Student FAQs
- Where can I find more information about Academic Honesty?
- What is the Similarity Report?
- “The similarity score is a percentage of the paper's matches to other sources; it is not an assessment of whether the paper includes plagiarized material. The similarity report is a tool for instructors and students to easily find matches or similar text within submitted work.” (Turnitin 2022)
- Turnitin FAQs
TurnItIn Quick Links