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6.13. What is TurnItIn?

Turnitin is a plagiarism detection tool, which is set up by your instructor to monitor student work and prevent plagiarism, and can be used by students to help them write more effectively. This feature is currently available for the Dropbox tool.

  1. To access TurnItIn from Brightspace (D2L) and view the similarity report for a submission, select Dropbox from the Evaluation drop down menu on the course homepage.
    Evaluation menu expanded with arrow pointing to the Dropbox link.


  2. The dropbox page will open. Select a submission by clicking the link to the submission in the Feedback column.

    Dropbox on the dropbox page with an arrow pointing to the submission link.

  3. Open TurnItIn Feedback Studio by selecting the TurnItIn Similarity bar.

    Submission history page for a dropbox with an arrow pointing to the similarity report bar.


Please refer to the TurnItIn documentation below for detailed information on using Feedback Studio and understanding the similarity report.

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TurnItIn  /  Plagiarism  /  Dropbox  / 

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