How to check AI and plagiarism on Turnitin for free
TLDRThis tutorial guides users through setting up a Turnitin instructor account, enabling features like single file upload and quick submit. It explains how to upload documents for AI and plagiarism checks, manage similarity filters, and generate detailed reports. The video also highlights the importance of disabling repository storage to prevent Turnitin from retaining a copy of your work. Additionally, the tutorial covers how to download AI and similarity reports and tips on avoiding AI-detected paraphrasing by performing human post-editing.
Takeaways
- 🔑 Set up a Turnitin instructor account by logging in with your credentials.
- ⚙️ Activate 'Quick Submit' in the user info section for fast paper submission.
- 📁 Choose 'No Repository' to avoid storing submitted papers in the Turnitin database.
- 📄 Upload documents from your computer and customize the submission settings.
- 📊 After submission, review the similarity report to check for plagiarism. Aim for a similarity score below 20%.
- 🧠 Turnitin also provides an AI detection report, flagging AI-generated content, such as in introductions or conclusions.
- 💡 To reduce AI detection, post-edit human-generated text instead of relying on AI tools like ChatGPT or QuillBot.
- 📥 Download both AI and plagiarism reports for a comprehensive review of your document.
- 🔍 Use the filters to exclude quotes, bibliography, and other elements to adjust the similarity percentage.
- 📝 The grading and feedback tools in Turnitin allow for detailed assessment with rubrics, quick marks, and feedback summaries.
Q & A
How do you log in to Turnitin as an instructor?
-To log in as an instructor, go to the Turnitin login page by searching it on Google. Enter your email address and password to access your account.
What steps do you need to take after logging in to set up the instructor account?
-After logging in, go to 'User Info', check the 'Role' section to ensure it says 'Instructor', and enable 'Single File Upload' and 'Quick Submit'.
What is the importance of activating 'Quick Submit' in Turnitin?
-'Quick Submit' allows you to submit papers directly without having to set up an assignment, making it easier for instructors to check documents quickly.
How do you upload a file to Turnitin using Quick Submit?
-Click on 'Quick Submit', select 'Submit', and choose the file from your computer. After uploading, you can submit the file for checking.
What should you set the repository option to if you don't want Turnitin to keep a copy of your work?
-Set the repository option to 'No Repository' to ensure that Turnitin does not store a copy of the submitted work in its database.
What is the typical acceptable similarity score in Turnitin?
-Typically, a similarity score below 20% is considered acceptable, but this may vary depending on institutional guidelines.
How does Turnitin detect AI-generated content?
-Turnitin identifies AI-generated content by analyzing patterns in the document and flags certain sections like the introduction, conclusion, or abstract if detected as AI-generated.
Can you download the AI detection report on Turnitin?
-Yes, you can download the AI detection report by clicking the download option after generating the report.
What is the difference between the AI report and the plagiarism report in Turnitin?
-The AI report focuses on detecting AI-generated content, while the plagiarism report highlights similarity matches with external sources like websites, publications, and student papers.
How can you reduce the similarity score in Turnitin's plagiarism report?
-You can reduce the similarity score by excluding quotes, bibliographies, and certain matches using the filter options in Turnitin's feedback studio.
Outlines
🔐 Setting up a Turnitin Instructor Account
This paragraph walks through the process of setting up an instructor account on Turnitin. It starts with logging in through the Turnitin login page by entering the email and password. Once logged in, the user is instructed to navigate to 'user info' to ensure the role is set to 'instructor'. It emphasizes the importance of activating 'quick submit' by setting it to 'yes', which allows for the submission of papers through this feature. After activation, the user is guided through submitting a paper, choosing the correct file from the computer, and confirming the submission details. The system checks for similarity percentages, explaining that a 20% or lower similarity is generally acceptable. The paragraph concludes with how to access and navigate Feedback Studio, which provides grading and similarity layers for more detailed analysis.
📊 Generating and Customizing Similarity Reports in Turnitin
This paragraph focuses on generating the similarity report for submitted papers. It explains how instructors can access and download two types of reports: AI writing detection and similarity/plagiarism reports. The similarity report shows a percentage score of matched text, breaking it down into sources like internet websites, publications, and student papers. The importance of setting 'no repository' is highlighted to prevent Turnitin from storing papers in its database, avoiding false similarity scores from previously submitted work. The user is also shown how to customize the similarity report by excluding quotes, bibliographies, and specific matches to reduce the overall similarity percentage. Additionally, the paragraph touches on grading options and feedback tools like quick marks and rubrics available in Feedback Studio.
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Keywords
💡Turnitin Instructor Account
💡Quick Submit
💡No Repository
💡Similarity Report
💡AI Detection
💡Feedback Studio
💡Grading and Similarity Layers
💡AI Post-Editing
💡Similarity Score Threshold
💡Excluding Quotes and Bibliographies
Highlights
Set up a Turnitin instructor account by logging in via the Turnitin website.
After logging in, access 'User Info' to confirm the role as 'Instructor'.
Enable 'Quick Submit' to upload files for AI and plagiarism checks.
Choose the 'No Repository' option to avoid storing submitted documents in Turnitin's database.
Upload files from your computer for AI and similarity checks.
Check for AI detection in the document, especially in the introduction and conclusion sections.
Review the AI writing report, which flags AI-generated content.
Download the AI report for a detailed analysis of the flagged sections.
Check the similarity report for matches with internet sources, publications, and student papers.
Exclude quotes, bibliographies, and specific matches to reduce the similarity percentage.
Use the 'Feedback Studio' to access additional features like grading and similarity layers.
Turn off the 'Grading' or 'Similarity' layers to customize the view in 'Feedback Studio'.
Generate separate reports for AI and similarity for a more detailed assessment.
AI paraphrasing tools like QuillBot and Grammarly may be detected as AI-generated content.
Conduct human post-editing to avoid AI detection in papers.