What is Turnitin?

man writing on paper Turnitin is a tool to help promote academic integrity and encourage original student submissions. Prevent plagiarism and encourage students to utilize the originality report to improve their writing.

This software is integrated with Canvas and can be utilized for assignment submission.

To create a Turnitin assignment in Canvas, follow the LTI assignment instructions.

Overview of Turnitin Assignment instructions:

Use the assignment tool to create a Canvas assignment
Edit assignment
Under "submission type" choose "external tool"
Click "find"
Scroll down and select "Turnitin"

Best Practice

Communicate expectations with students and allow them to view the similarity report. Turnitin is not a "gotcha" for cheating, but a great tool for teaching students how to properly integrate sources while practicing academic integrity.

AI Writing Detection

Turnitin has launched AI detectionLinks to an external site. "to help educators identify when AI writing tools such as ChatGPT have been used in students’ submissions."

Student Resources

Turnitin also provides student resources for interpreting the similarity report and improving their writing.